After a 15-year wait, Adelaide hardcore icons Day Of Contempt returned to headline Lion Arts Factory alongside Forge, Hammer 618 and Life Pilot. Read our full review of one of the biggest local hardcore shows of the year. Read More …
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There Will Be Blood Adelaide: Jive Goes to War
There Will Be Blood lived up to its name. From Betrayed’s opening hardcore assault to Identity Error’s blood-soaked finale, Jive Adelaide became a blur of fists, feet, breakdowns and absolute chaos. Read More …
I Choose Violence Deliver South Australian Savagery On “An Enemy To Life Itself” EP | Crannk Reviews
I Choose Violence are back with their third EP, their second EP in as many years, named An Enemy To Life Itself, a brutal assault on the aural array by the South Australian metalcore monolith. Five songs sanctifying my satisfaction of savagery and sonic strength. Read More …
Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship Fuse Anime And Slam Chaos On 2D Complex | Crannk Reviews
Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship2D ComplexReleased July 10, 2026 via Stillbirth Records / Gore House ProductionsCRANNK Album ReviewReview by Manny “The Metal Man” Bath If you had told me there was a band that combined two of my favourite things, anime and brutal death metal/slam, I would Read More …
Cradle of Filth and DevilDriver Bring Darkness and Destruction to Adelaide
Cradle of Filth and DevilDriverTuesday, 14 July 2026Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide Presented by The Phoenix AULive review by Mistress of RiffsPhoto gallery by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy Presented by The Phoenix AU, Hindley Street Music Hall was the perfect venue for the unholy Read More …
Lumen Ad Mortem Showcase Australian Melodic Black Metal Power On A Grave Ascent | Crannk Reviews
Band: Lumen Ad MortemRelease: A Grave AscentRelease Date: June 19, 2026Label: Hypnotic Dirge RecordsFormat: Digital, LP, CDGenre: Melodic Black MetalCountry: AustraliaReview by: Manny “The Metal Man” Bath There are few words that excite me as much as “local”, “black”, and “metal”, and even fewer when Read More …
This Is Me Breathing – Serenity in Suffering Album Review: A Brutal Deathcore Statement
This Is Me Breathing refuse to hold back on Serenity in Suffering, delivering a crushing deathcore assault packed with savage vocals, devastating riffs and relentless energy. Read More …
DevilDriver Are Reborn On Strike And Kill | Crannk Reviews
DevilDriverStrike And Kill Out Now Through Napalm Records First thing I feel the need to say about this album is… bravo gentlemen! You’ve taken DevilDriver, cranked it up a few more notches with the genius recruiting on guitars with tech death metal maestros Alex Lee Read More …
Mangled Carpenter Crannk The Heavy To 11 On Between Blood And Silence | Crannk Reviews
Mangled CarpenterBetween Blood And Silence EPLabel: Rottweiler Records & Broken Curfew RecordsRelease Date: July 17, 2026 Brutal. Fucking ruthless. Mangled Carpenter have produced a titanic EP which cranks the heavy to 11 and does not offer any respite. Poetic aggression wrapped in chaotic screams, intensely Read More …
Psycroptic Deliver An Almighty Aussie Assault With The Pulse Of Annihilation | Crannk Reviews
With an almighty Aussie assault on our auditory arrays, Tassie boys Psycroptic are back to peel the remaining flesh and cartilage from our ears with their new album, The Pulse Of Annihilation. This album gets the heart pumping to the point of having a goddamn Read More …
AUSTRIAN BLACK METAL BAND ILL TIDINGS MIX MELODY AND BRUTALITY WITH THEIR ALBUM SEEDS OF TRUE REBIRTH
Austria’s Ill Tidings return with Seeds Of True Rebirth, a black metal album that balances icy aggression with melody and cinematic storytelling. Manny explores one of the year’s most immersive extreme metal releases. Read More …
Blood Sacrifice 3 Brings Underground Metal Carnage To Norwood
In the unsuspecting upper class suburb of Norwood in South Australia, nine of the heaviest bands in the state eviscerated a large crowd who were there to get blown the fuck away in the best way, the way only metalheads could. Fast, loud and uber Read More …