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 …

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NANOWAR OF STEEL Announce Absurdly Epic ‘Genghis Khan’ EP + Drop “Feet & Greet” & 2026 European Tour Announcement

New Single “Feet & Greet” Drops With Amaranthe’s Mikael Sehlin + Massive 2026 European Tour Incoming Italy’s supreme overlords of parody metal, NANOWAR OF STEEL, are back at it—and this time, they are marching into battle with Mongolian boots, industrial beats, feet puns by the Read More …

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Pincer+ Drop Scorching New Single “Yours To Erase” Ahead of Debut Album

Perth hardcore outfit Pincer+ have returned with a scorcher—“Yours To Erase”—the newest cut from their upcoming debut full-length Who Are You When No One’s Around, dropping Friday, 12 December through Greyscale Records and 1126 Records. And if you thought the earlier singles hit hard, this Read More …

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SYLOSIS Announce 2026 Studio Album THE NEW FLESH & Drop Crushing-As-Hell Title Track

There are bands built for the studio. There are bands built for the stage. And then there’s SYLOSIS — the UK titans who have spent the better part of two decades turning thrash, melodeath, and modern metal into a living, fire-breathing beast. Now they’re stepping Read More …

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Drop Dead, Gorgeous Return With Fire: Daniel “Stills” Stillman Talks About A New Chapter of Chaos and Melody

Few bands from the mid-2000s post-hardcore wave carry the same level of cult devotion, nostalgia, and raw influence as Drop Dead, Gorgeous. For a lot of us who came up in that era, In Vogue wasn’t just a debut album — it was a line Read More …

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Sebastian Bach & Willie J’s 6V6s Ignite The Gov: A Sold-Out Rock ’n’ Roll Inferno

CRANNK REVIEWS: WILLIE J’s 6V6s & SEBASTIAN BACH LIVE AT THE GOV (ADELAIDE) Review by Brett Parmenter – ParMetal Media & Crannk Now, I’ve been to plenty of shows in my life — too many if you ask my wife — but very few have Read More …

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SHARK EYES Drop “It Ends Here” — A North Queensland Gut-Punch You Need to Hear (and Watch Me React To)

There’s something wild brewing in North Queensland, and it’s not a cyclone this time—it’s Shark Eyes, the young nu-metal bruisers who’ve been quietly sharpening their teeth since 2023. Their new single “It Ends Here” is a straight-up emotional sledgehammer, the kind of track that sounds Read More …

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DON BROCO Unveil ‘Euphoria’: Seductive, Explosive, and Charging Into a New Era

UK alt-rock shapeshifters DON BROCO have kicked the doors in once again—this time with “Euphoria,” their fourth single of 2025 and another electrifying chapter in what’s shaping up to be the band’s boldest evolution yet. Out now via Fearless Records, “Euphoria” is everything its name Read More …

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Rob Zombie Ushers In “Heathen Days” — A Hellbilly Resurrection on The Great Satan

The shock-rock visionary, horror-metal icon, and master of the grotesque Rob Zombie has unleashed “Heathen Days,” the newest single from his eighth studio record, The Great Satan, set to drop February 27th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. And if this track is anything to go Read More …

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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 …

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Riff Architect in the Void: Nick Rossi Opens Up on Born of Osiris’ Evolution

There’s a certain electricity that hits the air when a band like Born of Osiris starts stirring again — that neon-purple cyberstorm they conjure, the one that feels like getting kicked through a digital wormhole while a prophet screams at you in binary. And right Read More …

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MØL Push Boundaries with New Single “Young” from Upcoming Album Dreamcrush

Some bands chase a sound. Some bands refine a formula. And then there are bands like MØL — Danish alt-metal visionaries who don’t just write songs, but carve entire worlds out of feedback, feeling, and the fragile space between light and collapse. Today, the Aarhus Read More …

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