Adrian Breeman, Author at Cryptic Rock

Myrkur – Juniper (EP Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanDecember 6, 2018

Fresh off the release of her second album, Mareridt, in 2017, the semi-anonymous Myrkur is back with the Juniper EP on Friday, December 7, 2018 on Relapse Records. The brainchild of Danish performer Amalie Bruun, the Black Metal outfit has grown steadily since its self-titled ... Read More

Chris Cornell – Chris Cornell (Box Set Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanNovember 16, 2018

Back on May 18th of 2017, the music world lost one of its most unique and talented singer-songwriters with the untimely passing of Chris Cornell. A tragic loss, at only 52 years of age, Cornell’s death was ruled a suicide, leaving a massive hole in ... Read More

Mark Knopfler – Down The Road Wherever (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanNovember 15, 2018

Mark Knopfler first emerged as the vocalist/guitarist for the legendary British Rock-n-Roll band Dire Straits. A talented singer-songwriter, while he quickly expanded his workload to include film soundtracks, he chose not to record a proper solo album until Dire Straits closed shop. Now, all these ... Read More

Chrome Division – One Last Ride (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanNovember 12, 2018

Norwegian Rock-n-Roll outfit Chrome Division have decided their fifth effort, aptly titled One Last Ride, due November 16th on Nuclear Blast, will, indeed, be their last. An idea that spawned in the late nineties as an aside for Dimmu Borgir Vocalist Shagrath and then-Dimmu Bassist ... Read More

Artillery – The Face of Fear (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanNovember 12, 2018

Leaders in European Thrash Metal, Danish veterans, Artillery are set to return on Friday, November 16th with The Face of Fear via Metal Blade Records. Marking their third work for the storied So-Cal Metal label, its ninth overall LP, coming on the heels of Legions in ... Read More

Evoken – Hypnagogia (Album Review)

Adrian BreemanAdrian BreemanNovember 9, 2018

After six long years, New Jeresey’s Evoken are back with Hypnagogia, out Friday, November 9, 2018 through Profound Lore Records. A long overdue return, Canadian independent record label Profound Lore was similarly responsible for Atra Mors in 2012, and for the first time in nearly ... Read More

Adrian Breeman

Myrkur – Juniper (EP Review)

Chris Cornell – Chris Cornell (Box Set Review)

Mark Knopfler – Down The Road Wherever (Album Review)

Chrome Division – One Last Ride (Album Review)

Artillery – The Face of Fear (Album Review)

Evoken – Hypnagogia (Album Review)

Myrkur – Juniper (EP Review)

Chris Cornell – Chris Cornell (Box Set Review)

Mark Knopfler – Down The Road Wherever (Album Review)

Chrome Division – One Last Ride (Album Review)

Artillery – The Face of Fear (Album Review)

Evoken – Hypnagogia (Album Review)

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This Week In Horror Movie History – House of Wax (2005)

Interview – Matisyahu

Interview – Barbara Crampton

Interview – Johanna Platow Andersson of Lucifer

Devin Townsend – PowerNerd (Album Review)

Ad Infinitum – Abyss (Album Review)

Def Leppard – One Night Only Live at The Leadmill (Live CD & DVD Review)