Immolation Deliver Brutal Death Metal Power on Descent | Crannk Reviews

Immolation is back with another face-ripping, ball-tearing album, and I’m here to let you know all about the darkness that dwells within it. Prepare for your… Descent. Descent delves deep into the darkness Immolation does so well. Their sound is tight, terrorising, and transformational, taking Read More …

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Vomitory Deliver Brutal Swedish Death Metal Power on In Death Throes | Crannk Reviews

Fuck me! What did I just listen to? This was my initiation into the Vomitory horde, and I’m not going to lie to the faithful readers of the CRANNK album reviews… I fucking loved it! Talk about power in death metal — Vomitory have it Read More …

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Branded Review: Aussie Metal Powerhouse Headbore Delivered

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 …

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Another Demon Deliver Old School Thrash with Modern Bite “As Above So Below” EP Review

This review is for NYC thrashers Another Demon and the re-release of their EP As Above So Below, featuring guest James Murphy (Testament, Death, Obituary), via Ragebreed Records / Earache Records digital distribution on April 18. Another Demon dip their toes into pools of blood Read More …

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Metal on Murray 2026 Review: Adelaide’s Northern Metal Festival Thrives, Where Community and Chaos Collide

Fun fact — it would have been my grandad’s 100th birthday on this very day. Yep, that’s right! And I got to celebrate it at the best metal festival in the northern suburbs of Adelaide: Metal on Murray. Now, as I’ve said before, I’ve been Read More …

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Gravemass – This Is the Way Review & Interview: Canadian Supergroup Unleashes Extreme Metal Chaos

“This Is The Way” Album Review & Interview Prepare yourselves, peasants — Canadian supergroup Gravemass is about to kick down your door and slam you in the face with a sonic sledgehammer. Rising straight from the darkest depths of hell, Gravemass aren’t here to fuck Read More …

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Technical Death Titans Allegaeon Dominate The Ed Castle with Ecdysis and Ekosa | Crannk Review & Photo Gallery

Ekosa, Ecdysis and Allegaeon Deliver a Night for the Ages Adelaide, The Edinburgh Castle Hotel March 5, 2026 Review by Brett ParmenterPhotography by Jai That Aussie Metal Guy for Crannk.com Last Thursday night was not your typical night. Not for me anyway. I’m not going Read More …

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Froth and Fury 2026 In Review: Bretts Take: Adelaide Metal Festival Shakes the Showgrounds

At the ripe old age of 51, I’ve been to dozens of festivals and hundreds of metal gigs. After so long you think you’ve seen it all — it’ll just be “another” festival. But thoughts like that are fucking ridiculous, and that became very apparent Read More …

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Unburier, As Time Awaits Review: Brutality in Concentrated Form

Now, this EP may only be three songs long, but holy fuck does it pack a punch. When I listened to As Time Awaits for the first time, one thing struck me more than anything else — the immense intensity within each track. All three Read More …

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Crannk Reviews Sylosis The New Flesh, a Defiant, Devastating Masterpiece

There is one thing I can say unequivocally when it comes to Sylosis — I am never worried they’re going to release a shit album. About 15 years ago, when I first heard 2008’s Conclusion of an Age and 2011’s Edge of the Earth, I Read More …

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Wreck-Defy’s Dissecting The Leech Is Thrash Metal On Full Assault | Crannk Review

Canadian powerhouse Wreck-Defy are back to shatter our eardrums and destroy our brains with their new album Dissecting the Leech. Get ready to get your thrash/power metal on, because your shit is about to get Wreck-Defy(ed). Hailing from Thunder Bay in Ontario (how very aptly named), Read More …

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