Article by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson After a five-year silence, Adelaide’s genre-defying heavy outfit Ouroboric has broken their hiatus with a brand-new track titled “For the Record”, out now and streaming on all major platforms. Marking their first official release since 2020, “For Read More …
I just dove into the official music video for PRESIDENT’s latest barrage, “RAGE” and let me tell you—it’s a cold shower of kaleidoscopic panic and pulsing aggression. This isn’t just another promo video—it’s a high-voltage manifesto wrapped in dystopian visuals and cryptic ritual. Visual Aesthetics: Read More …
Words by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson – Crannk.com There are guitarists… and then there’s Isaiah Mitchell — the six-string sorcerer behind the San Diego-born power trio Earthless, a band whose very name has become synonymous with instrumental transcendence, mind-melting jams, and absolute sonic Read More …
Words by Killer | Photos by chaos | Crannk Exclusive What Happens on the Bus… Gets Uploaded Anyway There’s something sacred about the madness that happens five hours deep into a nine-hour mini-bus haul with your band, your best mate, and a few unhinged ride-or-dies Read More …
There’s a moment—if you know, you know.You stand in front of a cranked amp, you hit one note, one impossibly heavy chord—and the air splits like a crowbar to the ribs. Your hair flies back like you’re in a wind tunnel built by Satan himself. Read More …
Somewhere between a cyberpunk riot and a traditional Japanese funeral gone nuclear, I got chewed up and spat out by Deviloof’s “Newspeak.” My pupils dilated. My skin tried to crawl off my bones. And I knew — this wasn’t music anymore. This was a full-blown Read More …
By Jai That Aussie Metal Guy | Crannk.com After four decades of pioneering power metal and reshaping the genre’s sonic boundaries, HELLOWEEN are showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, they’re about to unleash what might be their most expansive and ambitious album yet Read More …
It was a frosty morning when I hit play—barefoot, half-caffeinated, sweat still clinging to last night’s gig. Then BOOM. IRONSTONE’s Moments Lost In Time hit like a wrecking ball strapped to a time machine, and I was instantly ripped out of my morning haze and Read More …
Legendary Swedish-Norwegian rap-metal pioneers CLAWFINGER have returned, and they aren’t holding back. Their brand-new single “Scum”, out now via PERCEPTION (a division of Reigning Phoenix Music), is a searing blast of punk-rap rage, loaded with sharp lyrics, ferocious riffs, and uncompromising attitude. “‘Scum’ is a Read More …
New Mini-Album FYR Out Now Via Nuclear Blast Records (Digital) & Magnetic Eye Records (Physical) Acclaimed Swedish progressive stoner rock force GAUPA have unveiled the lyric video for “Lion’s Thorn”, the blistering opening track from their brand-new four-track mini-album FYR, out now via Nuclear Blast Read More …
It begins with distortion and ends in silence — somewhere in between, Dharma makes sense of it all. On the surface, they’re a death metal band from Taiwan. But once you step inside their sound, you’re sucked into a vortex of chant, chaos, compassion, and Read More …
Crungus drags you deep into the psyche’s rotting underbelly with “Lost” — a suffocating descent through fear, paranoia, and the shadows we refuse to face. Hailing from Amarillo, Texas, this is brutal death metal at its most unrelenting: filthy, introspective, and unafraid to stare into Read More …
