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Marianas Rest - The Bereaved / Noble Demon (2026)

Marianas Rest – The Bereaved (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 6, 2026

While bands like Insomnium, Swallow the Sun, Ghost Brigade, Shape of Despair, and Rapture were part of a dominant Doom-Death Metal movement in Finland in the earlier part of the new millennium, emerging from the darkness in 2013 to join them was Marianas Rest. Following ... Read More

Whisper of the Witch/ Well Go USA (2025)

Whisper of the Witch (Movie Review)

Lanaya SkilesLanaya SkilesSeptember 23, 2025

Debuting on digital platforms August 19, 2025, through Well Go USA Entertainment, Whisper of the Witch is a new Horror film directed by Serik Beyseu (Identity, 2024; Succubus, 2024). A Russian movie originally titled Zaklyate. Shyopot vedm, it follows along detective Paul (Artur Beschastnyy) as ... Read More

Just Breathe (Movie Review)

Kaitlin CushmanKaitlin CushmanSeptember 16, 2025

Coming to On Demand and Digital through Shout! Studios on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, Just Breathe is a new Crime Thriller. Marking the feature debut of Writer and Director Paul Pompa III, the film follows Nick Bianco (Kyle Gallner: Smile 2022, Strange Darling 2023), as he ... Read More

Hanging Garden – The Unending (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 10, 2025

With a rich history behind them, Finland’s Hanging Garden is perhaps one of the most compelling Progressive Doom Metal bands out there. Making an impression in 2007 with the release of their debut album, Inherit The Eden, they set a high standard with haunting, Melodic ... Read More

Hanging Garden – The Garden (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 20, 2023

Formed nearly twenty years ago, Hanging Garden is another one of Finland’s many interesting bands. Initially brought together by Guitarist Mikko Kolari (who is also in ShamRain, a band that once featured Entwine’s Mika Tauriainen), Hanging Garden is a Doom Metal act with plenty of ... Read More

On the Count of Three (Movie Review)

Dana HeathDana HeathMay 11, 2022

The directorial debut of Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show series, Home Videos 2019), On the Count of Three works from a screenplay by Ari Katcher (Ramy series, Drew Michael: Red, Blue, Green 2021) and Ryan Welch (Saturday Night Live series). While it did debut back ... Read More