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.

Sia – Everyday Is Christmas (Album Review)

As all of us inclined to the Dark Side know, Everyday is Halloween: but that impressively-piped, chandelier-swinging Sia was misguided and has somehow come to believe that Everyday Is Christmas. Hence the name of her new, all-original Christmas collection, which arrives on Friday, November 17th, ... Read More

Wu-Tang – The Saga Continues (Album Review)

Billed carefully as simply Wu-Tang, reflecting the fact that U-God is still estranged from the bulk of the Wu-Tang Clan over rights and royalties, latest release The Saga Continues quickly makes the authorship distinction unnecessary, as the album rolls more like a compilation of Wu-Tang Clan member appearances ... Read More

Black Sabbath – The End (Live DVD/CD Review)

Birmingham, England in 1968, Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, Guitarist Tony Iommi, Bassist Geezer Butler, and Drummer Bill Ward form an Electric-Blues band – soon calling themselves Earth. Searching for a new sound, the band found inspiration via the 1963 film entitled – Black Sabbath.  Almost instantly, the ... Read More