CrypticRock

Cryptic Rock Magazine is a digital entertainment magazine covering a broad range of music and film. Established over a decade, Cryptic Rock has in-depth music reviews, film reviews, retrospective reviews, interviews, and live concert photography/reviews.

1985 (Movie Review)

No, Yen Tan’s new film 1985 is not an adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ Orwell tribute 1985. Nor is it a Yellow Submarine-esque cinematic expansion on the Bowling For Soup song. It is more of a Texas-based take on 1994’s Philadelphia, with its dramatic tale of ... Read More

Interview – Scott H. Reiniger

Back in the mid ’70s, George A. Romero envisioned the foundation plot for Dawn of the Dead. Officially released overseas in 1978, it would become one of his most iconic films ever, creating images of horror with subtly interjected satire, acting as a commentary on our ... Read More

Interview – Biff Byford of Saxon

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, anyone who knows anything about classic Heavy Metal is versed in the turbulent world of a band called Saxon. First surfacing in 1977, Saxon was born into the infamous New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, a period in time ... Read More

Silencio (Movie Review)

Life is linear. Birth. Years of life and then death. What if that was not entirely true? What if there are places on the earth that can create paths to different realities? The Zone of Silence in Mexico is compared to the Bermuda Triangle since ... Read More

Interview – DJ Prince Hakim

Growing up around a multi-million record selling, award winning band like Kool & the Gang, you are going to learn a thing or two about music and the business of it all. This is especially the case when your dad is Robert “Kool” Bell and ... Read More