Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The roots of extreme death metal band CADAVER begin in the townships…
THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BLUES Detail New Album ‘TRE’; EU. Tour
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Oslo’s ominous purveyors of powerful southern-infused, psych-imbued, semi-metallic stoner rock, THE DEVIL…
SÂVER Unveil Stunning ‘I, Vanish’ Official Video; Debut Album Due In March
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Rising from Oslo, Norway comes the atmospheric sludge metal trio SÂVER, a new unit featuring…
THROUGH THE CANOPY ‘Descension’ EP Review & Stream
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Without question, one of the brightest rewards being a writer at Riff…
SAINT KARLOFF ‘All Heed The Black God’ Album Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Speaking solely for myself, it takes something really exceptional from the ever-increasingly more exploited Stoner Rock genre to…
MAYHEM ‘Cursed In Eternity’ Ltd. Edition Box Set Via Peaceville Records In November
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) When the mention of TRUE Black Metal is made at any time, anywhere in the world, there is…
GREEN CARNATION Share Excerpt From Upcoming Doc/Concert Film ‘Last Day Of Darkness’ [Video]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Norwegian progressive doom band GREEN CARNATION will release Last Day Of Darkness, a concert celebration of their formative Light Of…
ART OF DECEPTION Debuts ‘Dark Psychosis’ Official Video As New Album Arrives
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Norway’s extreme groove metallers ART OF DECEPTION will release their new album, “Path Of Trees“, on June 22nd, via…
SAINT KARLOFF Share Retro Unholiness With ‘Ghost Smoker’ Official Video; TWIN EARTH RECORDS To Issue Debut Album In July
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) From the Norwegian environs comes the retro stoner rock overlords SAINT KARLOFF and their incredible “Ghost Smoker” official…
KAL-EL New Full-Length Performance Video ‘Still Here After 5 Years’
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) In recent years, Norway’s KAL-EL have become one of the more respected names in the realm of underground…
CVNT FISTVLA ‘Cream Soda’ EP Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) From Oslo, Norway we have the recorded arrival of CVNT FISTVLA via their newly-released “Cream Soda” EP from…
KOSMIK BOOGIE TRIBE Share Tracks From Upcoming Third Album Release
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Oslo, Norway’s Kosmik Boogie Tribe (also sometimes known as Rev. C.H. Morton & The Kosmik Boogie Tribe) have announced…
MYRHOLT Stream The Newly Released ‘Vinter’ EP
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The Norwegian one-man atmospheric black metal monstrosity that is MYRHOLT is streaming the newly-released two-song “Vinter” EP. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2018All…
LONELY KAMEL Back With ‘Death’s-Head Hawkmoth’ In March; Premiere New Song
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) One of the low flying phenoms of bluesy, heavy rock is Oslo, Norway’s Lonely Kamel. The band will…