The band’s latest release, The
Stronghold, has been receiving
rave reviews across the board
with many music critics calling it
their best work yet. It’s their first
release since 2012 and it’s been
a long time coming. In fact, the
record was recorded and en-
tered its final phases in 2014.
“Seems like with this album
and the last album (The Unbeat-
able Cry) the band was always
in a changing period,” said
lead singer Johnny Ott. “When
we started the album we were
without a drummer. We started
recording it and then mixing it
and we didn’t have a set band.
So, we began playing with it.
Then we found our new drum-
mer Brian and we started work-
ing on it more and more to try
to finish it. I feel like we couldn’t
have finished it at a better time
because I think we are probably
the best band now that we ever
were. I think it took a long time
because we didn’t have a band
that was able to do as much as
we’re doing now.”
Listen to “Mad Dog 20 / 20 No. 2” by The Cryptkeeper Five
NJ STAGE 2017 - Issue 40
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