Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor It was the start of the new millennium and, as it often…
INTRONAUT ‘Fluid Existential Inversions’ Album; Official Video + N. American Tour
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Innovative U.S. progressive post-metal icons INTRONAUT recently announced that the nearly five…
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Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor When it comes to putting a spotlight on a tyrant, or in…
Oldschool Sunday: ENGINE
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RAM ‘The Throne Within’ Album Nears + New Video; Sept. EU Tour w/ Vulture & Indian Nightmare
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Gothenburg, Sweden’s traditional heavy metal revivalists RAM reveal the full details of…
ANGEL WITCH Sign To METAL BLADE RECORDS & Announce Limited Cassette Preview Giveaway
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor After an ANGEL WITCH spotlight on Riff Relevant [here] just this past in June, we bring a new announcement…
CULT OF LUNA New Album ‘A Dawn To Fear’ Nears; “The Silent Man” Official Video + EU. Tour
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Umeå, Sweden’s experimentally-driven, progressive metal unit CULT OF LUNA announce details of…
GOATWHORE To Tour Around Psycho Las Vegas Set; RINGWORM Support
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Louisiana’s apocalyptically enthused, blackened thrashers GOATWHORE confirm a string of live dates…
Oldschool Sunday: ANACRUSIS [Four Studio Albums Reissued]
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Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Lucifer is on the loose in London during the mid-to-late Seventies… but…
BRIMSTONE COVEN & SPILLAGE Unite For “Blood & Hellfire Tour” In August
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Two bands that represent the U.S. stoner doom set, West Virginia occult…
GRAND MAGUS ‘Wolf God’ Album Out; N. American Fall Tour w/ Amon Amarth, At The Gates & Arch Enemy
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor In February, Riff Relevant reported [HERE] that a new album from Swedish…
TYR ‘HEL’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Kira Schlechter, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor In Norse mythology, Hel is a goddess but also a concept –…
ARCH / MATHEOS To Release ‘Winter Ethereal’ Album In May; Official Video
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