The Church Archives

The Mask of Satan (2K Blu-ray Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 2, 2025

Back in 1960, Italian Horror Filmmaking icon Mario Bava made his directorial debut with Black Sunday. Known in Italy as La maschera del demonio, and a direct English translation into ‘The mask of the demon,’ it would be a source of inspiration to his only ... Read More

The Church – Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMarch 27, 2024

One of the longest-running and most prolific bands in the realms of Alternative Rock/Psychedelic New Wave, The Church are slated to release a new studio album. Entitled Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, and a quick follow up to 2023’s The Hypnogogue, it arrives on ... Read More

The Church – Hypnogogue (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 26, 2023

One the pioneers of Ethereal/Psychedelic-tinged New Wave / Jangle Pop music genres, The Church are back with their 26th overall full-length studio album. Yes, that is right the 26th… hence earning them the title of prolific. Formed back in 1980, The Church is well-loved in ... Read More

Noctorum – The Afterlife (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 15, 2019

The bell in the name of Marty Willson-Piper may not ring as loud as that in Johnny Marr’s (“The Tracers”) or Roddy Frame’s (“High Class Music”), but he surely belongs to the same strum of brilliant and amiable guitarist/singer-songwriters. Born on May, 7, 1958, in ... Read More

Steve Kilbey – Sydney Rococo (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaNovember 23, 2018

To casual music listeners, his name will certainly sound obscure; however, for fans of New Wave and, definitely, in the Australian Alternative Rock scene, Steve Kilbey is an institution. Born on September 13, 1954, in Hertfordshire, England, and then raised in Canberra, Australia, Kilbey has ... Read More

Interview – Steve Kilbey of The Church

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 4, 2018

Music is a force that engulfs the senses, often allowing us a chance to let go of any unnecessary worries and stress. A form of release and self-expression for those who create it, there is no denying the infinite power of it. Allowing themselves to ... Read More

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The Mask of Satan (2K Blu-ray Edition Review)