(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Brooklyn, NY’s JANE IN SPACE – the combined alter ego of the following duo: multi-instrumentalist / producer Jesse Jensen and vocalist…
BATTALIONS To Issue ‘Forever Marching Backwards’ Album In Nov.; Debut Title Track Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The UK’s underground aggro sludge stalwarts BATTALIONS announce the release of their third studio album, ‘Forever Marching Backwards‘,…
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR ‘Dragon Eagle Of Chaos’ EP Review & Stream; Scorched Tundra X -THIS Weekend- Only 2018 Show
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) It has been a short three months, actually a bit shy of it, since the exciting news broke…
UPDATED! MINSK & ZATOKREV Unite For ‘Bigod’ Split Release + EU. Tour Together; MINSK Premiere Track
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) U.S. atmospheric sludgers MINSK announce that they have collaborated with Swiss doom metallers ZATOKREV on an upcoming split…
WRACK ‘Hollow Sun’ EP Review & Stream [NYP Item]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) One man musical endeavors, projects, or whatever terminology you prefer, are and can be a risky venture, ya…
BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE ‘Burn’ In New Official Video; UK Tour Nears
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) London’s modern rock act BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE are premiering the new official video for “Burn“, the band’s third…
WITCH RIPPER Issue Lyric Video As ‘Homestead’ Album Nears; Western U.S. Tour Set
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The Seattle based, progressive sludge unit WITCH RIPPER have launched the pre-order options for their impending “Homestead” album…
ALL THEM WITCHES First Single From Sept.’s ‘ATW’ Album; U.S. Headline Tour & Fest Appearances
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Nashville’s prolific genre-warping entity ALL THEM WITCHES will release a new album next month. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2018All Rights ReservedOriginal content…
Riff Relevant Interviews: BINARY w/ ‘Commit More Arson’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brian Halsey, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor It’s almost impossible for kids these days to do anything right, “goddamned…
CHUGGERNAUT ‘Kodiak’ EP Review & Stream; Official Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) We return to Boston for a review, this one being the metal dense heavy rock of CHUGGERNAUT and…
SLEEP Set U.S. Mini-Tour For December; ‘Leagues Beneath’ Single To Receive Vinyl Release
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Stoner sludge / psychedelic doom metal behemoths SLEEP will be hitting the road again on a U.S. mini-tour…
VYPERS ‘Champion 100’ EP Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Back in early March, the ‘Champion 100′ EP come tumbling out of the Toronto based band VYPERS. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2018All Rights…
UPDATED: ANTHRAX ‘State Of Euphoria’ Re-Issued For 30th Anniversary Edition
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) October 5th will see thrash metal legends ANTHRAX release the 30th Anniversary Edition of their groundbreaking 1988 album,…
SATYRICON Entire Summer Breeze 2018 Set Shared Via Pro-Shot Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) WDR Rockpalast has shared the professionally shot video of the entire SATYRICON live set from the Aug. 15-18th Summer…