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Cryptic Rock Magazine covers a broad range of music and film. With over a decade of interviews, music reviews, film reviews, and live concert photography/reviews, there is so much to dig into.

Interview – Jesse Colin Young

In life, opinions, lifestyles, and cultures differ, but in spite of it all, music has the ability to brings us together. A universal language, music can convey a message, heal wounds, and unify. In times when the gap between people is as far as ever, American Singer-Songwriter ... Read More

Fozzy – Judas (Album Review)

If an award exists for the most clever band in Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, Fozzy is the undisputed champion. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Fozzy came together when WWE Superstar Chris Jericho joined forces with former Stuck Mojo Guitarist Rich “The Duke” Ward. Jericho, an avid metalhead, initially lead ... Read More

Interview – Vorph of Samael

They began before the first throes of what we know of as black metal burned its darkness into our senses, taking cues from the style’s elder gods such as Venom, Possessed, and Hellhammer. They called themselves Samael, and out of the snow-clad nation of Switzerland, ... Read More

Hell House LLC (Movie Review)

Released on DVD October 1, 2017 via Terror Films, Hell House LLC, written and produced by Stephen Cognetti, takes place five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour. In this ... Read More