Forgotten bands: Mental Hippie Blood

This weekend I started to browse my old CD:s, and my eyes landed on the two albums with the band Mental Hippie Blood (MHB). Man, I really loved these two albums from the beginning of the 90’s. The albums are called “Mental Hippie Blood” and Read More …

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Heavy metal weekend to hell!

Long Day’s Journey into Night! A brutally early Saturday morning. Made breakfast at 06:30 am!!. However, this time the reason was not going out for a really long run. No, the goal for the day was the Swedish city of Karlstad. I was going to Read More …

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Review: The Moth Gatherer – The Earth Is The Sky

I have to say that musically, this year has started off rather good, and it keeps coming new stuff. We at crannk.com manage to be on the promo-list for Agonia Records and earlier this week we got our first mail from the company. The first Read More …

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The year 2016 – gets an interesting start!

The year starts with something that I find very interesting. A joint venture by the name of “Nordic Union” with Erik Mårtensson from Eclipse and Ronnie Atkins from Pretty  Maids. Normally I think that this kind of music is a bit too soft, but Erik Read More …

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Chips from Sator on prehistoric age and the future: No The Boys, no Sator!

So, finally, my interview with Chips from Sator continues, slightly delayed. I blame it to Christmas, mourning Lemmy, and then came new year. But here is the rest of the interview, and it’s amazing! I’m so proud of this! At the bottom of the interview Read More …

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Chips från Sator om forntid och framtid: Del 2, inget The Boys, inget Sator.

Så fortsätter min intervju med Chips från Sator, något försenad. Får skylla på julen, sörjde Lemmys bortgång, och sen kom nyår… Men här kommer resten av intervjun, och den är fantastiskt bra!! Jag är sjukt stolt över denna! (Första delen av intervjun hittar du här: Read More …

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Wonderful news today!

It truly is wonderful news from Live Nation Sweden today. I have a lot of “favourite” bands, but the absolute top 2 bands on my list are 1) Iron Maiden and 2) Opeth. AND TODAY LIVE NATION ANNOUNCED OPETH AS SPECIAL GUEST FOR IRON MAIDEN Read More …

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Chips från Sator om forntid och framtid: Har du för få influenser blir du bara en kopia!

När jag började på gymnasiet för väldigt länge sedan så hade jag inte så mycket koll på musik. Det jag kunde var i stort sett Iron Maiden och Imperiet. Så när jag hörde Sator för första gången var det en rejäl spark i bröstet! Det Read More …

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Chips from Sator on prehistoric age and the future: Too few influences just makes you a copy!

When I started high school for a very long time ago I didn’t really know that much about music. What I knew was pretty much Iron Maiden and the Swedish band Imperiet. So when I heard Sator for the first time, it was just a Read More …

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Ett slag för Manimal / A thumbs up for Manimal

Tänkte slå ett slag för en gammal, men ändå ny svensk grupp – Manimal. De känns nya eftersom nya plattan “Trapped in the shadows” blott är deras andra platta, men lite gammal eftersom den första skivan kom redan år 2009. När första skivan kom så hyllades Read More …

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