American Metal Archives

Testament - Para Bellum / Nuclear Blast (2025)

Testament – Para Ballum (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 30, 2025

When the Big Four Tour was announced in late 2009, featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, there was little Thrash Metal fans could complain about. A dream come true, this lineup included the most dominant Thrash Metal bands of the 1980s; however, it did not ... Read More

Judicator – Concord (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 27, 2025

It is interesting where passion, dedication, and hard work can lead you. Joined with talent and a little bit of good fortune, you can find yourself in a situation where you are living out what you only thought could be a dream. Looking closely at ... Read More

Ignitor – Horns and Hammers (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 28, 2024

At this point, you can probably find more than a dozen Heavy Metal sub-genres. Overwhelming or excessive, like fifteen different flavors of potato chips, sometimes the original is the best. That is why it is great to see some out there sticking to the roots ... Read More

Texas Hippie Coalition - Gunsmoke / MNRK Heavy (2024)

Texas Hippie Coalition – Gunsmoke (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 4, 2024

It has been a little over a year since Texas Hippie Coalition released the album The Name Lives On. Put out back on April 21, 2023, it was heavy, loud, and full of fantastic Hard Rock/Heavy Metal grooves. Something that is still very fresh and ... Read More

Darkest Hour – Perpetual | Terminal (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 23, 2024

Of all the American Metalcore acts to emerge from the early 2000s that stake claim of being influenced by Swedish Melodic Death Metal, arguably the most pronounced of them would have to be Darkest Hour. Out of the Washington DC area, Darkest Hours’ roots date ... Read More

Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 23, 2023

Over the last twenty years, it seems like there has been an absence of gritty, downright dirty heavy Rock-n-Roll. However, one constant in this rather thin period of time has been the Texas Hippie Coalition. An act driven by heavy guitars, thick grooves, rough leading ... Read More

American Metal

Testament – Para Ballum (Album Review)

Judicator – Concord (Album Review)

Ignitor – Horns and Hammers (Album Review)

Texas Hippie Coalition – Gunsmoke (Album Review)

Darkest Hour – Perpetual | Terminal (Album Review)

Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On (Album Review)

Testament – Para Ballum (Album Review)

Judicator – Concord (Album Review)

Ignitor – Horns and Hammers (Album Review)

Texas Hippie Coalition – Gunsmoke (Album Review)

Darkest Hour – Perpetual | Terminal (Album Review)

Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On (Album Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Italia Ricci

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Toad The Wet Sprocket – Rings: The Acoustic Sessions (Album Review)

Francis Rossi – The Accidental (Album Review)

Grizzly Night (Movie Review)

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