Sabaton’s Joakim Brodén Talks New Album Legends + Australian Tour 2025 | Crannk Interview

Swedish power metal titans Sabaton are gearing up to unleash a brand-new chapter in their storied career with the release of their highly anticipated 11th studio album, Legends, out October 17 via Better Noise Music. The record not only marks their debut with the label Read More …

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Monte Cimino & Burial Tree: The Power of Myth, Lombardo, Laswell & The Holy Church of Collecting

I’m sitting in front of a wall of plastic warriors — battle-scarred Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, steroid-jacked Masters of the Universe, and weathered Star Wars relics from a galaxy far, far away — when Monte Cimino’s face flickers onto my screen. Behind him? A cathedral Read More …

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BELPHEGOR Unleash Ferocious New Single ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus’ & Announce Signing with Reigning Phoenix Music

The unrelenting force of diabolical black death metal, BELPHEGOR, have returned from the abyss with a blistering new single: ‘Sanctus Diaboli Confidimus’. Forged in chaos and crowned in blasphemy, the track serves as both a savage invocation and a declaration of the band’s unstoppable reign Read More …

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Inside the World of Mumfighter: Rap, Skating & BIGSOUND 2025

Say hello to Mumfighter, the Marrickville-based rapper, producer, hairstylist, and professional rollerblader whose live shows are a riot of neon energy, punk attitude, and glitch-pop chaos. Fronted by Jarrah, a Campbelltown-born creative mischief-maker, Mumfighter has carved out a wild corner of the Aussie underground, blending Read More …

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INCITE Unleashes Savage New Times | Richie Cavalera Interview w/ Jai & Jim

Phoenix’s groove/thrash juggernaut INCITE are locked, loaded, and ready to unleash hell with their most ferocious offering yet, Savage New Times, dropping August 15, 2025 via Reigning Phoenix Music. On the eve of the release of the album, Jim and Jai caught up with frontman Read More …

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AFI’s “Behind The Clock” — Four Years in the Dark, Now the Goth Sun Rises Again

There’s a certain smell when a band like AFI resurfaces. It’s not fresh paint and new strings — it’s candle wax, dust from the curtains of a theater long abandoned, and the faint ozone burn of electricity arcing through something ancient. Four years of silence, Read More …

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BLVD OF EYES – Chloe Trujillo & Mark Dalbeth Lead XMusic’s First International Signing with “Razor Steps” + Australian Tour November 2025

Australia’s fastest-growing rock label, XMusic, has made a bold leap onto the global stage with their first international signing — rock powerhouse BLVD OF EYES. Fronted by the magnetic Chloe Trujillo (artist, musician, and wife of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo) and New Zealand-born multi-instrumentalist Mark Read More …

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BABYMETAL & Spiritbox Drop “My Queen” — A Chessboard Showdown in Kawaii Metal Meets Metalcore Warfare

It’s not every day you get to witness two metal worlds collide with the force of a meteor strike, but BABYMETAL’s My Queen (feat. Spiritbox) is exactly that kind of seismic event. I hit record on my Killertube channel, lights on, volume up, and dove Read More …

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Through Joyce and Fire: AGENBITE MISERY Begin Their Metal Ulysses with “Bellwether and Swine”

A Literary Odyssey in Fire and Fury — A Genre-Defying Metal Debut Emerges Experimental metal trio AGENBITE MISERY have just unleashed Bellwether and Swine — a venomous, cerebral, and sonically punishing debut single from their upcoming album Remorse of Conscience, due February 6, 2026. It’s Read More …

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AVERSIONS CROWN Return With A Voice From The Outer Dark — A Rebirth In Fire, Fury, And Deathcore Brutality

Brisbane’s purveyors of cosmic devastation, AVERSIONS CROWN, have clawed their way back from the abyss with a release that is as unrelenting as it is reborn. Out now via Nuclear Blast Records, the three-track EP A Voice From The Outer Dark marks the return of Read More …

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Bad Juju Announce New EP ‘Simulacra’, Drop Crushing Title Track + BIGSOUND & Converge Festival Locked In

Melbourne alt-rockers Bad Juju are back and baring their teeth, announcing their upcoming EP Simulacra — due out Friday, October 24th via Thirty Two Records — and unleashing the monstrous title track as the next chapter in their evolution. Darker. Grungier. Heavier. This ain’t your Read More …

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AFI Announce Twelfth Album ‘Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…’ + Drop Haunting New Single & Video “Behind the Clock”

For over three decades, AFI has been one of the most fearless shapeshifters in modern rock and alternative music. From their early punk roots to their goth-tinged masterpieces and stadium-scorching anthems, AFI never stay still—and they wouldn’t have it any other way. Now, the iconic Read More …

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