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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.

OMD – Dazzle Ships Turns 35

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 7, 2018

“If you leave, don’t leave now Please don’t take my heart away…” Of course, anyone who was a cool, preppy New Wave enthusiast, especially in the genre’s peak in the 1980s, could instantly sing those unforgettable lines in his or her head. Most likely, they ... Read More

New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival Returns With Fury 3-2-18 to 3-4-18

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 6, 2018

The old saying is to strike early, and strike often. Well, Filmmaker/Producer Ryan Scott Weber and Comic Book Men Producer/Pop Culturist Rob Bruce have done exactly that with their passion project known as the New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival. Come together just one ... Read More

Camouflage – Voices & Images 30 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 6, 2018

The dabbling of Depeche Mode into the dark fringes of New Wave/Synthpop, via their 1986 album, Black Celebration, contributed to the flourishing in the late ’80s of what became Dark Wave. Of the bands that followed the gloomy footsteps and cold drumbeats of the influential ... Read More

Erasure – World Beyond (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 6, 2018

Every time there is a new album being released by a classic or enduring band or artist, many scoop-hungry punters tend to jump into the conclusion that the band or artist in question is returning from the dead or from an age-old dormancy. They seemingly ... Read More

All About Eve’s Self-titled Debut Turns 30

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 6, 2018

Of all the Gothic-inspired bands that made their mark in the late ’80s, All About Eve was one of the few that stood out of the flock. This may be attributed to the English outfit’s music being rooted more on Folk than on Rock, thus ... Read More

The Candyskins’ Fun? 25 Years Later

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 6, 2018

A slew of bands that have been lumped also under the banner of Alternative/Indie Rock in the 1990s, whose music may be described as a melodic kind of Punk or which resided within the sonic spectrum of Post-Punk New Wave, unluckily fell off the radar ... Read More

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OMD – Dazzle Ships Turns 35

New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival Returns With Fury 3-2-18 to 3-4-18

Camouflage – Voices & Images 30 Years Later

Erasure – World Beyond (Album Review)

All About Eve’s Self-titled Debut Turns 30

The Candyskins’ Fun? 25 Years Later

OMD – Dazzle Ships Turns 35

New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival Returns With Fury 3-2-18 to 3-4-18

Camouflage – Voices & Images 30 Years Later

Erasure – World Beyond (Album Review)

All About Eve’s Self-titled Debut Turns 30

The Candyskins’ Fun? 25 Years Later

Carinfex – World War X (Album Review)

Russian Circles – Blood Year (Album Review)

A Flock of Seagulls – Inflight (Album Review)