(By Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor, RiffRelevant.com) If you haven’t heard the music of Gozu by now, you’re missing out. First emerged out of Boston’s heavy music…
Oldschool Sunday: INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) The origins of one of the East Coast’s most aggressive, volatile (and totally underappreciated) thrash bands, Bridgeport, CT.’s…
GREYFELL Invoke ‘Spirit Of The Bear’ Official Video From Imminent ‘Horsepower’ Release
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Bands and animals in unison go back far in music history and this article is going to provide…
India’s Anarcho-Punk Band FALSE FLAG Share New EP As NYP Item
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) The Pune, India-based purveyors of purely anarcho-punk power blasting, screamo-fueled hardcore, False Flag, have just released their sonic bomb…
PALE HORSEMAN ‘The Fourth Seal’ Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Crushing. Pummeling. Obliteration. All of these provide an adequate beginning to just describing the sound that Chicago’s Pale…
ROB DUKES (Generation Kill, Ex-Exodus) Issues Solo EP Featuring Scott Reeder; Song Streaming
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Vocalist Rob Dukes, currently of both Generation Kill / Fragile Mortals and formerly of Exodus, has just released…
SIGN OF CAIN (Featuring At The Gates’ Tomas Lindberg) Release Debut Album; Share New Song
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Some eighteen years after the band’s original formation, Sign Of Cain have finally unleashed their début studio album. …
THAL Reveal ‘Reach For The Dragon’s Eye’ Full Details; Launch Pre-Order + Teaser
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) For many fanatics within the global-wide heavy rock / doom underground, one of the most eagerly anticipated albums…
JUPITER ZEUS ‘Eyes On The Prize’ EP Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Perth, Australia’s contemporary, progressive metallic-tinged Jupiter Zeus have returned with a new EP, “Eyes On The Prize“. …
NORMA JEAN To Play ‘Redeemer’ In Full On U.S. Tour; GIDEON-TOOTHGRINDER-GREYHAVEN Support
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Georgia’s metalcore icons Norma Jean have revealed their plans for an upcoming U.S. tour, one where they will…
HUDU AKIL Announces ‘Live At The Arrow’ Home Video & Series; Live Dates + More
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Phoenix, Arizona’s energetically punk-powered stoner / desert rock band Hudu Akil have revealed their plans to release a…
Riot’s Revelation: TIGER NEST S/T Album Review, Stream & NYP Item
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Talk about nearly entirely off the radar or mostly an unknown entity, have I got one for you…
Shadows Fall’s Brian Fair Returns Via HELL NIGHT’s 2-Song ‘Cancercise’ EP [Streaming]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Musician Brian Fair, best known as the vocalist for the New England region’s metalcore unit Shadows Fall, is…
CIRCUS OF POWER ‘Four’ Review; Official Videos
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) To this day, the mere utterance of the name Circus Of Power evokes immensely consuming vibes of nostalgia…