Jeannie Blue, Author at Cryptic Rock

The Funeral Portrait - Dark Thoughts / Better Noise Music (2025)

The Funeral Portrait – Dark Thoughts (EP Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueOctober 8, 2025

Is it ever not cliché to say that someone or something puts the “fun” back in “funeral”? Ponder this as we delve into the world of a band that combines the carnival theatricality of My Chemical Romance and Creeper, macabre-loving yucks of Ice Nine Kills, ... Read More

Goo Goo Dolls - Summer Anthem / Warner Records (2025)

Goo Goo Dolls – Summer Anthem (EP Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueOctober 8, 2025

When you are ten million strong and growing, do you really need an introduction? Neither Fred Flintstone nor Goo Goo Dolls do, and they are both from New York! True story. Multi-platinum, 4x Grammy-nominated Alt Rock powerhouses, Goo Goo Dolls are known for their authenticity ... Read More

Sicksense – Cross Me Twice (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueMarch 30, 2025

In 2022, Cryptic Rock Magazine deemed the New Nü outfit Sicksense as “one to watch” and have never once regretted those words. A passion project—fronted by wife-and-husband duo Killer V (Vicky Psarakis, who is formerly of The Agonist) and Rob the Ripper (Robby J. Fonts ... Read More

Whitechapel - Hymns in Dissonance / Metal Blade Records (2025)

Whitechapel – Hymns In Dissonance (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueMarch 27, 2025

Anyone who loves heavy music has experienced it: an artist known for bleeding brutality onto record decides to, gasp, experiment. They dare to trade their signature goblin growls for—THE HORROR!—unholy, clean vocals. This cataclysmic event in their career leads to a division of the fanbase, ... Read More

Bleeding Through – NINE (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueFebruary 10, 2025

It is no secret that some ‘bands’ explode before they ever play a show: they post a clip to TikTok and BAM! Others have been underdogs since Day 1, fighting to exist in an overpopulated scene of recycled stupidity. Very much the latter, Southern California’s ... Read More

Jinjer – Duél (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueFebruary 7, 2025

Success is never a given: it is merely a rainbow-maned unicorn that many have discovered thanks to hard work and perseverance. Ukraine’s Jinjer knows a little about dedication within the world of heavy music. The band has followed an increasing trajectory over the past four ... Read More

Jeannie Blue

The Funeral Portrait – Dark Thoughts (EP Review)

Goo Goo Dolls – Summer Anthem (EP Review)

Sicksense – Cross Me Twice (Album Review)

Whitechapel – Hymns In Dissonance (Album Review)

Bleeding Through – NINE (Album Review)

Jinjer – Duél (Album Review)

The Funeral Portrait – Dark Thoughts (EP Review)

Goo Goo Dolls – Summer Anthem (EP Review)

Sicksense – Cross Me Twice (Album Review)

Whitechapel – Hymns In Dissonance (Album Review)

Bleeding Through – NINE (Album Review)

Jinjer – Duél (Album Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Frater Orion of Deathless Legacy

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain