Nicholas Franco, Author at Cryptic Rock

Queensrÿche – Condition Human (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoNovember 9, 2015

Drama is not a musical genre, but if it was, Queensrÿche would certainly qualify in that department. A messy, tumultuous personal and legal battle between former founding lead singer Geoff Tate and the band (comprised of Michael Wilton and Parker Lundgren on guitar, Eddie Jackson on ... Read More

Rotting Christ – Lucifer Over Athens (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoNovember 9, 2015

After twenty-seven years of existence, Greek institution Rotting Christ has achieved many accolades, won the respect of a legion of fans, and toured the world many times over. One thing they have not done is to record a live album, until now. Released August 21st, ... Read More

Loreena McKennitt Magically Enchants The Paramount Huntington, NY 10-18-15

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 22, 2015

Once in a while there comes an opportunity to immerse oneself in a world beyond our own, touched by history and a hint of fantastical magic absent from 90% of the music and media normally at our disposal. At the spacious Paramount Theater in Huntington, ... Read More

Killing Joke – Pylon (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 21, 2015

The turn of the millennium is now just over fifteen years old. Music has developed, changed, morphed, and in true cyclical fashion, has come full circle in a lot of areas. From Accept to Slayer, and from Bad Religion to Godflesh, the old guard has ... Read More

Kylesa – Exhausting Fire (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 12, 2015

Emerging from the sultry coastal plains of Savannah, Georgia in 2001, Kylesa has bestowed upon the world six albums of sludgy, psychedelic Heavy Metal entwined with some unflinchingly progressive Stoner Rock. Building in popularity, the creative forces of this unique outfit have been primarily pushed ... Read More

Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas FrancoOctober 5, 2015

Inside the endless cauldron of recorded music, there are genres and sub genres aplenty. Our brains’ proclivity toward organization and labeling causes us to want to define the visions of these artists into our own personal indices, marked and tagged like fossils in a museum ... Read More

Nicholas Franco

Queensrÿche – Condition Human (Album Review)

Rotting Christ – Lucifer Over Athens (Album Review)

Loreena McKennitt Magically Enchants The Paramount Huntington, NY 10-18-15

Killing Joke – Pylon (Album Review)

Kylesa – Exhausting Fire (Album Review)

Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (Album Review)

Queensrÿche – Condition Human (Album Review)

Rotting Christ – Lucifer Over Athens (Album Review)

Loreena McKennitt Magically Enchants The Paramount Huntington, NY 10-18-15

Killing Joke – Pylon (Album Review)

Kylesa – Exhausting Fire (Album Review)

Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (Album Review)

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Omen (1976)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Damien: The Omen II (1978)

Interview – Chad L. Coleman

Interview – Teri Gender Bender

Interview – Mick Avory of The Kinks

Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken (Album Review)

Dead Posey – Are You In A Cult? (Album Review)

Martinez, Margaritas and Murder! (Movie Review)