Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir discusses Grand Serpent Rising, songwriting discipline, and why the band refuses to compromise after eight years. Read More …
Tag: Nuclear Blast
Andreas Kisser on Sepultura’s Final Chapter, The Cloud of Unknowing & Farewell Tour
There are farewell tours, there are final releases, and then there are moments like this that feel bigger than either of those things on their own. As Sepultura bring one of heavy music’s most important journeys toward its final chapter, The Cloud of Unknowing does Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Conjurer Drop “Let Us Live” — A Crushing Plea From The Heart
There are moments in heavy music where the weight of the riffs, the scream of the vocals, and the very marrow of the song cut deeper than just another blast of noise. Conjurer’s brand new single “Let Us Live” — unleashed through Nuclear Blast Records Read More …
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 …