On Friday the 29th of May, Adelaide experienced what I would classify as a mini metal festival of talent, shaking the foundations of The Ed Castle. The night brought together Thirteen Days for their first live debut gig, Storm The Crown, and Barriers as headliners Read More …
Presented By Realm Of Thorns Promotions & Black Roos Rhino Room and Low Life Bar, Adelaide May 23, 2026 Review by Liam “Mr Doom” RavenPhoto Gallery by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy for CRANNK Metal United Down Under is an annual event built to unite Read More …
Suspended Animation give you exactly what they advertise, a three track EP. But those three tracks are so full of metal goodness that you wish it spilled out into another few songs. I feel this is just a sign of things to come. A taste Read More …
Killswitch Engage are heading back down under in 2026, and this one is going to be absolutely massive. The legends of modern heavy music will return to Australia and New Zealand across October and November 2026 for their biggest Antipodean headline shows yet, bringing more Read More …
ED CASTLE HOTEL, ADELAIDE 24/04/26 On Friday night at the Ed Castle Hotel in Adelaide, Your Mate Bookings brought a quadruple treat to the hordes of metalheads that live for the live metal scene here in little ol’ S.A. From the US, thrash legends Warbringer, Read More …
ABOUT FUCKEN TIME! Firstly, I’d like to personally apologise to Headbore. It took over a year for this review to be written. Branded was released March 21, 2025, and it took this long for the album to receive its first long-awaited review. When I interviewed Read More …
Australian heavy outfit EKOSA return with their latest single Dead Sea, a powerful and deeply confronting release that dives headfirst into the human cost of modern warfare. Uncompromising in both message and execution, Dead Sea stands as one of the band’s most emotionally charged and Read More …
Adelaide metalcore band Drown This Fury are back after years of silence, returning to the stage at Metal on Murray with new music and a fresh chapter underway. Read More …
Some musicians split their creativity between projects. Aidan de Maria splits his between precision and provocation. On one end, you have Impetus, progressive, technical, emotionally driven extreme metal built from years of bedroom refinement and sharpened into a live force across Adelaide stages. On the Read More …
Bleeding Through deliver a powerful, emotional set at Froth & Fury in Adelaide, blending old classics, new songs, and unforgettable guest moments. Full feature and photo gallery by Chris Killer Causby for Crannk Read More …
There are gigs… and then there are moments that rewrite your DNA. Double Dragon at Froth & Fury wasn’t just a reunion — it was a resurrection ritual, a blood oath renewed under stage lights and sweat, decades of friendship and underground warfare detonating in Read More …
Adelaide progressive metal outfit Ekosa open 2026 with intent, power, and sharpened vision. Their new single Deliver Us From Evil, landing January 8, marks the first new material since their 2023 debut Eye For I and positions the band firmly among Australia’s most compelling modern Read More …
