Just in time for the witching hour of the year, symphonic metal phenomenon Belle Morte have unveiled a cinematic feast for the dark-hearted with their new music video “Willow”, featuring the mesmerizing talents of Ruben Monteiro (hurdy-gurdy) and Emma Spinelli (lute). Blending gothic romance, vampire Read More …
Words by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy for Crannk.com Technical death metal architects REVOCATION are back with a vengeance, ready to drop their latest full-length sonic onslaught, New Gods, New Masters, on September 26th via Metal Blade Records. Following the critical acclaim of 2022’s Netherheaven, Read More …
Words by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” – Crannk.com Sweden’s retro-rock AOR power force The Night Flight Orchestra has officially launched into the stratosphere with their seventh and most cinematic release yet, Give Us The Moon — and Aussie fans, get ready — because the Read More …
By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com Finnish melodic heavy metal force Renegade Angel are back with a vengeance. Forged anew and burning brighter than ever, the band have just dropped “Steal the Fire” — the explosive lead single from their upcoming EP of Read More …
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 …
Finnish power metal titans BATTLE BEAST are back with a powerful new anthem that pulls no punches. The band has unleashed “Last Goodbye”, the emotionally charged first single from their upcoming seventh studio album, set to drop later this year. With six albums under their Read More …
It’s been a long time coming, but Melbourne’s hard-rock heavyweights ABLAZE are finally heading back to UK and European stages – and they’re not coming empty-handed. Armed with a brand new album, Sink Ya Teeth In, set for release on August 1, 2025, the band Read More …
UK thrash legends ONSLAUGHT are back and showing no signs of slowing down. After making serious noise with their thunderous take on MOTÖRHEAD’s “Iron Fist,” the band has dropped the second single from their upcoming double album Origins of Aggression, due out May 23, 2025, Read More …
Dutch symphonic metal band BLACKBRIAR recently announced their brand-new album A Thousand Little Deaths, which will be released on August 22nd 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. Together with this exciting news the band shares their new single ‘The Fossilized Widow‘. The single channels the eerie spirit of the Victorian era, Read More …
