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GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #15: TELEPATHY’s Richard Powley

Leanne Ridgeway August 4, 2020 GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #15: TELEPATHY’s Richard Powley https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/08/04/gear-assembly-series-15-telepathy-richard-powley/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The Gear Assembly interview series is especially for the music gear addicts, or simply the curious like myself. Each article in the Gear Assembly series features a different musician answering the same questions, highlighting both their varying preference in music gear, as well as their own music that results from [...]

Oldschool Sunday: DRAIN STH

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker August 2, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: DRAIN STH https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/08/02/oldschool-sunday-drain-sth/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The origin of the Swedish nu-metal band DRAIN (later evolved to DRAIN STH due to confusion with another band using the name) really began back in the late Eighties. It began with guitarist Flavia Canel and drummer Martina Axén and the early [...]

Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – August 1st, 2020

Leanne Ridgeway August 1, 2020 Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – August 1st, 2020 https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/08/01/hearkened-heap-bands-of-the-heavy-underground-august-1st-2020/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor This random roundup of bands is the Hearkened Heap. I enjoy alliteration, get over it. Silly name, serious fun. We may not be able to catch live music in person yet, but we can still bring you some heavy while we’re waiting. We receive a bucket of emails every day [...]

Oldschool Sunday: TORCH [‘Reignited’ 1st LP In 35+ Years]

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker July 26, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: TORCH [‘Reignited’ 1st LP In 35+ Years] https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/26/oldschool-sunday-torch-reignited-new-music/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ It is 1980 in Eskilstuna, Sweden when a trio of musicians – drummer Steve Streaker and guitarists Claus Wildt and Chris J. First – find themselves without a band. The one they had been in up to this point, Black Widow, has just hit a wall with [...]

Oldschool Sunday: SEA OF GREEN

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker July 19, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: SEA OF GREEN https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/19/oldschool-sunday-sea-of-green/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor This week we find ourselves in Canada, in Toronto, Ontario to be more exact. It was 1999, and bassist Eric Kuthe had formed a new band. Kuthe was freshly out of the band that bore his last name, Kuthe, and their sole [...]

Oldschool Sunday: KORPSE

Pat 'Riot' Whitaker July 12, 2020 Oldschool Sunday: KORPSE https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/12/oldschool-sunday-korpse/ Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor If you were a well-rounded, able-bodied metalhead active in the Eighties, then you already know two styles of heavy metal dominated that decade: thrash and death. The first, thrash metal, truly came into its own during those years, with every legendary old-school [...]

Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – July 11th, 2020

Leanne Ridgeway July 11, 2020 Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – July 11th, 2020 https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/11/hearkened-heap-bands-of-the-heavy-underground-july-11th-2020/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The weekly roundup of bands is now the “Hearkened Heap.” I enjoy alliteration, get over it. Silly name, serious fun. We may not be able to catch live music in person yet, but we can still bring you some heavy while we’re waiting. We receive a bucket of daily [...]

GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #14: WARHORSE’s Mike Hubbard

Leanne Ridgeway July 8, 2020 GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #14: WARHORSE’s Mike Hubbard https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/08/gear-assembly-series-14-warhorse-mike-hubbard/ (Feature photos: Hillarie Jason Photography) Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The “Gear Assembly” interview series is especially for the music gear addicts, or simply the curious like myself. Each article in the Gear Assembly series features a different musician answering the same questions, highlighting both their varying preference in music gear, as well as [...]

Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – July 4th, 2020

Leanne Ridgeway July 4, 2020 Hearkened Heap: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – July 4th, 2020 https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/04/hearkened-heap-bands-of-the-heavy-underground-july-4th-2020/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The formerly “Virally Affected” weekly roundup of bands is now the “Hearkened Heap.” I enjoy alliteration, get over it. Silly name, but serious fun. We may not be able to catch live music in person yet, but we can still bring you some heavy while we’re waiting. We receive [...]

GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #13: SUN BELOW’s Jason Craig

Leanne Ridgeway July 2, 2020 GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #13: SUN BELOW’s Jason Craig https://www.riffrelevant.com/2020/07/02/gear-assembly-series-13-sun-below-jason-craig/ Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The “Gear Assembly” interview series is especially for the music gear addicts, or simply the curious like myself. Each article in the Gear Assembly series features a different musician answering the same questions, highlighting both their varying preference in music gear, as well as their own music that results [...]

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