Album Retrospectives

Cryptic Rock devotes time to reflect on legendary music albums from yesteryear. For special anniversaries we provide intelligent articles with historical perspective about the importance of your favorite albums.

Sting – Duets (Album Review)

Michele JohnsonMichele JohnsonApril 23, 2021

Bass guitar god and Rock music staple Sting, AKA Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, has dabbled in Blues, Jazz, Spanish Flamenco, and even Broadway over the years. In the late ‘70s, he took the world by storm with the Police, lasting into the mid 1980s and ... Read More

Linkin Park Celebrates 20 Years of Hybrid Theory

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueOctober 24, 2020

October 2000. Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and Creed were sitting pretty atop the Billboard Charts. In the Rock-n-Roll world, a second wave of Nu Metal was rising to commercial prominence thanks to the likes of Papa Roach, Staind, and P.O.D. Little did anyone know that an ... Read More

Motionless In White Celebrates A Decade of Creatures

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueOctober 12, 2020

Fall 2010. The Billboard Albums Chart was dominated by the very bizarre blend of Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Sara Bareilles, Zac Brown Band, and Lil Wayne, to name but a few, and the atmosphere was ripe for a band to deliver something fresh and new ... Read More

Good Charlotte’s Debut Album Celebrates 20 Years of the Little Things

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueSeptember 26, 2020

If you were a teenager in 2000, and you were always picked last in gym class, never had a date to a school dance, or found yourself repeatedly referred to as a freak, well, there was a band to emerge out of Waldorf, Maryland that ... Read More

Warrant Dishes Up 30 Years Of Cherry Pie

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueSeptember 11, 2020

In Summer 1990, MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em had been locked into the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Albums Chart since July 7th. Before that, Sinead O’Connor and New Kids on the Block had dabbled at owning the top spot, though come ... Read More

The Word Alive – Deceiver A Decade Later

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueAugust 31, 2020

In 2010, the Metalcore scene was ripe with a roster of young bands who were hungry to conquer the world. Some wanted to ruffle feathers and demand your attention, while others intentionally played it safe simply to get their names anywhere on the map—or the ... Read More

Album Retrospectives

Sting – Duets (Album Review)

Linkin Park Celebrates 20 Years of Hybrid Theory

Motionless In White Celebrates A Decade of Creatures

Good Charlotte’s Debut Album Celebrates 20 Years of the Little Things

Warrant Dishes Up 30 Years Of Cherry Pie

The Word Alive – Deceiver A Decade Later

Sting – Duets (Album Review)

Linkin Park Celebrates 20 Years of Hybrid Theory

Motionless In White Celebrates A Decade of Creatures

Good Charlotte’s Debut Album Celebrates 20 Years of the Little Things

Warrant Dishes Up 30 Years Of Cherry Pie

The Word Alive – Deceiver A Decade Later

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)