Enslaved drummer, vocalist and producer Iver Sandøy discusses AC/DC’s songwriting magic, making Mið under pressure and why you don’t need expensive studio gear to make a great record. Read More …
Tag: Progressive metal
IGNEA’s Helle Bohdanova Talks Monumental, Nostalgia, Kyiv & Futures That Never Arrived
There are albums that look backwards simply because the past feels comfortable, and then there are albums like IGNEA’s Monumental, where looking back becomes considerably more complicated. Nostalgia here is not treated as an easy escape into better days. It can be beautiful, unsettling, deceptive Read More …
Cepheidae Variable: Ryan Koepke on Primordial Reverie Ascendant and the Evolution Beyond a Solo Project
When I first caught up with Canadian multi-instrumentalist Ryan Koepke through a written Crannk Q&A in 2025, Cepheidae Variable was very much his baby. The debut album, Primordial Reverie, was this massive instrumental journey through progressive metal, orchestration, synths and science fiction inspired soundscapes, with Read More …
FALSIMONIAN – Jesus Fuentes Valverde on For Survival, Jazz & Melodic Death Metal
There is a moment early in my conversation with Falsimonian guitarist, keyboardist, composer and producer Jesus Fuentes Valverde where a lot of what sits behind the band suddenly starts making sense. Before the jazz degrees, before melodic death metal collided with Latin rhythms and before Read More …
AMORPHIS Return to Australia After 13 Years: Santeri Kallio Talks Borderland, Classic Songs and The Eternal
Finnish metal legends Amorphis are finally back on Australian soil, and with their first tour Down Under in 13 years kicking off tonight, longtime keyboardist Santeri Kallio has plenty to say about the band’s return. Few bands have managed to evolve quite like Amorphis. From Read More …
Sigh – Goh-Ka Album Review: A Wild Journey Through Avant-Garde Metal
“Kuso-shi 1, 2 and 3” As soon as I pressed play on the first track, “Kuso-shi 1, 2 and 3”, I was greeted by an array of electronic blips and beeps that would not sound out of place upon entering an arcade. Arriving soon after Read More …
SOEN’s Joel Ekelöf On Reliance, Vulnerability And Finally Reaching Australia
There are bands that build their identity around technical ability, bands that chase heaviness, bands that live in atmosphere and bands that reach for something deeply emotional. SOEN have somehow spent more than a decade existing in that space where all of those things collide. Read More …
The Ocean: Robin Staps on Solaris, Rebuilding the Collective, Dual Vocals and Exploration
Some albums arrive according to a carefully mapped plan. Others sit unfinished for years, waiting for the world around them to catch up. For Robin Staps, Solaris became something even more important. It became the unfinished story that convinced him The Ocean still had a Read More …
Mastodon – Marrow Deep Review: Grief, Survival and a New Era
A band staring death in the fucking face and deciding to keep marching Released: August 28, 2026Label: Loma Vista RecordingsAlbum: Ninth studio albumLength: Approximately 65 minutesGenre: Progressive Metal / Sludge Metal / Heavy MetalRating: 9/10 There are albums you throw on because you want some Read More …
Metal Blade Records July Wrap Up: Harlott, RAM And Gradience Deliver New Singles
Metal Blade Records have delivered another heavy round of new music, with Australian thrashers Harlott, Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and Danish metallers Gradience all pushing toward major upcoming releases. From politically charged Australian thrash, to classic heavy metal rebellion, to a wild collision of Read More …
Hold My Spiral: Primus, TOOL and the Return of My Annoyingly Loud Obsession
No shade to anyone or anything, but did you notice how the entire “experimental” fanbase rose to give an ovation when French Canadian rock duo Angine de Poitrine took over the For You pages of every social media platform? Then, within a week, weird experimental Read More …
James Ivanyi Doesn’t Just Play Guitar. He’s Chasing the Fucking Music.
James Ivanyi has spent more than a decade building a career around instrumental music, progressive guitar and doing things entirely on his own terms. We sat down with the Australian guitarist and composer to talk The Phantasm Cozenage, songwriting, vintage gear, Suhr signature guitars, his metal roots and why he considers himself a musician first. Read More …