Following an unstoppable creative streak, GRAMMY®-nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Wolfgang Van Halen returns with his most ambitious and emotionally charged work yet — MAMMOTH’s third studio album, The End, out now via BMG. To mark the album’s release, MAMMOTH have dropped a brand-new music Read More …
Some bands just ignite something deep in the marrow — and Story of the Year are one of those combustible forces that never really die, they just wait for the right spark. And on October 16, 2025, that spark hit the powder keg with their Read More …
There’s a certain madness that comes when two metalheads sit down to argue about albums that have no skips. It’s not just a list — it’s a pilgrimage through riffs, blood, and nostalgia. Episode 2 of The Sid & Killer Show feels like two sonic Read More …
After more than a decade away from the studio, Finger Eleven are set to make their long-awaited return with their brand-new album Last Night on Earth, dropping November 7 via Better Noise Music. In a recent chat with Jai That Aussie Metal Guy for Crannk.com, Read More …
Lock the doors, load the shotgun, and grab the popcorn — because this week’s Saturday Matinee drags us straight into the Umbrella Corporation’s underground nightmare. We’re cracking open the vault on the Resident Evil (2002) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — a monstrous blend of industrial Read More …
There’s heavy — and then there’s Immortal Disfigurement heavy. “Hellhole” doesn’t just drop; it detonates, dragging you through a cathedral built from blastbeats and brimstone. CJ McCreery’s return to the mic feels like an exorcism through subwoofers, every guttural a sermon to the damned. This Read More …
Swiss/German modern metal powerhouse AD INFINITUM continue to blaze their own trail through the modern symphonic and melodic metal landscape with their captivating new single, “Regicide.” Which dropped just ahead of their first-ever European headline tour, “Regicide” is a powerful statement of identity, evolution, and Read More …
Progressive alternative metal visionaries Stellar Circuits have unveiled their third and final single, “Bury The Ashes,” lifted from their forthcoming full-length Phantom :: Phoenix, due out November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. Following the acclaim of their 2023 record Sight To Sound, the band continues Read More …
I’ve sat through a lot of metal over the years, but nothing jolted me like As I Lay Dying’s new single “Echoes”. Tim Lambesis is back at the helm, the riffs hit like a freight train loaded with molten steel, and the new lineup isn’t Read More …
There’s something hypnotic about watching KISS in their prime — that absurd blend of greasepaint, pyro, and pure rock ’n’ roll swagger that could only have been born in the cocaine-fueled heart of the late ’70s. Sydney, 1980 — the makeup melting under stage lights, Read More …
From the depths of Philadelphia’s underground rises a force that channels black metal’s raw energy through analog grit, ritualistic atmosphere, and DIY conviction. Wild Beyond—the trio of Edward Gonet III, Jimmy Viola, and Evan Madden—have returned with their haunting new EP, Black Sights and Lower Read More …
There’s something about Paleface Swiss that makes your blood pressure rise before the first note even hits. Maybe it’s the promise of obliteration, maybe it’s that twisted serenity they sneak in right before the breakdowns cave your chest in. Either way—when “Let Me Sleep” dropped, Read More …
