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Well-written, informative, and thoughtful reviews of all areas of entertainment. From new albums to new films and beyond, Cryptic Rock Magazine has music and film covered.

The Native Howl - Sons of Destruction / Sumerian Records (2024)

The Native Howl – Sons of Destruction (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 16, 2024

Purity in genres is always nice, although when a hybrid unlike anything comes along, you cannot help but show interest. We have seen Rap, Pop, Country, Blues, and Classical come together with Heavy Metal, but how many can say they have ever seen Bluegrass join ... Read More

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

Scout HinsonScout HinsonNovember 15, 2024

If you know The The, you know about the ballads of the most popular release, 1983’s Soul Mining. Some quintessential ’80s Post-Punk Synth-Pop from Britain, leading man Matt Johnson had success only a few years after he formed the band in the late ’70s. Now ... Read More

Blood Star (Movie Review)

Lauren HopkinsLauren HopkinsNovember 15, 2024

If you are into True Crime and know that trust should be taken with a grain of salt, you have heard the saying, “If you want to see a man’s true colors, give him a badge and a little bit of power.” For decades, this ... Read More

Poppy - Negative Spaces / Sumerian Records (2024)

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2024

American Performer Poppy is perhaps one of the most enigmatic in music today. A compliment when it seems many others are a carbon copy of the next, Poppy has made a name for herself in the pop and also the Heavy Metal genre. A part ... Read More

Doro – Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas Party (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2024

With over four decades behind her, Doro Pesch remains as inspired, active, and energized as ever before. A force of nature, just in the past few years, the Metal Goddess released the Triumph And Agony Live in 2021 ( a live album celebrating the 35th ... Read More

Empire of the Ants (Blu-ray Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2024

In the Science Fiction and Horror world, beyond Edgar Allan Poe or Stephen King, few other authors have found their writings adapted into films to the extent of H.G. Wells. Wells, a visionary like Jules Verne and Aldous Huxley, had many fascinating, yet dystopian ideas ... Read More

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