Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The U.K.’s austerely atmospheric and oft-times starkly haunting post-metal entity JESU return…
MIRRORED IMAGE ‘Prisoner’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor In my opinion, one of the greatest qualities about Riff Relevant is…
SERPENTS: Experimental Band w/ Karyn Crisis Launches Via ‘Scongiuri’ Album
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Karyn Crisis has long been a pioneering vocal presence in a plethora…
ZONAL (Feat. Godflesh/Jesu’s Justin Broadrick) Sign w/ Relapse Records For Fall Release
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor When it comes to completely outside-the-box, mind melting aural manipulations of an…
STAHV Issues “All-Seeing I” Single; To Play Northwest Terror Fest
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor As many musicians and artists continue to fuel a movement of individual-based…
TANGERINE DREAM Retrospective Box Set ‘In Search Of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979’
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor German experimental / electronic new age music pioneers TANGERINE DREAM announce a…
JANE IN SPACE ‘Gorerunner’ Album Review & Stream + Official Videos
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Brooklyn, NY’s JANE IN SPACE – the combined alter ego of the following duo: multi-instrumentalist / producer Jesse Jensen and vocalist…
Oldschool Sunday: NITZER EBB [Career Spanning ‘Nitzer Ebb 1982-2010: The Box Set’ Coming]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) British electronic/industrial entity NITZER EBB are a pioneering musical project that were creating popular EBM (Electronic Body Music)…
STATIQBLOOM Share ‘Infinite Spectre’ EP Stream; U.S. Tour Dates
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Electronic/industrial metal duo STATIQBLOOM – Fade Kainer and Denman C Anderson – have just issued their new release, the…
NINE INCH NAILS Reveal ‘Bad Witch’ EP Details; Fall U.S. Tour w/ THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Set
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PITCHSHIFTER End Decade Hiatus With 20th Anniversary-Celebrating UK Tour; Invites Bands To Vie For Opening Slot w/ EARTHTONE9
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) After a decade-long hiatus, U.K. industrial metallers PITCHSHIFTER have announced a November 2018 U.K. tour to celebrate the 20th…
MIDAS FALL Stream New Album ‘Evaporate’ In Full
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FOTOCRIME Share Details Of Full-Length Debut ‘Principle Of Pain’; Stream New Song + Tour Dates
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) One of the more unique, interesting bands to surface in the last couple years, one with ties to…
STAHV S/T Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) If no one has ever utilized the descriptive, genre-defining term “Tripscape” in assessing some type of musical output…