2024 album review Archives

Mickey Thomas - A Classic Christmas (2024)

Mickey Thomas – A Classic Christmas (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2024

Famously recognized as the voice of Starship, Mickey Thomas was arguably one of the best vocalists in Rock-n-Roll during the ‘80s era. Also the voice behind the memorable Elvis Bishop 1976 track “Fooled Around And Fell In Love,” Thomas initially joined Jefferson Starship in 1979, ... Read More

The Foreshadowing - New Wave Order / Lifeforce Records (2024)

The Foreshadowing – New Wave Order (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2024

Since forming nearly twenty years ago, The Foreshadowing has sustained itself as a leading force in the Gothic Doom Metal world. Out of Italy, the band was a surprise newcomer back in 2007 with the release of the debut album Days of Nothing. From here ... Read More

Sybreed - Slave Design / Aggregate Media (2024)

Sybreed – Slave Design (20th Anniversary Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2024

While Industrial Metal music had been craving a niche for itself late ‘80s with bands like Ministry, the genre grew from there with KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails, into the ‘90s with others like Fear Factory and Rammstein. Then as the 2000s hit a new ... Read More

Joy Oladokun – Observations From a Crowded Room (Album Review)

Scout HinsonScout HinsonNovember 14, 2024

Working hard as a young singer-songwriter for many years, following a breakthrough in 2020, Joy Oladokun has become a well-known act on the music scene. Touring with Hozier in 2024, Oladukun has also recorded with the likes of Mt. Joy (“Friends”), Manchester Orchestra (“You At ... Read More

Paul Kelly - Fever Longing Still / Cooking Vinyl (2024)

Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (Album Review)

Garrett RichardelloGarrett RichardelloNovember 14, 2024

After a brief three-year hiatus, legendary Singer-Songwriter Paul Kelly returned on November 1, 2024, with the new album Fever Longing Still. His twenty-ninth studio album, and first since 2021’s Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train, Kelly is currently amidst his fiftieth year performing. With five decades of consistency, ... Read More

The New Roses - Attracted To Danger / Napalm Records (2024)

The New Roses – Attracted To Danger (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2024

How many bands can say they have shared the stage with KISS, Aerosmith, Foreigner, Scorpions, ZZ Top, Black Stone Cherry, Joe Bonamassa, Airbourne, Molly Hatchet, Y&T, Blackfoot, Dead Daisies, Steel Panther, Saxon, and Accept? The answer is not many at all… but one of the ... Read More

2024 album review

Mickey Thomas – A Classic Christmas (Album Review)

The Foreshadowing – New Wave Order (Album Review)

Sybreed – Slave Design (20th Anniversary Edition Review)

Joy Oladokun – Observations From a Crowded Room (Album Review)

Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (Album Review)

The New Roses – Attracted To Danger (Album Review)

Mickey Thomas – A Classic Christmas (Album Review)

The Foreshadowing – New Wave Order (Album Review)

Sybreed – Slave Design (20th Anniversary Edition Review)

Joy Oladokun – Observations From a Crowded Room (Album Review)

Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (Album Review)

The New Roses – Attracted To Danger (Album Review)

This Week In Horror – Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Horror Show (1989)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Gothic (1987)

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Hibiscus

Developing Artist Showcase – Return to Dust

Developing Artist Showcase – Niina Soleil

Interview – Madeleine McGraw & Violet McGraw

Interview – Maria Canals-Barrera

Interview – Aaron Stainthorpe of High Parasite & My Dying Bride

Poppy – Negative Spaces (Album Review)

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

Empire of the Ants (Blu-ray Review)