Symphonic Rock Archives

Magnum – Here Comes the Rain (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockJanuary 9, 2024

Established over fifty years ago, Magnum is a Rock-n-Roll band with an expansive, interesting history. Out of England, their sound has shifted through the decades, but they have always walked the line of Heavy Rock music with symphonic elements that have inspired the Heavy Metal ... Read More

Within Temptation's Bleed Out Album Out Now

Within Temptation – Bleed Out (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 25, 2023

Of all the acts to emerge from the European region under the sub-genre of Symphonic Metal, The Netherlands’ Within Temptation have arguably been the most internationally successful. With roots that date back to 1996, Within Temptation is a name that was known in the underground ... Read More

Interview – Hendrik Jan de Jong of Nemesea

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 13, 2019

First coming together back in 2002, the Netherlands’ Nemesea has sustained their share of trials and tribulations. Initially a Symphonic Gothic Metal styled band with the release of Mana in 2004, they would soon shape shift to something different with subsequential albums such as 2007’s ... Read More

Jon Anderson – 1000 Hands: Chapter One (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 26, 2019

His might just be an ordinary-sounding name, but the musical works that he has come up with as a member of his band, in his many collaborative musical projects, or as a solo artist, as well as his guitar-playing and songwriting prowess are more than ... Read More

Within Temptation – Resist (Album Review)

Jeannie BlueJeannie BlueJanuary 28, 2019

It has been five long years since Within Temptation’s last full-length collection of new material, but fear not! Two-thousand and nineteen is poised to deliver fans an irresistible new offering from the band: Resist arrives on Friday, February 1, 2019, thanks to Spinefarm Records. Formed in ... Read More

Interview – Tarja Turunen Talks From Spirits And Ghosts

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2017

In life, there are ups and there are downs, but loyalty through it all is father time’s old friend music. An expression that connects with us on a deeper level, during times of joy, sadness, and anguish, classically trained Vocalist Tarja Turunen can attest to ... Read More

Symphonic Rock

Magnum – Here Comes the Rain (Album Review)

Within Temptation – Bleed Out (Album Review)

Interview – Hendrik Jan de Jong of Nemesea

Jon Anderson – 1000 Hands: Chapter One (Album Review)

Within Temptation – Resist (Album Review)

Interview – Tarja Turunen Talks From Spirits And Ghosts

Magnum – Here Comes the Rain (Album Review)

Within Temptation – Bleed Out (Album Review)

Interview – Hendrik Jan de Jong of Nemesea

Jon Anderson – 1000 Hands: Chapter One (Album Review)

Within Temptation – Resist (Album Review)

Interview – Tarja Turunen Talks From Spirits And Ghosts

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 – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Interview – Bishop Briggs

Interview – Henry Thomas & Sarah Lind

The Native Howl – Sons of Destruction (Album Review)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

Blood Star (Movie Review)