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Dance with the Dead – Dark Matter (EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 4, 2024

Originally formed in 2012, Dance with the Dead has quickly become one of Synth-Metal’s top performers. The creation of Guitarist Tony Kim and Keyboardist Justin Pointer, the two long-time friends always shared a passion for music and cinema. Influenced by similar forms of music, such ... Read More

Kat Von D – My Side of the Mountain (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeSeptember 15, 2024

While most may recognize the name Kat Von D as a famed tattooist, turned television celebrity thanks to interest in TLC series LA Ink, there is still much more to her artistry. Becoming well-known during LA Ink’s four season run (2007-11), in that time she was seen tattooing ... Read More

Zombi – Direct Inject (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 13, 2024

The soundtrack, while sometimes overlooked by the average consumer, is often the focal point of a film. Many times making or breaking the mood and emotions of happiness, sadness, triumph along with defeat, the music is imperative. Something Steve Moore and Anthony Paterra learned at ... Read More

Gost – Prophecy (Album Review)

Lisa BurkeLisa BurkeMarch 6, 2024

Sometimes collaborative efforts make an album soar, and sometimes to get it right… it just needs to be accomplished alone. The case with James Lollar and his project Gost; a one mind, one man band of unique artistry in the Electronic, Synthwave, and Black Metal ... Read More

Duran Duran – Danse Macabre (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaNovember 30, 2023

The wild boys of the 1980s, Duran Duran, may have turned to men after all… but this did not stop them from keeping the youthful drive and vibes of their music aflame over the years. Since their astronautical resurgence in 2001 with their classic lineup ... Read More

In This Moment – GODMODE (Album Review)

Lauren HopkinsLauren HopkinsOctober 27, 2023

For nearly two decades In This Moment have been tearing up the modern Metal scene… but it was not without hard work. Going back to 2005, after meeting at an audition, co-founding In This Moment members Chris Howorth and Maria Brink formed Dying Star. Not ... Read More

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Dance with the Dead – Dark Matter (EP Review)