Vincent Pozzolano

Jun 11, 2024 | crypticrock.com | Nicholas Franco |Vincent Pozzolano |Jeannie Blue |Samantha Andujar

It is said that within three generations after our death, most people will not even remember we even existed at all. Allowing that to process for a moment, do not get too depressed, because none of this diminishes who we are as people. This being said, it feels as if the rate at which one is forgotten in the present day is significantly higher than ever before. Why?

Jun 11, 2024 | crypticrock.com | Nicholas Franco |Vincent Pozzolano |Jeannie Blue |Samantha Andujar

Once at the forefront of the Symphonic Black Metal scene of the 1990s, Limbonic Art ramped down their studio efforts, and despite a few releases here and there, the Norwegian legends went dark for long periods of the last decade and a half. Now for the first time since 2017, the band emerges with their ninth studio album. Entitled Opus Daemoniacal, the life’s work of creator Vidar Jensen, aka Daemon, sees daylight on June 28, 2024 via Greek Avantgarde Black Metal label Kyrck Productions & Armour.

Jun 11, 2024 | crypticrock.com | Vincent Pozzolano |Jeannie Blue |Samantha Andujar

Sometimes sound vibrates within our souls so intensely, words just get in the way. That is where Mono comes in. A Japanese band intent on striking this very real chord in each of us, Mono have been leaders in instrumental Rock music since 1999. A part of what some may call the Post-Rock movement, if you are set on putting the band inside a sub-genre, they are really a Contemporary Classical band.

Jun 11, 2024 | crypticrock.com | Vincent Pozzolano |Jeannie Blue |Samantha Andujar

While most associate the Alternative Rock band Fastball with their 1998 album All the Pain Money Can Buy, with more than three decades under their belt, there is still so much more to the story. Initially begun back in 1992 under a different name, their 1996 debut album Make Your Mama Proud paved the path for broader success two years later.

Apr 8, 2024 | crypticrock.com | Nicholas Franco |Vincent Pozzolano |Jeannie Blue |Samantha Andujar

All too often we get hung up on labeling music one thing or the other in an attempt to better understand it. While this can make something more marketable to reach particular audiences, the truth is there are times where something fits under a much larger umbrella. The case with Uli Jon Roth, a creative musician who has shown himself to be musically fluid in many genres.