By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com Brazilian death metal juggernaut Ophiolatry are back with a venomous new visual assault. Their latest single, “Jesus Complex,” taken from the band’s long-awaited album Serpent’s Verdict (out June 6, 2025 via WormHoleDeath Records), delivers a harrowing dive Read More …
By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com After wrapping up a smoke-fueled tour with their stoner-sludge kin Weedeater, North Carolina’s genre-blurring heavyweights BASK are shifting gears—and minds—with a hypnotic new release. Ahead of their highly anticipated fourth full-length album, the Asheville outfit are taking Read More …
By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com Norwegian metal force Tonic Breed, the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Patrik K. Svendsen, is set to drop a juggernaut of a single, “Anew”, on June 19th, 2025—and it features none other than drum legend Chris Adler (ex-Lamb of Read More …
Words by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy – Crannk.com On May 9th, depressive black metallers Ghost Bath unleashed their latest full-length album, Rose Thorn Necklace, through long-time label Nuclear Blast. It marks a significant departure from the conceptual trilogy that spanned Moonlover, Starmourner, and Self Read More …
Charleston, West Virginia metal stalwarts BYZANTINE have unleashed their haunting new single, “The Unobtainable Sleep”, the latest preview from their upcoming full-length Harbingers, due out June 13 via Metal Blade Records. Fusing the band’s signature groove-laced aggression with ethereal melodies and poetic darkness, the new Read More …
By Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Finland has long been a cradle of groundbreaking metal, and 2025 just introduced another force to reckon with: Underwater Father. Formed in the summer of 2024, this extreme metal collective is the shadowy sibling of Of Spite, made up Read More …
Swedish doom metal titans CANDLEMASS are celebrating 40 years of slow, crushing sonic worship in the best possible way—with the release of their monumental new four-track EP, Black Star, out now via Napalm Records. Leading the charge is a chillingly majestic rendition of Black Sabbath’s Read More …
Valhalla’s loudest emissaries are back! WARKINGS return in full battle mode with their thunderous new single “Genghis Khan”, featuring a crushing collaboration with German power metal stalwarts Orden Ogan. The track marks the second single from the band’s newly announced fifth studio album, Armageddon, which Read More …
