Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Ventura, California’s retro rock inspired GYGAX – featuring past and present members…
HELL FIRE “On The Loose” New Video As ‘Mania’ Album Arrives; U.S. Tour w/ HAUNT Launches
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor San Francisco based heavy metallers HELL FIRE release their official video for…
Oldschool Sunday: POSSESSED [New Album Details & Single]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Very few bands within the historical timeline of heavy metal have a…
Riff Relevant Interviews: FALLEN MAN’s Michael Joseph [Video Premiere]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The origins of the Sacramento, California based thrash / industrial metal band…
WARBRINGER Set Extensive N. American Fall Tour w/ ENFORCER
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor California’s old-school style thrash band WARBRINGER announce one of their most grueling…
VOID VATOR Announce ‘Skeleton Crew’ U.S. Spring Tour & ‘Stranded’ EP
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The City Of Angels’ contemporary metal powerhouse VOID VATOR announce the upcoming…
SALEM’S BEND ‘Supercluster’ Album Coming; New Single + US/UK/EU Tours
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The Los Angeles-based, retro garage rock trio SALEM’S BEND announce a multitude…
Retro Riffs: VAN HALEN ‘II’ [40th Anniversary] Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor What VAN HALEN achieved in the late ’70s is easy to underestimate…
Exclusive Premiere: CRONANDER New Video “P.O.S.”, From Upcoming ‘Trapped’ Album
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Oakland, California and the San Francisco Bay Area has its own wing in the library of music history. Many…
NEBULA DRAG Releases “We All Want You To Know” Video/Single; Talks Of New Album
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor San Diego, California is home to heavy stoner metal trio NEBULA DRAG, who premiered a new video a few weeks…
Riff Relevant Premiere: THE WATCHERS ‘Believer’ – A Faithful Start To 2019 w/ Ozzy Classic
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor California-based heavy rock band THE WATCHERS are starting the new year in…
RANCHERO Self-Titled Album Review & Stream
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor High octane boogie rock with a super charged injection of blues, all…
BLACKWÜLF ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’ Official Video Feat. Geof O’Keefe (Pentagram)
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor When Oakland, California’s brazen bastions of blues-infused rock music, BLACKWÜLF, unleashed their ‘Sinister…
Ctrl+All+Delete Self-Titled EP Review & Stream [NYP Item]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor From Sacramento, California comes the savagely metallic introduction to the band CTRL+All+Delete,…