July 11–12 | Armstrong, BC, Canada Get ready for another blistering summer of brutality as Armstrong MetalFest returns to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley to celebrate 15 years of mountain moshing! This year’s stacked lineup features a crushing array of international and Canadian metal acts, with Read More …
More Balls To Picasso [Revisited and Reinvented] – Out July 25 via BMG Metal icon Bruce Dickinson, the legendary voice of Iron Maiden, has just dropped a crushing new lyric video for ‘Gods Of War’, setting the stage for his upcoming reimagined release of his Read More …
By Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” Anderson for Crannk.com Los Angeles-based theatrical metal powerhouse Illusions of Grandeur have carved out a unique path in the heavy music scene, blending mythological storytelling, dramatic performance, and crushing metal into one unforgettable package. At the heart of their Read More …
New Single ‘War Praise’ Out Now LIK, the modern-day purveyors of classic Swedish death metal, gloriously return to action with their fourth album, Necro, on April 18th via Metal Blade Records. Standing loud and proud over so many imitators, Necro is the musical equivalent of Read More …
Originally spotlighting the release of Hjelvik’s debut album, this feature captures Erlend Hjelvik stepping into a bold new era with Welcome to Hel, released November 20, 2020 through Nuclear Blast Records. I caught up with Erlend Hjelvik, ex Kvelertak frontman, to talk about his latest Read More …
Jai’s Interview with Sam Dillon Of Hadal Maw and Lo! Earlier today I had a really great chat with Sam Dillon vocalist for two of Australia’s best and highly regarded metal bands Lo! and Hadal Maw.This was an absolute joy and pleasure to be to Read More …
Review for Tides Of Ire Deadline EP due out 22-6-2018 and Interview with Leo Tides Of Ire are a Metal/ Nu-metal band from Kent in the United Kingdom. And with this their third release the Deadline Ep, have really created a great album capturing the Read More …
Hi! This i Peps again, and I’m continuing my journey of Swedish bands that made me the man I am today. The lesson today is the band Electric Boys, a band that played a mayor part for me in the late 80s/early 90s. And still Read More …
The feature “Strange Swedish Music” is a way for Peps to make people understand why Peps is Peps… There was once a band that got the idea that would play “fuck n’roll“… They were called “Straight up“. They lived for one album. It was called Read More …
Behind Crimson Eyes donating 25% of royalties from this single Stardust to charity Behind Crimson Eyes new single “Stardust” came out today and marks the release of the single for the band I shared the prelude track to this the other day and was excited Read More …
Descenery, a band formed in Vladivostok – Russia, by Slava – a musician from Nakhodka, and now consists of Slava and Leon Relentless, two heavy metal youngsters! The album was released in July 1st 2017. When I started listen to this album, I had a Read More …
About a month ago, I went to see a show with the amazing Blaze Bayley, and as a special guest he served us with Luke Appleton, the bass player of Iced Earth! And I was lucky enough to get a short interview with Luke after Read More …
