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Interview – Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls Talks New Music

CrypticRockCrypticRockJuly 11, 2025

Mention the name A Flock of Seagulls to anyone, and chances are they will immediately recall their space-age imagery, complete with edgy hairstyles and wardrobe choices. Looking as if they had been beamed down from outer space, this aesthetic drew considerable attention. However, what truly ... Read More

Dommin – The Martyr (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 26, 2025

Do you ever wonder why a band is not more well-known than it is? This is a legitimate question. Fortunately, the creative force behind many of these talented and underappreciated acts keeps the music alive regardless of monetary or commercial recognition. A matter of artistic ... Read More

A Flock of Seagulls – Some Dreams (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 23, 2024

With the abundance of talented bands emerging from the UK New Wave scene during the ’80s, perhaps the most attention-grabbing was A Flock of Seagulls. The band came together in 1979, and the story goes that band leader Mike Score (a hairdresser at the time) ... Read More

HIM - When Love and Death Embrace - The Best of HIM 1997-2003 / BMG (2024)

HIM – When Love and Death Embrace- The Best of HIM 1997-2003 (Album Review)

Marieval YebraMarieval YebraNovember 17, 2024

Starting in the early ’90s, a band by the of His Infernal Majesty was making their way on the small, yet mighty Helsinki Finland Metal scene. Sending demos to labels such as Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner, and their homeland’s Spinefarm Records, each of them passed on ... Read More

VV Creates Last Memories In Wiesbaden, Germany 5-4-24

Nina MendeNina MendeMay 10, 2024

Back in January of 2023 HIM’s own Ville Valo released a surprising solo debut album entitled Neon Noir. A sort of return to the sound he cultivated for nearly 30 years leading HIM, the album was released simply under his initials VV, and was received exceptionally ... Read More

Elysion – Bring Out Your Dead (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 15, 2023

Back in the early 2000s Gothic Metal bands were rising out of the European market in droves. Flooding the international scene with some really great music, some bands that you would immediately turn to would be Poisonblack, Lacuna Coil, or HIM. However, arriving out of ... Read More

HIM

Interview – Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls Talks New Music

Dommin – The Martyr (Album Review)

A Flock of Seagulls – Some Dreams (Album Review)

HIM – When Love and Death Embrace- The Best of HIM 1997-2003 (Album Review)

VV Creates Last Memories In Wiesbaden, Germany 5-4-24

Elysion – Bring Out Your Dead (Album Review)

Interview – Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls Talks New Music

Dommin – The Martyr (Album Review)

A Flock of Seagulls – Some Dreams (Album Review)

HIM – When Love and Death Embrace- The Best of HIM 1997-2003 (Album Review)

VV Creates Last Memories In Wiesbaden, Germany 5-4-24

Elysion – Bring Out Your Dead (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 – 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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