Marc Hanson, Author at Cryptic Rock

Symphony X – Underworld (Album Review)

Marc HansonMarc HansonJuly 20, 2015

Four years is a long time to leave Prog Metal fans hanging. Especially when you are New Jersey’s Symphony X, one of the most revered acts in the genre this side of Dream Theater. It began in 1994 with the release of The Dark Chapter, a ... Read More

Theo – The Game Of Ouroboros (Album Review)

Marc HansonMarc HansonJuly 9, 2015

Theo is the brainchild of Michigan’s Jim Alfredson, a prolific keyboardist who favors the damp click of the Hammond organ. Already having several albums on his resume under projects by Janiva Magness, Root Doctor, and his own Organissmo, Alfredson takes a surprising left turn from ... Read More

Remembering Chris Squire of YES – Bass Innovator & Legend

Marc HansonMarc HansonJuly 3, 2015

In 1969, an album was released by a young English band by the name of Yes. When the needle dropped on the group’s Atlantic/WEA self-titled album and slipped into the opening track groove in the vinyl, the very first pulsating notes one hears are the ... Read More

Neal Schon – Vortex (Album Review)

Marc HansonMarc HansonJune 23, 2015

Whether one is familiar with the name Neal Schon or not, it is almost a guarantee that one has heard the music of Neal Schon. And somewhere, at this very moment, is a drunk individual in a karaoke bar singing “Don’t Stop Believin’.” While most known ... Read More

Helloween – My God-given Right (Album Review)

Marc HansonMarc HansonJune 9, 2015

Three decades ago in Hamburg, Germany, the genre that is widely known as Power Metal was being solidified when a band named Helloween released the album Walls of Jericho in 1985. On the heels of their debut, with their speedy riffs, double bass drumming, high flying ... Read More

Kamchatka – Long Road Made Of Gold (Album Review)

Marc HansonMarc HansonMay 28, 2015

Sweden’s Kamchatka is a Blues based Hard Rock band that formed in the early 2000s by guitarist/vocalist Thomas (Junear) Andersson, Tobias Strandvik (drums), and Roger Öjersson (bass/vocals) in the small town of Varberg. Their name is derived from a sparsely populated volcanic region in northern ... Read More

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Symphony X – Underworld (Album Review)

Theo – The Game Of Ouroboros (Album Review)

Remembering Chris Squire of YES – Bass Innovator & Legend

Neal Schon – Vortex (Album Review)

Helloween – My God-given Right (Album Review)

Kamchatka – Long Road Made Of Gold (Album Review)

Symphony X – Underworld (Album Review)

Theo – The Game Of Ouroboros (Album Review)

Remembering Chris Squire of YES – Bass Innovator & Legend

Neal Schon – Vortex (Album Review)

Helloween – My God-given Right (Album Review)

Kamchatka – Long Road Made Of Gold (Album Review)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Stigmata (1999)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Flash Gordon (1980)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Visiting Hours (1982)

Developing Artist Showcase – Vipërwitch

Developing Artist Showcase – Vermilia

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Smoke Trigger

Interview – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Interview – Bishop Briggs

Interview – Henry Thomas & Sarah Lind

The Native Howl – Sons of Destruction (Album Review)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

Blood Star (Movie Review)