(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) On Saturday, May 26, 2018, I was able to scratch a top band off of my own personal…
TEMPTATIONS WINGS Announce New Band Member & First Live Show As Quartet
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) One of the bands to make a remarkable stamp on 2017 is Asheville, North Carolina’s own doom-y hard…
Riff Relevant 2017 Releases – DEMON EYE’s ERIK SUGG Shares 5 Favorites
(By Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor, RiffRelevant.com) Demon Eye sparked out of Raleigh, North Carolina around 2012, and is one of those bands that are truly fun to…
THE ASOUND Rebound With ‘Commanding The Sword’ 7″ Flexi; Streaming
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) North Carolina’s The Asound seem to have recently burst onto the underground music scene with constant abound. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2017All…
Riff Relevant Interviews: GRÜZER @ STEEL & STONE II Festival [Video]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Columbia, South Carolina’s Grüzer are on an ascending climb through the ranks of heavy music currently. The band’s…
STEEL & STONE II 2017: Post-Fest Wrap Up
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com – *All Pics Courtesy Of Will Bouton/Fugo Films) As you all know, or at least should know by now,…
THE ASOUND Astound All Part 1: The Interview [Video]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) North Carolina’s The Asound are currently experiencing a mercurial rise within the heavy music underground. The band itself, Chad…
Riff Relevant Interviews: THE OBSESSED [Video]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) 2017 has undeniably, and without a doubt, been the year of The Obsessed. Although recent events originally began…
STEEL & STONE II Festival 2017 Announces Full Details [RIFF RELEVANT Sponsored]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Last year’s fast growing festival in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, Steel & Stone returns for…
Riff Relevant Interviews: TEMPTATIONS WINGS [Video]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Asheville, North Carolina’s Temptations Wings have had an amazing year so far with 2017. In March, they released…
Don’t Call It A Comeback… But CONFESSOR Are Coming Back!
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) The iconic, legendary North Carolina-based metallic doom unit Confessor seem to be on the verge of a long-awaited…
SCOTT KELLY w/ JOHN JUDKINS Live In Asheville, N.C.
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Finally, an event that I’d been eager to experience for a rather lengthy time had arrived… to see…
LOINCLOTH Share Details Of Final Album Release ‘Psalm Of The Morbid Whore’; Video Trailer
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) The Virginia/North Carolina-based instrumental sludge band Loincloth have announced plans for releasing their departing recording. “Psalm Of The…
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX-MIRROR QUEEN-GUTTERHOUND Live At The Mothlight; Asheville, N.C.
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) For the second time in less than a matter of weeks, I would see New Jersey rock band…