Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor For over 15 years, Germany’s nautically-themed navigators of melancholic heaviness, AHAB, have…
RAGE OF SAMEDI Return w/ ‘Blood Ritual’ Album & Official Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor It has been nearly four long, drawn-out years since Germany’s sludge metal…
RED STONE CHAPEL Upcoming ‘Omega Boombox’ Debut For Argonauta Records; New Single
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor From the nation where the Reinheitgebot Law (stating that only barley, hops,…
CRANIAL ‘Alternate Endings’ Album Due Sept. [Video Promo]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Germany’s progressive, sludge metal heavyweights CRANIAL announce their return with the arrival…
Oldschool Sunday: BLACKWATER PARK
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Long before the album of the same name came from Opeth in…
Exclusive Premiere: REDSCALE “The Hard Rain” Off New Album ‘FEED THEM TO THE LIONS’ Out July 19th
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Hailing from the riff-capital of Germany (Berlin), heavy stoner rockers REDSCALE are set to release their new, sophomore full-length…
DAGGER THREAT Debut “Crooked Mirror” Official Video; ‘Gestaltzerfall’ Album Out
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Hamburg, Germany’s heralds of metal-encased hardcore, DAGGER THREAT, share the debut of…
FADING AEON ‘A Warrior’s Tale’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Kira Schlechter, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor So here’s another situation where a musician reached out to me on…
DUST BOLT ‘Dead Inside’ Official Video; ‘Trapped In Chaos’ Album & Tour Early 2019
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Germany’s DUST BOLT, one of contemporary metal’s most powerful progenitors keeping the…
ENEMY INSIDE ‘Phoenix’ Album Review; Official Videos
(By Kira Schlechter, Staff Writer, RiffRelevant.com) When musicians reach out to writers with their work, they are, of course, taking a chance. Will they like…
PRAISE THE PLAGUE Share ‘Antagonist’ Debut Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) This past Friday, September 14th, saw the German band PRAISE THE PLAGUE unleash their six song début, ‘Antagonist‘,…
PLAINRIDE ‘Life On Ares’ Album Imminent From Ripple Music; Details + Song Premiere
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Germany’s brazenly heavy fuzz rock band PLAINRIDE announce the upcoming release of their sophomore album, ‘Life On Ares‘.…
SATYRICON Entire Summer Breeze 2018 Set Shared Via Pro-Shot Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) WDR Rockpalast has shared the professionally shot video of the entire SATYRICON live set from the Aug. 15-18th Summer…
HELLOWEEN ‘Starlight: The Noise Records Collection’ Vinyl Box Set Due In Sept. [Video Trailer]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Legendary German power metal band HELLOWEEN announce a Vinyl Box Set consisting of the band’s early albums is…