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Wolves at the Gate - Wasteland / Solid State Records (2025)

Wolves at the Gate – Wasteland (Album Review)

Mark ZapataMark ZapataSeptember 10, 2025

Forming in Cedarville, Ohio, back in 2008, Wolves at the Gate have successfully made an impression on the Metalcore and Post-Hardcore scene. Earning the attention of Solid State Records with their initially self-released 2011 EP We Are the Ones, it has been a steady climb ... Read More

The Devil Wears Prada – Color Decay (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueSeptember 16, 2022

Metalcore stalwarts The Devil Wears Prada follow in the footsteps of ZII’s finest with their eighth full-length, Color Decay. Solid State Records delivers the glacial emotions on Friday, September 16, 2022. With their full-length debut, 2006’s Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord, the Ohio sextet put ... Read More

Norma Jean – Deathrattle Sing For Me (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueAugust 9, 2022

All hail the Almighty Norma Jean! Continuing to x-ray their souls to offer hardcore evidence of their collective spirit, the quintet surges through the grunge on their latest, Deathrattle Sing For Me, which arrives on Friday, August 12, 2022, thanks to Solid State Records. When ... Read More

The Devil Wears Prada – ZII (EP Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueMay 29, 2021

The forced downtime of the past year has given rise to many a passion project throughout the music industry, and The Devil Wears Prada are the latest band to revisit their past while providing a mirror into their future. Returning to the conceptual storytelling behind ... Read More

Fit For a King – The Path (Album Review)

Mikayla AndersonMikayla AndersonSeptember 18, 2020

Metalcore is the gift that keeps on giving, especially in a climate when everyone has nothing but time on their hands to create new content. Adding to that list of new material to check out are Texas’ Fit For a King with their highly anticipated ... Read More

Interview – Grayson Hurd of Lightworker

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueJuly 3, 2020

Let’s just be blunt here: If you haven’t heard the name Lightworker, then you haven’t been paying attention to Cryptic Rock magazine. First spotlighted in August 2017 when the young Metal band had just delivered their debut EP Resilience, they are now celebrating the release ... Read More

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Wolves at the Gate – Wasteland (Album Review)

The Devil Wears Prada – Color Decay (Album Review)