Nicholas Franco, Author at Cryptic Rock

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

Rotting Christ – Pro Xristou (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoMay 17, 2024

There are few names as synonymous with the ascension of Black Metal music, from its nascent tape-trading days all the way to its paradigm-shifting, genre-bending present day, than Rotting Christ. The Greek band has been in existence since 1987, and on May 24, 2024, they ... Read More

Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoMay 7, 2024

The time has come for one of the elder statesmen of the second wave of Norwegian Black Metal to release a new album. Darkthrone may have strayed far from their original blueprint in both sound and philosophy, but one thing the duo of Fenriz and ... Read More

My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoApril 24, 2024

If dirge and poetry could be melded into the lifeblood of a Heavy Metal band, that band would undoubtedly be the Yorkshire, England Doom brigade known as My Dying Bride. Set to release their fifteenth studio album since forming in 1990, the solemn six-piece bring ... Read More

Accept – Humanoid (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoApril 24, 2024

One of the hardest working, longest running true Metal bands in the entire history of the genre, Accept came out of Germany in the late 1970s to take the world by storm. Pouring out some of the most enduring, high-quality tunes in the denim and ... Read More

Interview – Wolf Hoffmann of Accept

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoApril 15, 2024

Of all the legacy Heavy Metal bands still in existence, there are few who can boast such consistent output as Accept. The Germans even found new stability with a new American singer in Mark Tornillo, with whom they are now entering their sixth album cycle ... Read More

Nicholas Franco

Limbonic Art – Opus Daemoniacal (Album Review)

Rotting Christ – Pro Xristou (Album Review)

Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All (Album Review)

My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding (Album Review)

Accept – Humanoid (Album Review)

Interview – Wolf Hoffmann of Accept

Limbonic Art – Opus Daemoniacal (Album Review)

Rotting Christ – Pro Xristou (Album Review)

Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All (Album Review)

My Dying Bride – A Mortal Binding (Album Review)

Accept – Humanoid (Album Review)

Interview – Wolf Hoffmann of Accept

This Week In Horror – Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Horror Show (1989)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Gothic (1987)

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Smoke Trigger

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Hibiscus

Developing Artist Showcase – Return to Dust

Interview – UFO’s Phil Mogg

Interview – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Interview – Bishop Briggs

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Movie Review)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Movie Review)

Seeds Of Mary – LOVE (Album Review)