A deep-dive into Mid Youth Crisis’ landmark album Happiness and Authority, tracing its roots from One Inch Punch through to Blueline Medic and exploring how its influence shaped Australian hardcore and the heavy music that followed. Read More …
Category: Features
CRANNK Over 10 Years Of Flying the Flag for Heavy Music and the Underground
A Decade of Noise Passion, and Community Crannk.com is not just another music webzine. It is a labour of love, a global underground hub, and a platform built by heavy music fans for heavy music fans. What began as a passion project born from a Read More …
Behemoth Descend on Australia with Chant of the Eastern Lands Tour
There are tours that feel routine, and then there are tours that feel like a line being drawn in fire.BEHEMOTH’s Chant of the Eastern Lands Australian run is firmly the latter. Descending on Australia next week, the Polish extreme metal titans have made it clear Read More …
Dvne Bottle Their Crushing Live Force on Live at Hellfest Release
Scottish progressive metal force Dvne continue their ascent with the release of Live at Hellfest, a blistering document of their 2023 Hellfest Open Air performance and a timely statement of intent as the band prepares to tour Europe supporting Igorrr. Drawn exclusively from their acclaimed Read More …
Elias Soriano Reflects on Statement, Survival, and Nonpoint’s 2026 Australian Return
Six years is a long time to wait. When Nonpoint finally return to Australia in February 2026 alongside long time comrades (hed) P.E., it will not just mark a long overdue reunion with Australian fans. It will close a circle that began more than two Read More …
BREATHE IN: Power, Precision & Pure Vision – Brian Kang & Rob Gnarly Open the Gates on “Misfortune’s Hand”
There’s a particular electricity you feel when a band isn’t just releasing music — they’re building a world. A sound. A vision.Breathe In are doing exactly that. Hailing from the tri-state crucible of New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia, Breathe In have stepped into the Read More …
THE DIRTY SOUTH: ADELAIDE’S HEAVY COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR HEADSPACE WITH A 24-TRACK BARRAGE OF HEART, RIFFS & HOPE
Feature by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy – Crannk There’s something uniquely powerful about the South Australian heavy scene — a kind of raw, dust-covered resilience that’s been forged in dive bars, rehearsal rooms, backyards, and basements for decades. And now, that energy has been Read More …
THE MENDENHALL EXPERIMENT: CHASING GHOSTS, CHASING GROWTH — BRANDON MENDENHALL ON EVOLUTION, ADVERSITY & A BAND REBUILT FOR THE FUTURE
There are bands who write songs… and then there are bands who carve out their existence from adversity, grit, and sheer bloody-minded refusal to quit. The Mendenhall Experiment has always been the latter, and with their new EP Chasing Ghosts landing via Lucent Records / Read More …
Wreck Defy and Gutter Creek: Inside Matt Hanchuck’s Metal Universe
A multi‑headed metal machine is exactly what comes to mind when talking about Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer Matt Hanchuck. Since 2016, he has been quietly building his own underground metal universe out of Thunder Bay, juggling old‑school thrash with Wreck Defy, southern‑soaked heavy metal Read More …
BORN OF OSIRIS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN 2026 — CAMERON LOSCH ON LEGACY, RECOVERY, EVOLUTION & THE 15-YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE DISCOVERY
Few modern metal bands have shifted the sonic landscape the way Born of Osiris have. They didn’t just join the progressive metalcore movement — they bent it, rewired it, and rebuilt it into something alien, technical, emotional, and entirely their own. But at the heart Read More …
CRANNK PRESENTS: STRUCK A NERVE – UK THRASH WITH TEETH, HISTORY, AND ABSOLUTE SAVAGERY
There’s a certain electricity you feel when a new band punches through the noise. Not just heavy — hungry. Not just tight — dangerous. Struck A Nerve aren’t just arriving; they’re erupting out of Norwich with a debut record that’s already setting off alarms across Read More …
JINJER Drop “Duél” Live from Sydney as They Kick Off Their Global Metal Domination
Ukrainian modern progressive metal powerhouse JINJER have dropped a brand-new live performance video for “Duél”, the crushing title track from their latest album via Napalm Records — and it’s pure sonic fire. Captured on February 23 in Sydney, Australia, this live cut is a visceral Read More …