Shinedown Archives

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

Godsmack – Lighting Up The Sky (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 26, 2023

When Godsmack hit the mainstream back in 1998 with their self-titled album it was like a shot to the arm with a clenched fist. Why? Well, for a start, their sound was pretty heavy for a more mainstream Hard Rock act at the time. Add ... 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

Shinedown – ATTENTION ATTENTION (Movie Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 3, 2021

Over the past 20 years, you would be hard-pressed to find a more enduring and successful Rock band than Shinedown. Producing heavy and passionate music, Shinedown burst onto the Hard Rock scene with a bunch of hype but soon surpassed all of it. Overcoming obstacles, ... Read More

Long Live Rock… Celebrate the Chaos (Documentary Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueMarch 8, 2021

Maroon 5’s Adam Levine recently stated that there are no bands anymore—and he could not be further from the truth. Of course, he’s not the only one to proclaim Rock-n-Roll a withered corpse, and he certainly won’t be the last. But for those that sweat ... Read More

Smith & Myers – Smith & Myers Volume 1 and 2 (Album Review)

Vito TanziVito TanziOctober 5, 2020

Gifting fans with a boat load of new music, Vocalist Brent Smith and Guitarist Zach Myers of Shinedown are bringing back their side project, Smith & Myers. In the midst of one of the most trying times in human history, Smith & Myers are releasing ... Read More

Shinedown

Godsmack – Lighting Up The Sky (Album Review)

Shinedown – ATTENTION ATTENTION (Movie Review)

Long Live Rock… Celebrate the Chaos (Documentary Review)

Smith & Myers – Smith & Myers Volume 1 and 2 (Album Review)

Godsmack – Lighting Up The Sky (Album Review)

Shinedown – ATTENTION ATTENTION (Movie Review)

Long Live Rock… Celebrate the Chaos (Documentary Review)

Smith & Myers – Smith & Myers Volume 1 and 2 (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)