Nina Mende, Author at Cryptic Rock

Strung Out – Transmission.Alpha.Delta (Album review)

Nina MendeNina MendeApril 17, 2015

Six years have passed since Southern California Punk quintet Strung Out have released an album. They had been so reliable for two decades, writing, recording, touring, and repeating the cycle roughly once every two years, that to go this long without new music felt like cause ... Read More

Olly Murs – Never Been Better (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeApril 13, 2015

English singer-songwriter Olly Murs received his big break when appearing on the sixth season of American television series X Factor in 2009. Quickly signing to Epic Records in the UK and Columbia Records in the USA, Murs released his self-titled debut in 2010, which has ... Read More

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeApril 13, 2015

It has been six years since the talented co-singer/songwriter of Oasis, Noel Gallagher, parted ways with the band. Celebrating decades of international success as a part of Oasis, Noel marched on in 2010, entering the studio to record debut solo album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying ... Read More

Butch Walker – Afraid Of Ghosts (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeMarch 17, 2015

Perhaps one of the most underrated American songwriters/producers over the past two decades has been Georgian Butch Walker. Beginning in the 1980s with bands such as Badd Boyz, Bye the Bullet, and SouthGang, Walker’s career saw new light during the late 1990s with the success ... Read More

All That Remains – The Order of Things (Album review)

Nina MendeNina MendeMarch 16, 2015

It has been three years since Heavy Metal band All That Remains released A War you Cannot Win, but now they are back with a brand new album, The Order of Things. Formed in 2000, the Springfield, Massachusetts based band has released seven studio albums ... Read More

Title Fight – Hyperview (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeMarch 9, 2015

Kingston, Pennsylvanian Punk Rock outfit Title Fight have been together since 2003 when the initially formed as a three-piece with Jamie Rhoden on guitar and vocals and twin brothers Ned and Ben Russin on bass and drums. Adding second guitarist Shane Moran in 2005, the band have ... Read More

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Strung Out – Transmission.Alpha.Delta (Album review)

Olly Murs – Never Been Better (Album Review)

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday (Album Review)

Butch Walker – Afraid Of Ghosts (Album Review)

All That Remains – The Order of Things (Album review)

Title Fight – Hyperview (Album Review)

Strung Out – Transmission.Alpha.Delta (Album review)

Olly Murs – Never Been Better (Album Review)

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday (Album Review)

Butch Walker – Afraid Of Ghosts (Album Review)

All That Remains – The Order of Things (Album review)

Title Fight – Hyperview (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 – Liv Jagrell of Liv Sin & Sister Sin

Interview – Nightmare Industries of Deathstars

Interview – Sally Mullins

Des Rocs – Dream Machine: The Lucid Edition (Album Review)

The Coronas – Thoughts & Observations (Album Review)

Phantogram – Memory of a Day (Album Review)