Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Corpus Christi, Texas circa 1986 sees the formation of a crossover thrash…
Exclusive Premiere: ELEKTRIK WARFARE ‘Silent Kings And Queens’ Title Track; Members Of THAL, Crypt, wytCHord, etc. Unite
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor October 1st sees the arrival of the full-length début from ELEKTRIK WARFARE,…
CIRCLE OF DUST – Career Spanning ‘Full Circle: The Birth, Death & Rebirth Of Circle Of Dust’ Doc Arrives [Trailer]
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor September 21st saw the arrival of ‘Full Circle: The Birth, Death &…
UN Share ‘Sentiment’ As New Release Arrives [Stream]; U.S. Autumn Tour w/ ORYX & WITHERED Set
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) When it comes to truly harrowing, hauntingly bleak, utterly obliterating doom metal, nothing beats that arising from the…
HOREHOUND to release ‘HOLOCENE’ Nov. 30th via DOOM STEW RECORDS; Set for DESCENDANTS OF CROM
(By Leanne Ridgeway, Owner / Chief Editor, RiffRelevant.com) Pittsburgh’s Doom/Sludge underground foursome HOREHOUND continues their ascension skyward with news of a new partnership with San Francisco’s…
THE BREW ‘Art Of Persuasion’ Upcoming Napalm Records Release; Video Premiere + EU. Tour Dates
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) U.K.-based contemporary rock band THE BREW are back as the arrival of their seventh studio album sits upon…
HELL IN TOWN Back After 8 Years w/ Sophomore Album ‘Bones’ [Stream]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) When a band, any band, undergoes a lengthy absence from the world of music, one really does not…
Heavy Mountain Music & Beer Festival: Day 1 – BASK, TOKE, TEMPTATION’S WINGS & GREEN FIEND [Live Videos]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker*, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The most recent Labor Day Weekend here in the U.S. – specifically Saturday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Sept.…
ICARUS WITCH Issue New Single & More Details On ‘Goodbye Cruel World’ Album
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) In April, Riff Relevant reported [HERE] the highly welcomed news about the return of Pittsburgh’s long-running power metal…
DANKO JONES Announce New Single & Western U.S. Tour w/ NASHVILLE PUSSY & PRIMA DONNA
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Canadian rock ‘n roll troubadours DANKO JONES have dropped a new single, “We’re Crazy“, once again defiantly proclaiming…
BYZANTINE Unleash Infectious ‘The Cicada Tree’ Official Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) It has been a little over a year since West Virginia’s progressive metal battery BYZANTINE unleashed the critically…
DRUGLORD ‘New Day Dying’ Album Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Eight years into the ongoing, under-construction building of their underground musical legacy, RVA (Richmond, VA.) act of abrasion,…
TORCHE Schedule Southeast U.S. Tour For October
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Florida’s stoner rock / sludge groove band TORCHE have just revealed a run of southeastern U.S. live dates…
DESCENDANTS OF CROM 2018: Pat Riot’s Must See Bands [The First Time 5]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) With the ever-nearing events of the 2018 edition of the Riff Relevant-sponsored DESCENDANTS OF CROM less than a week…