Music Reviews

In-depth, thoughtful, well-written reviews of a broad spectrum of music. Everything from Rock-n-Roll, Heavy Metal, and Pop to Hip Hop and Blues is covered on Cryptic Rock Magazine.

Ihsahn – ‘Amr (Album Review)

Nicholas FrancoNicholas Franco

If one of the most ironclad aspects of Black Metal is its unwillingness to fit within anyone’s boundaries or expectations of artistic decorum, then it stands to reason that when one of the style’s originators departs from such roots for shores unknown, the results will ... Read More

LEEDS – Everything’s Dandy (Album Review)

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With rockers Spacehog, Vocalist/Bassist Royston Langdon has released four full-length studio albums – from 1995’s Resident Alien (which included the hit-single “In The Meantime”) to 2013’s As It Is On Earth – and enjoyed a successful, two decades-plus career in music. Now striking it out ... Read More

D.O.A. – Fight Back (Album Review)

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Globally renowned for devising the Hardcore movement in the early 1980s, Canadian Punk Rockers D.O.A. – Joey “Shithead” Keithley (Vocals, Guitar), Paddy Duddy (Drums), and Corkscrew (Bass) – are back at it again, taking names and ripping out ear drums via their new studio album, Fight ... Read More