Article by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson After a five-year silence, Adelaide’s genre-defying heavy outfit Ouroboric has broken their hiatus with a brand-new track titled “For the Record”, out now and streaming on all major platforms. Marking their first official release since 2020, “For Read More …
There’s the stage.Then there’s what actually holds the damn thing up. Luke Weber isn’t just a rockstar. He’s the guy who made sure the rockstars didn’t miss their flight, die in a ditch, or forget their guitars in Slovakia. For years, he was the tour Read More …
I just dove into the official music video for PRESIDENT’s latest barrage, “RAGE” and let me tell you—it’s a cold shower of kaleidoscopic panic and pulsing aggression. This isn’t just another promo video—it’s a high-voltage manifesto wrapped in dystopian visuals and cryptic ritual. Visual Aesthetics: Read More …
Words by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson – Crannk.com There are guitarists… and then there’s Isaiah Mitchell — the six-string sorcerer behind the San Diego-born power trio Earthless, a band whose very name has become synonymous with instrumental transcendence, mind-melting jams, and absolute sonic Read More …
BABYMETAL are already chaos incarnate. Add in Bloodywood, and you’ve got a recipe for weaponized serotonin and spiritual violence. THE SOUND OF TWO WORLDS COLLIDING From the very first note, it’s a sugar-coated gut punch. BABYMETAL hit you with their signature sing-song sweetness, but it’s Read More …
Words by Killer | Photos by chaos | Crannk Exclusive What Happens on the Bus… Gets Uploaded Anyway There’s something sacred about the madness that happens five hours deep into a nine-hour mini-bus haul with your band, your best mate, and a few unhinged ride-or-dies Read More …
There’s a moment—if you know, you know.You stand in front of a cranked amp, you hit one note, one impossibly heavy chord—and the air splits like a crowbar to the ribs. Your hair flies back like you’re in a wind tunnel built by Satan himself. Read More …
Crannk is proud to feature the stunning and brutal visual work of Luke Mottillo, a talented artist and graphic designer whose creations inject raw energy and dark atmosphere into our webzine. Based in Adelaide, Luke’s artistic vision is steeped in the aesthetics of extreme music, Read More …
Somewhere between a cyberpunk riot and a traditional Japanese funeral gone nuclear, I got chewed up and spat out by Deviloof’s “Newspeak.” My pupils dilated. My skin tried to crawl off my bones. And I knew — this wasn’t music anymore. This was a full-blown Read More …
By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com After four decades of pioneering power metal and reshaping the genre’s sonic boundaries, HELLOWEEN are showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, they’re about to unleash what might be their most expansive and ambitious album yet Read More …
It was a frosty morning when I hit play—barefoot, half-caffeinated, sweat still clinging to last night’s gig. Then BOOM. IRONSTONE’s Moments Lost In Time hit like a wrecking ball strapped to a time machine, and I was instantly ripped out of my morning haze and Read More …
A Soul-Stirring Lament and Call to Reconnect with the Earth From the Mapuche Nation Chilean groove metal force MAWIZA has released the powerful third and final single “Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan” from their forthcoming album ÜL, due out July 18 via Season of Mist. A deep, Read More …
