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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FROM EUROVISION CHAOS TO INNER COLLAPSE: JOEL HOKKA BREAKS THE CAGE WIDE OPEN

Joel Hokka (ex-Blind Channel) discusses his new project HOKKA and the album Via Miseria IV. In this emotional interview, he opens up about leaving Blind Channel, creative freedom, rock bottom, and the personal journey behind his new music. A raw, honest conversation about identity, rebirth, and finding your own voice again. Read More …

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Joel Hokka Opens A Powerful New Chapter With HOKKA And Via Miseria IV

There is something fitting about Via Miseria IV arriving wrapped in shadow, melancholy, and myth. For all the talk around HOKKA being a new band, this does not feel like a fresh start built from nothing. It feels more like the aftermath of fire. It Read More …

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Immolation’s Descent Finds Bob Vigna and Death Metal’s Lifers Still Pushing Forward

There are few bands in death metal who carry the kind of weight Immolation do without ever sounding like they are coasting on legacy. More than three decades deep, the New York institution still creates with the hunger of a band chasing something, not protecting Read More …

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Avatar Set Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland Dates for 2026 Tour

Australia… they did not forget. Three years after first tearing through Australian stages on their long-awaited debut headline run, Swedish metal visionaries Avatar are set to return to Australia and New Zealand this August and September, bringing their latest chapter of chaos, theatre, and razor-sharp Read More …

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DEATH ANGEL Unleash Thrashing Headbanger “Cult Of The Used” — A Relentless New Anthem from the Bay Area Titans

San Francisco thrash metal legends DEATH ANGEL are back to set 2025 ablaze with their crushing new single “Cult of the Used” — a ferocious follow-up to “Wrath (Bring Fire)” and the band’s most explosive track in years. This is only their second new song Read More …

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Despised Icon — The Architects of Deathcore Still Swinging the Hammer

Every now and then, I get to sit across from someone who helped build the modern sound of brutality. Despised Icon aren’t just another deathcore band — they’re the reason half the scene even exists. Before the breakdown arms race and the guttural Olympics, there Read More …

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Battle Beast’s Eero Sipilä Talks Steelbound, Noora’s Vocals & the Power of Finnish Metal | Crannk Interview

When it comes to pure, unapologetic heavy metal energy — the kind that roars with melody, power, and a touch of theatrical fire — few modern bands stand as tall as Battle Beast. With their seventh full-length album Steelbound set to drop October 17th via Read More …

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Paradise Lost – Ascension Marks 17 Albums of Gothic Metal Majesty | Crannk Interviews

When it comes to shaping the sound of gothic metal, Paradise Lost stand in a league of their own. Formed in Halifax in 1988, the band carved a path from doom-laden beginnings into a genre-defining legacy that’s inspired generations of artists. Now, in 2025, the Read More …

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AURI Release Their Enchanting Third Album III – Candles & Beginnings + Unveil Lyric Video For Blakey Ridge

Some albums are more than music — they are doorways. With their third studio album, III – Candles & Beginnings, AURI — the visionary trio of vocalist Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish), and Troy Donockley — once again open a portal into a world where Read More …

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BLACKBRIAR Release Haunting New Single ‘A Last Sigh Of Bliss’ – New Album A Thousand Little Deaths Out August 22nd via Nuclear Blast

Dutch gothic symphonic metal storytellers Blackbriar have unveiled their emotionally charged new single and music video, ‘A Last Sigh Of Bliss’, the latest chapter in their evolving sonic fairytale. Taken from the highly anticipated upcoming album A Thousand Little Deaths, set for release August 22nd Read More …

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