Kenny Lenehan, Author at Cryptic Rock

Machine Head – ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN (Album Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanSeptember 9, 2022

Celebrating over thirty years of performing at the top flight of Metal, Machine Head are back with their new album ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN. Released on August 26, 2022 through Nuclear Blast Records and Imperium Recordings, the band’s latest effort is an interesting concept album surrounding ... Read More

Imperial Triumphant – Spirit Of Ecstasy (Album Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanJuly 29, 2022

Hailing from New York City, the trio known as Imperial Triumphant have created a divide over the past few years among Metal and critics alike. Why? Because they are unique! Formed in 2005, the band – Zachary Ilya Ezrin (vocals, guitars), Steve Blanco (bass, vocals, ... Read More

Priest – Body Machine (Album Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanJuly 28, 2022

Emerging out of the shadows in 2017, the band known as Priest are still a bit of a mystery. A Swedish electronic/synth trio using the personas Mercury (vocals), Salt (keyboards) and Sulfur (keyboards/programming), two are ex Nameless Ghouls of the famed Metal band Ghost. Together ... Read More

RANDY RHOADS: Reflections of a Guitar Icon (Documentary Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanJuly 1, 2022

Randy Rhodes…the name needs little needs little to no introduction to music fans and guitar nerds alike. A forerunner of the shred guitar movement and most notably Ozzy Osbourne’s first lead guitarist during his solo years, before then Rhodes was the lead guitarist of Quiet ... Read More

Caliban – Dystopia (Album Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanMay 16, 2022

Germany’s Caliban have made an impressive impact on the Metal world with a career spanning well over two decades now. Consistently releasing new material through the years, starting in 1998 with self-titled EP via Lifeforce Records, some might even argue Caliban inspired the the Metalcore ... Read More

Meshuggah – Immutable (Album Review)

Kenny LenehanKenny LenehanMay 11, 2022

Sweden’s Tech-Metal pioneers, Meshuggah, are back with their long overdue new album Immutable, released via Atomic Fire on April 1, 2022. Recorded in Sweden’s “Sweetspot Studios,” it marks the band’s ninth overall studio album, is their first ever not with Nuclear Blast, and is the ... Read More

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Machine Head – ØF KINGDØM AND CRØWN (Album Review)