Melbourne’s own hard rock firestarters Ablaze have just unleashed their long-awaited second album Sink Ya Teeth In, out today, August 1st — and it’s an absolute ripper. The follow-up to their much-loved debut No Chaser, this new eight-track beast is the band’s first vinyl release, Read More …
Feature by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy Australian rock and punk fans — this is not a drill. This September, we witness history. Cherie Currie, the trailblazing frontwoman of the iconic all-girl rock band The Runaways, is bringing her fierce spirit, glam-punk legacy, and thunderous Read More …
The Adelaide heavy music scene has been cooking some serious heat lately, and one band pushing the charge with pure intent and chaotic precision is Seek Misery. I had the chance to catch up with the band for an in-depth, honest, and fun-as-hell chat over Read More …
As the tide of modern metal continues to evolve, few bands manage to navigate the line between power and vulnerability quite like Sweden’s ELEINE. With their uniquely cinematic blend of symphonic metal, dark aesthetics, and emotional weight, ELEINE have become torchbearers for a genre that Read More …
What happens when two of the most mind-bending, genre-defying musicians of the digital age step off your screen and onto a stage together? You get ESCAPE THE INTERNET—a tour that promises to blow minds, shake walls, and inspire a new generation of guitarists and bassists Read More …
Following an 8-year hiatus, The Dillinger Escape Plan return to Australia this August for a very limited run of live shows to commemorate Calculating Infinity, their game-changing debut album—and reignite the unrelenting energy that made them one of the most incendiary live acts in history. Read More …
There’s a strange sort of anticipation that creeps in when you know a band like Sleep Token is about to mess with your molecules. I hit play on Provider with the caffeinated reverence of a cultist lighting incense at the altar of sound — this Read More …
Following the unrelenting devastation of their 2024 album Cursed, Paleface Swiss are dragging their visceral, genre-defying deathcore back to Australian shores—and this time, they’re not coming alone. Presented by The Phoenix AU, the Cursed Tour sees Paleface Swiss teaming up with beatdown bruisers NASTY for Read More …
By Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson | Crannk.com Germany’s reigning kings of unrelenting brutality, NASTY, are finally heading Down Under for their long-overdue debut Australian tour this September 2025, co-headlining alongside Swiss deathcore wrecking crew Paleface Swiss. Presented by The Phoenix AU, this lineup Read More …
Words by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy // Crannk.com Singapore’s grindcore juggernaut WORMROT are back—and they’ve brought the full force of chaos with them. After a brief hiatus and lineup shakeup, the legendary trio have reunited in their original form—Arif (vocals), Rasyid (guitar), and Fitri Read More …
There’s a tattoo of Kev from Lost Souls on my shoulder. No, seriously. A proper, inked-up tribute to one of the most chaotic minds in the modern heavy music scene — and when I reminded him of it during our latest KillerTube interview, he just Read More …
There are bands, and then there are weapons of sonic mass destruction, and Seek Misery just dropped a fucking atom bomb on our heads with “Flesh and Rust.” I’ve been strapped to my chair like Alex in A Clockwork Orange, eyes pinned open, lungs screaming Read More …
