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CENTRIPETAL FORCE Pre-Release Stream Of ‘Eidetic’ EP; Review
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Have you been hungering for a band to come along and take the…
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GREENBEARD Announces New Bassist Jeff Klein; ‘Lödarödböl’ EU Release via Kozmik Artifactz; Tour Plans for 2018
(By Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor, RiffRelevant.com) Greenbeard has tackled quite a bit over the last year. They’ve toured, released a…
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(By Brian Halsey, Staff Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Part of being a grown-ass man is abandoning the fake news concept that I…
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