Nicholas Franco, Author at Cryptic Rock

Poltergeist - Nachtmusik / Bad Omen Records (2024)

Pøltergeist – Nachtmusik (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 25, 2024

There is a retro Goth Rock wave that seems to be sweeping the crowded musical landscape of the roaring 20s… 2020s that is. As we the people continue to have trust issues with the powers who rule over us, a stolid and time-tested form of ... Read More

Interview – Aaron Stainthorpe of High Parasite & My Dying Bride

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 22, 2024

Truly an underground Metal legend, Aaron Stainthorpe emerged from dusky, rain-soaked English lands to bewitch fans of Doom Metal and epic Heavy Metal with My Dying Bride. Ranging from soft-spoken narration to the most furious of Death Metal growls, Stainthorpe now lends his vocal repertoire ... Read More

1349 - The Wolf & The King / Season of Mist (2024)

1349 – The Wolf & The King (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 11, 2024

Known the world over as one of the hardest-hitting, enigmatic members of the Norwegian Black Metal scene, 1349 has built quite a career playing relentless homage to the dark. On October 4, 2024, the Oslo-based band released its eighth studio album The Wolf & The ... Read More

Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic / Century Media (2024)

Cemetery Skyline – Nordic Gothic (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 6, 2024

Emerging from the fog-laden north, just in time for autumn’s turn comes a new band featuring a cast of characters that should be familiar to all. Cemetery Skyline releases their debut album Nordic Gothic on October 11, 2024, via Century Media Records, and boasts one ... Read More

High Parasite - Forever We Burn / Candlelight Records (2024)

High Parasite – Forever We Burn (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoSeptember 27, 2024

It might not be uncommon for a storied musician to embark from his day job into another project, but it is rarer to see such an endeavor be as truly collaborative, or as daring, as High Parasite. Birthed in England and releasing its debut album ... Read More

Limbonic Art – Opus Daemoniacal (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoJune 11, 2024

Once at the forefront of the Symphonic Black Metal scene of the 1990s, Limbonic Art ramped down their studio efforts, and despite a few releases here and there, the Norwegian legends went dark for long periods of the last decade and a half. Now for ... Read More

Nicholas Franco

Pøltergeist – Nachtmusik (Album Review)

Interview – Aaron Stainthorpe of High Parasite & My Dying Bride

1349 – The Wolf & The King (Album Review)

Cemetery Skyline – Nordic Gothic (Album Review)

High Parasite – Forever We Burn (Album Review)

Limbonic Art – Opus Daemoniacal (Album Review)

Pøltergeist – Nachtmusik (Album Review)

Interview – Aaron Stainthorpe of High Parasite & My Dying Bride

1349 – The Wolf & The King (Album Review)

Cemetery Skyline – Nordic Gothic (Album Review)

High Parasite – Forever We Burn (Album Review)

Limbonic Art – Opus Daemoniacal (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)