There are interviews you do because they matter in the moment, and then there are interviews that feel like chapters in an ongoing history. Sitting down with Max Cavalera again felt like the latter. This was our third conversation, and somehow it landed at another Read More …
There is something quietly powerful about a band that understands exactly why it exists from the very beginning. For UK metalcore newcomers Past Damnation, that purpose is baked into the name itself, forged long before a full lineup ever shared a room, and rooted in Read More …
There are artists who simply make music — and then there are the ones who build entire worlds, carving out a mythos that feels lived in, scarred, and defiantly alive. Adam “Nergal” Darski has always belonged to the latter. Whether commanding the blackened force of Read More …
Interview & feature by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” There are bands who influence heavy music… and then there are bands who reshape the entire landscape. German thrash legends KREATOR have been the latter since the day they first spat fire from the gutter and Read More …
There are bands who write songs… and then there are bands who carve out their existence from adversity, grit, and sheer bloody-minded refusal to quit. The Mendenhall Experiment has always been the latter, and with their new EP Chasing Ghosts landing via Lucent Records / Read More …
There are bands that tour.There are bands that grind.And then there are bands like Self Deception — the Swedish rock juggernaut that takes twenty years of fire, failure, fury, and evolution… and turns it into a worldwide party people are still trying to recover from. Read More …
Some bands play heavy.ANTI-SAPIEN weaponise it. The Brooklyn death-crust quartet have returned swinging with “At the Mercy of the Merciless,” the crushing title track from their upcoming EP dropping January 16 via Terminus Hate City. It’s raw, it’s ugly, it’s deliberate, and it hits like Read More …
New Single “Feet & Greet” Drops With Amaranthe’s Mikael Sehlin + Massive 2026 European Tour Incoming Italy’s supreme overlords of parody metal, NANOWAR OF STEEL, are back at it—and this time, they are marching into battle with Mongolian boots, industrial beats, feet puns by the Read More …
There are bands built for the studio. There are bands built for the stage. And then there’s SYLOSIS — the UK titans who have spent the better part of two decades turning thrash, melodeath, and modern metal into a living, fire-breathing beast. Now they’re stepping Read More …
Few bands from the mid-2000s post-hardcore wave carry the same level of cult devotion, nostalgia, and raw influence as Drop Dead, Gorgeous. For a lot of us who came up in that era, In Vogue wasn’t just a debut album — it was a line Read More …
CRANNK REVIEWS: WILLIE J’s 6V6s & SEBASTIAN BACH LIVE AT THE GOV (ADELAIDE) Review by Brett Parmenter – ParMetal Media & Crannk Now, I’ve been to plenty of shows in my life — too many if you ask my wife — but very few have Read More …
UK alt-rock shapeshifters DON BROCO have kicked the doors in once again—this time with “Euphoria,” their fourth single of 2025 and another electrifying chapter in what’s shaping up to be the band’s boldest evolution yet. Out now via Fearless Records, “Euphoria” is everything its name Read More …
