Glam Metal Archives

Smoking Snakes – Danger Zone (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 2, 2024

In the past there has been a Post-Punk revival (with bands like Interpol or the Black Keys), a Garage-Rock revival (with bands like The Strokes or The White Stripes), but the time has now come for a Sleaze Metal revival. Curious exactly what this means… ... Read More

Dangerous Toys Vitamins and Crash Helmets cover

Dangerous Toys – Vitamins and Crash Helmets Live (Live Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 30, 2024

While the ‘80s were filled with many Hard Rock bands that were more shiny, there were others that also offered a bit more dirt and grit in their sound. Among those was Dangerous Toys; a band which wore their Southern roots well with a heavy ... Read More

CobraKill – Serpent’s Kiss (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 15, 2024

Back in the ‘80s Heavy Metal went from a marginally successful genre to major players in the mainstream. Thanks in part to the Glam Metal scene which lit up MTV, it was a time where heavy music from bands like Def Leppard or Whitesnake sat ... Read More

Vandenberg – Sin (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 23, 2023

Back in the ‘80s, Guitar Rock was king… and there was plenty of great music to go around. A time when when there were so many talented guitarists around the globe, this included Ratt’s Warren Demartini, Dokken’s George Lynch, and of course, Eddie Van Halen. ... Read More

Interview – Don Dokken of Dokken

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 22, 2023

During the ’80s, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal found a common place in Billboard charts. A soar in mainstream acceptance and popularity that we have not seen prior, or thereafter, one of the kings of the era were none other than Dokken. A band formed ... Read More

Heavens Edge – Get It Right (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 5, 2023

The ‘80s was a decade of many things, and one of them was one where there were more Metal/Hard Rock leaning acts getting radio airplay. A time when heavier Rock-n-Roll dominated the airwaves, bands like Dokken, Ratt, Great White, and Whitesnake were leaders, but there were ... Read More

Glam Metal

Smoking Snakes – Danger Zone (Album Review)

Dangerous Toys – Vitamins and Crash Helmets Live (Live Album Review)

CobraKill – Serpent’s Kiss (Album Review)

Vandenberg – Sin (Album Review)

Interview – Don Dokken of Dokken

Heavens Edge – Get It Right (Album Review)

Smoking Snakes – Danger Zone (Album Review)

Dangerous Toys – Vitamins and Crash Helmets Live (Live Album Review)

CobraKill – Serpent’s Kiss (Album Review)

Vandenberg – Sin (Album Review)

Interview – Don Dokken of Dokken

Heavens Edge – Get It Right (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)