New Hard Rock Archives

Tim Montana – Savage (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockAugust 12, 2024

To the Hard Rock world the name Tim Montana may be something new, but this singer-songwriter is far from green. An active songwriter, recording artist, and live performer for over twenty years now, Montana is pretty well established in the Country music realm. First released ... Read More

Shinedown – Somewhere in the Stratosphere (Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 31, 2024

In the modern era of Rock-n-Roll, few bands have been able to accomplish what Shinedown has. Examining the obvious, Shinedown holds the record for the most mainstream rock number ones in Billboard history. Yes, that is right, Shinedown is actually the most successful radio Rock ... Read More

Any Given Sin – War Within (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockAugust 21, 2023

Over the last decade there honestly have been only a few new bands to enter the Hard Rock scene that really turn your head. Yes, the genre has continued on, but most new acts are a new hybrid of Hard Rock that perhaps does not ... Read More

Interview – Barry Kerch of Shinedown

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 10, 2023

When it seems like everything is splitting at the seams, thank goodness we can find a safe haven within music. It is a release of emotion, offers a beacon of hope, and most of all, a vehicle for us to connect with one another. That ... Read More

Shinedown – Planet Zero (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 27, 2022

Back in 2018 Shinedown tried to warn us of the dire societal path we were headed with the bold album ATTENTION ATTENTION. Now four years later, the shadow casted over us is ever larger, thus inspiring Shinedown’s latest observational work Planet Zero. Marking Shinedown’s seventh overall studio ... Read More

Interview – Mike Conner of Any Given Sin

CrypticRockCrypticRockJune 1, 2020

Based out of Southern Maryland, Any Given Sin is slowly creeping up in the rankings on the American Hard Rock scene. Originally coming together some time ago, the band’s sound has morphed over the last decade, and further took shape with the introduction of Vocalist ... Read More

New Hard Rock

Tim Montana – Savage (Album Review)

Any Given Sin – War Within (Album Review)

Interview – Mike Conner of Any Given Sin

Tim Montana – Savage (Album Review)

Any Given Sin – War Within (Album Review)

Interview – Mike Conner of Any Given Sin

This Week In Horror Movie History – Stigmata (1999)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Flash Gordon (1980)

This Week in Horror Movie History – Visiting Hours (1982)

Developing Artist Showcase – Vipërwitch

Developing Artist Showcase – Vermilia

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Smoke Trigger

Interview – Maddie Hasson

Interview – UFO’s Phil Mogg

Interview – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Moggs Motel – Moggs Motel (Album Review)

R#XMS Vol. 2 (Album Review)

Ignitor – Horns and Hammers (Album Review)