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The Rasmus - Weirdo / Better Noise Music (2025)

The Rasmus – Weirdo (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 30, 2025

One of Finland’s most successful bands of all time, The Rasmus, returns in 2025 with their new studio album, Weirdo. The band’s eleventh overall studio album, and first since 2022’s Rise, with Weirdo, hopes are high that The Rasmus will at last get the proper ... Read More

The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers (2025)

The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers (Album Review)

Garrett RichardelloGarrett RichardelloSeptember 2, 2025

The Black Keys’ latest album, No Rain, No Flowers, marks a thoughtful and stylistically mature entry in the band’s extensive discography. Released on August 8, 2025, through Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound and Warner Records, the album was recorded at the band’s creative base in ... Read More

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet / UME (2025) liquid filled vinyl

Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (Liquid-filled Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 5, 2025

While Bon Jovi was a respected Rock band after the release of their 1984 self-titled album (which featured the Top 40 Hit “Runaway), for many (including the band), 1985’s 7800° Fahrenheit (featuring Top 100 Hits “Only Lonely” and “In and Out of Love”) was a ... Read More

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story / Hulu (2024)

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Documentary Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 5, 2024

Back in 1984, a band out of the suburban town of Sayerville, New Jersey, was set to make a massive impact. An unlikely place to find the next big Rock-n-Roll band, these guys had a hungry determination and the talent to rise to the top. ... Read More

Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi’s Breakthrough Thirty Years Later

Nina EllisNina EllisAugust 18, 2016

Ask someone about Tommy and Gina; they would most likely know it as referring to the classic Bon Jovi hit “Livin’ on a Prayer.” The tune has become the band’s signature song, and it is shocking to think it almost did not make the cut ... Read More

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The Rasmus – Weirdo (Album Review)

The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers (Album Review)

Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (Liquid-filled Vinyl Review)

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Documentary Review)

Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi’s Breakthrough Thirty Years Later

The Rasmus – Weirdo (Album Review)

The Black Keys – No Rain, No Flowers (Album Review)

Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (Liquid-filled Vinyl Review)

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Documentary Review)

Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi’s Breakthrough Thirty Years Later

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 – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

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