DevilDriver Are Reborn On Strike And Kill | Crannk Reviews

DevilDriverStrike And Kill Out Now Through Napalm Records First thing I feel the need to say about this album is… bravo gentlemen! You’ve taken DevilDriver, cranked it up a few more notches with the genius recruiting on guitars with tech death metal maestros Alex Lee Read More …

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Mangled Carpenter Crannk The Heavy To 11 On Between Blood And Silence | Crannk Reviews

Mangled CarpenterBetween Blood And Silence EPLabel: Rottweiler Records & Broken Curfew RecordsRelease Date: July 17, 2026 Brutal. Fucking ruthless. Mangled Carpenter have produced a titanic EP which cranks the heavy to 11 and does not offer any respite. Poetic aggression wrapped in chaotic screams, intensely Read More …

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Psycroptic Deliver An Almighty Aussie Assault With The Pulse Of Annihilation | Crannk Reviews

With an almighty Aussie assault on our auditory arrays, Tassie boys Psycroptic are back to peel the remaining flesh and cartilage from our ears with their new album, The Pulse Of Annihilation. This album gets the heart pumping to the point of having a goddamn Read More …

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Khemmis Return With A Sonic Belter On Their Self Titled Album | Crannk Reviews

Khemmis are back with their fifth album, the self-titled Khemmis, a sonic belter of an album, and their first release in five years. For a band that just wanted to make heavy metal music and have a little fun, they sure have come a long Read More …

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Bloodhunter Push Their Sound To Brutal New Heights On Sons Of The Abandoned | Crannk Reviews

Savage doesn’t even begin to describe the vibe on Sons Of The Abandoned. Bloodhunter have brought us an album that hits harder than my mum with a wooden spoon when I was naughty as a kid. Brilliantly technical guitar riffs, solos chiselled out of rock, Read More …

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Origin, Snake Mountain And Ecdysis Destroy Adelaide At The Ed Castle | Crannk Reviews

Talk about being spoiled. Recently I’ve seen some of the best death metal and thrash bands in the world, and tonight, I was completely destroyed by three of the best bands getting around. Death metal legends Origin melted faces with their brutal blast beats, blistering Read More …

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Suspended Animation Make A Brutal First Strike With The Three Track EP | Crannk Reviews

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 …

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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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