Now, this EP may only be three songs long, but holy fuck does it pack a punch. When I listened to As Time Awaits for the first time, one thing struck me more than anything else — the immense intensity within each track. All three Read More …
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Wreck-Defy’s Dissecting The Leech Is Thrash Metal On Full Assault | Crannk Review
Canadian powerhouse Wreck-Defy are back to shatter our eardrums and destroy our brains with their new album Dissecting the Leech. Get ready to get your thrash/power metal on, because your shit is about to get Wreck-Defy(ed). Hailing from Thunder Bay in Ontario (how very aptly named), Read More …
Crannk Feature: “Abandon All Hope – Hopeless (Lyric Video)” Hits Like a Revelation — Watch The Reaction!
Abandon All Hope have returned with ferocity, unleashing their new track “Hopeless” and proving their hunger for heavy music hasn’t faded. We dive into the comeback and break down the track in a raw, unfiltered reaction — watch it now and experience the chaos for yourself. Read More …
Antim Grahan Interview: Funeral Lament, Goat Legion, and 20 Years of Nepali Black Metal
Emerging from Kathmandu’s underground in the early 2000s, Antim Grahan stand as one of Nepal’s most enduring and influential extreme metal bands. Across more than two decades, shifting line-ups, and a discography that charts the evolution from symphonic black metal into ferocious blackened death, grind, Read More …
Blackwater Drowning, Southern Charm, and the Softest Voice in the Darkest Storm
Listen close — not to the noise, but to the space between it. Because that’s where Morgan Riley lives. I sat down with the voice behind Blackwater Drowning, expecting fire and venom — and instead got southern warmth wrapped in barbed wire, a charm so Read More …
DOUBLE DRAGON — BLOOD, BROTHERHOOD & A STAGE SET ON FIRE
There are gigs… and then there are moments that rewrite your DNA. Double Dragon at Froth & Fury wasn’t just a reunion — it was a resurrection ritual, a blood oath renewed under stage lights and sweat, decades of friendship and underground warfare detonating in Read More …
MUNT’s Tim Richmond: The World Is Not Yours, Urban Hellscapes & East Coast Spite Tour
MUNT don’t just play extreme music, they drag you through an urban hellscape and dare you to feel something. On their long-gestating debut full-length The World Is Not Yours, the Melbourne outfit weaponise black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore and sludge into a dense, precision-engineered Read More …
Marianas Rest Interview Jaakko Mäntymaa on Doom Metal, Grief, Survival and The Bereaved
Marianas Rest and the Weight of What Remains Marianas Rest have never felt like a band in a hurry. Since forming in Kotka in 2013, the Finnish death doom outfit have worked at their own pace, allowing songs to breathe, moods to deepen, and ideas Read More …
MALEFIC Strike With “Blood Of The Throne” — A Ruthless Opening Statement From Impermanence
Atlanta blackened thrash extremists MALEFIC return swinging with “Blood Of The Throne”, a ferocious new single that opens the gates to their long-awaited full-length Impermanence, due out February 13, 2026 via Terminus Hate City. From its first second, “Blood Of The Throne” is not a Read More …
FUATH RETURN FROM THE FROST WITH III, A HYPNOTIC AND HOSTILE RITUAL OF SCOTTISH ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL
Scottish atmospheric black metal entity Fuath has returned from the frostbitten wilds with its third full length album III, a cold, immersive slab of black metal that feels less like a new release and more like a winter rite finally completed. Out now via Northern Read More …
A monument to despair, a feast of fury — Hooded Menace’s Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration is doom-death at its most devastating | Crannk Reviews
After a long, soul-crushing four years of silence, Hooded Menace have finally returned from the shadows with their brand new album, Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration — and dude, let’s be real, it’s an absolute masterpiece. This isn’t just a comeback; it’s a full-blown, doom-soaked resurrection. Read More …
Riffs, Rage, and Reality: ANTI-SAPIEN Ignite a Filthy New Chapter With “At the Mercy of the Merciless”
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 …