Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Indiana’s stoner doom / heavy rock revivalists VOID KING break the anxiously…
MR. BUNGLE Announce 2020 Reunion Shows w/ Guests Dave Lombardo & Scott Ian
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor From the farthest reaches of left field comes highly unanticipated news from…
HEART OF JORDAN Release “Deaf Ears” Official Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Michigan’s contemporary metal genre melding dynamo HEART OF JORDAN return to the…
Exclusive Premiere: LIFETIME SHITLIST New ‘Bad Blood’ Full-Stream; Out Friday on Grimoire Records
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The first time I heard LIFETIME SHITLIST was several years ago, when they were gearing up for their live…
CLOAK ‘The Burning Dawn’ Album Due Oct.; New Video +Tours w/ 1349 & BLACK TUSK
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Atlanta, Georgia’s melodic groove and blackened thrash metal outfit CLOAK reveal they…
Exclusive Premiere: ETHEREAL RIFFIAN Release “Unconquerable” Video Off Upcoming ‘Legends’ Album
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Hailing from my grandmother’s homeland of Kiev, Ukraine is the dynamic heavy stoner psych quartet ETHEREAL RIFFIAN, with a…
TURKEY VULTURE ‘Boxer’ EP Review & Stream; Official Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor From the State of Connecticut comes the two-song ‘Boxer‘ EP, our official…
LOWBURN Debut “Cloud Valley” Video As ‘Phantasma’ Album Finishing
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Finland’s LOWBURN announce the return of their fiercely fuzz-fueled fusion of heavy…
VON DETTA ‘Burn It Clean’ Due in Sept. via Polderrecords; “Devil’s Child” Official Video
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Some buzz from Polderrecords on a new release coming next month. Hailing from Ghent, Belgium, VON DETTA started out in…
EYEHATEGOD & COME TO GRIEF N. East U.S. Tour (Sept); Negative Approach, Sheer Terror, Final Conflict, The Accüsed A.D. W. Coast (Oct)
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor NOLA’s legendary sludge monstrosity EYEHATEGOD announce further live incidents as part of…
ANGEL WITCH Sign To METAL BLADE RECORDS & Announce Limited Cassette Preview Giveaway
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor After an ANGEL WITCH spotlight on Riff Relevant [here] just this past in June, we bring a new announcement…
BARONESS Share Live Acoustic Set & New Documentary
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor It has been nearly two months since U.S. progressive post-rock band BARONESS…
TESTAMENT, EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL Unite For “The Bay Strikes Back 2020” EU. Tour
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Three of the most legendary representatives of the classic Bay Area thrash…
CULT OF LUNA New Album ‘A Dawn To Fear’ Nears; “The Silent Man” Official Video + EU. Tour
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Umeå, Sweden’s experimentally-driven, progressive metal unit CULT OF LUNA announce details of…