Here I am, in the Swedish mountains, drinking a glass of wine, listening to Joan Jett on the radio and ready to celebrate Christmas, and I think that it’s time to summon the year that has passed. (The next post will be my top albums Read More …
Tag: 2016
Been kind of slow here… But we’re building a better home!
It’s been kind of slow here on Crannk lately, but there is an explanation. Or rather two. First of all, I have been really busy with the work I have to do to pay my bills, and second, I’m working on move the entire site Read More …
That new Dark Tranquillity album sounds promising!
The Swedish masters of melodic death metal are back in business! So far Dark Tranquillity has released three songs from their upcoming album, “Atoma”, and so far I really like what I’m hearing! The songs really remind me of better days, of albums such as Read More …
The topic of my weekend; Days of Anger
Last Friday, it just happened that me and my brother went to The Saga Salongen in my cozy hometown Torshälla to see The Damn Stars, a two man band, playing acoustic metal covers. A really fun night, with a lot of great music, and I Read More …
Darkher – Realms Review
Darkher, based in the UK, consists of Jayn H. Wissenberg. She IS Darkher. She sings, play the guitar, writes the songs and is also the producer. She has help from her husband, Marthin T. Wissenberg, on the guitars and on drums Shaun Steels (My Dying Read More …
Metallica releases another song from the forthcoming album!
This time it’s the song “Moth into flame”. And it’s quite good! This is the second track that Metallica reviles from the new album. Judging from these two songs, I really think that Metallica is back into the game. The new album has the potential to Read More …
Pretty Maids–still alive and kicking
There is this band, that I kind of like. Some days, they are awesome! Some days, they are just too lame. It’s not really my kind of metal, but some of the songs are truly great! I’m talking about the Danish band Pretty Maids. They Read More …
Review: Evergrey – The Storm Within
I discovered Evergrey on the “In search for the Truth”-album in 2001. Thought it was an amazing album, got the hooks in me right away. After that I started to follow them, and we all know the classic album “The Inner Circle”. After that, it Read More …
Review: Sabaton – The Last Stand
There is this band that I really like, and I think that my fellow blogging friends – Adrian and Marie – don’t really agree with me on this one… There are many opinions about this band, but for me it really works! I’m into Iron Read More …
Review: The Vision Bleak – The Unknown
The Vision Bleak is a band from Germany, and they describe themselves as “Horror Metal in perfection”, and from the beginning it’s a band with only two persons – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf och Allen B. Konstanz. And from 2015 they have had help from Read More …
New amazing Aussie and Swedish stuff!
I’ve added some new songs to the CRANNK 2016 playlist. This time, two bands from Australia. I thought it was a good idea, since the MetalDad is from Aussie-land, and second, it’s really great fucking music! First band I added was “Immorium”. Turned out that Read More …
Forgotten bands: Deprivation
Once part of the new metal Aussie revolution, and the band that made me find metal from Australia (well, this and of course, MetalDad!). Unfortunately, they only lasted one album and like one single, but that album… Oh man, what an album!! When I first Read More …