Angellore Nocturnes Review: Beauty and Sorrow in Gothic Doom

After a long break, French gothic doom band Angellore are back with Nocturnes, an album full of atmosphere, emotion and melancholy. Inspired by gothic and death doom traditions, the band creates a rich, melancholic sound through mournful piano, sweeping keyboards, heavy riffs and a mixture Read More …

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Madball Not Your Kingdom Review | Hardcore Legends Still Reign

Nearly forty years into their career, Madball prove they still own New York hardcore. Scooby dives into Not Your Kingdom, an album packed with crushing grooves, massive production and the unmistakable attitude that made Freddy Cricien and company legends. Read More …

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This Is Me Breathing – Serenity in Suffering Album Review: A Brutal Deathcore Statement

This Is Me Breathing refuse to hold back on Serenity in Suffering, delivering a crushing deathcore assault packed with savage vocals, devastating riffs and relentless energy. Read More …

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AUSTRIAN BLACK METAL BAND ILL TIDINGS MIX MELODY AND BRUTALITY WITH THEIR ALBUM SEEDS OF TRUE REBIRTH

Austria’s Ill Tidings return with Seeds Of True Rebirth, a black metal album that balances icy aggression with melody and cinematic storytelling. Manny explores one of the year’s most immersive extreme metal releases. Read More …

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Defiled – Altered State Review | Death Metal Evolution

Japanese death metal veterans Defiled return with Altered State, a genre-defying album that fuses old-school brutality with elements of hardcore, progressive metal, thrash and grindcore. Discover why this ambitious release challenges death metal conventions while staying true to its roots. Read More …

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Dwarves Deliver A Twenty Minute Punk Blast On Jenkem | Crannk Reviews

They may be Dwarves, but speedy outbursts are how they roll! Dwarves have brought out their new album Jenkem, a fascinating, fast paced, mashed genre set of tracks to get your heart and head pumping. The Chicago band has spent many years producing and thrashing Read More …

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The Ghoulstars Raise The Dead With Debut Album The Dark Overlords Of The Universe | Crannk Reviews

Spooky is the name, yet wicked is the game! Finnish horror punk crew The Ghoulstars pump out a themed album that tickles your spine and feeds your deathly urges. Pop culture samples and horror references are woven all through each track, giving horror punk fans Read More …

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Dogma Review: LungBurner Unleash Sludge Doom Chaos

Have you ever held your breath for so long it felt like your lungs were aflame? Southern sludge group LungBurner have ripped this album straight out of their hearts… or maybe straight out of hell. Dogma is a forty-minute journey that feels like a wild Read More …

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CRANNK REVIEWS: GOROTICA – Daily Grind of the Medieval Age

Formed in 2022, Gorotica are a cannibalistic delicacy from Sydney, Australia. Daily Grind of the Medieval Age is their second full-length release, following on from their debut album Morbid Menagerie in 2022. Gorotica have unleashed a veritable feast of deathgrind, serving up 18 tracks clocking Read More …

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Interview with Mat Wale The Ascended and Review of Awaken Within

Jai Interviews Mat Wale of The Ascended and Reviews Awaken Within The Ascended are a heavy metal band from Victoria,Australia who have a real heavy groove laden melodic sound that I really do love and kinda has that sound like The Haunted and Trivium which Read More …

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