Nick Holmes Archives

Interview – Liv Kristine Talks Music, New Beginnings + More

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 15, 2024

If we are honest with ourselves, we may ask… what defines us? A very lofty question to ponder, the truth lies in finding a place between the light and darkness of life, all while still being able to remain grounded on earth. This could mean ... Read More

HOST – IX (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 26, 2023

Founding fathers of what is called the Gothic Metal sound, Paradise Lost are perhaps one of the most underappreciated bands in all of Metal music. Originally a Doom Metal with Death Metal elements early on, by the early ‘90s they were already morphing into what ... Read More

Interview – Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost Talks Obsidian

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 10, 2020

Forever and always, Paradise Lost are the Gothic Metal standard. One of the essential Doom Metal acts to emerge from the UK at the dawn of the ’90s, Paradise Lost has forged a path which is unique and distinct. Putting out sixteenth studio albums over ... Read More

Paradise Lost – Obsidian (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 12, 2020

Paradise Lost has shown time and time again that musical ingenuity takes precedence over anything else. That includes their image, sound, and appeasing any particular group of people. In fact, to many, this is one of the band’s most endearing qualities. One of the original ... Read More

Bloodbath – The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn (Album Review)

Lisa BurkeLisa BurkeOctober 24, 2018

With the times changing, so does the music. As a result, the normal progression veers off course into an entirely different entity, encompassing some of the best moments of different bands. In the case of Swedish Heavy Metal, Bloodbath was born in the late ’90s ... Read More

Interview – Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 21, 2018

There are few bands who are daring enough to go all the way from Doom Metal to Electronic Rock, to somewhere in between, and back again. That is the UK outfit known as Paradise Lost in a nutshell – bold and unpredictable. Being just that ... Read More

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