Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Kansas City-based contemporary progressive sludge metal unit HYBORIAN will release their sophomore…
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…
INSECT ARK (Swans, Ex-SubRosa) “Tectonic” Single Off February Album ‘The Vanishing’
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The dually urban-based INSECT ARK, an instrumental twosome with membership located in…
Retro Riffs: VOIVOD ‘Nothingface’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The pursuit of individuality is a common theme amongst artists of all stripes.…
Exclusive Premiere: HOME BREWED UNIVERSE “He Who Cannot Be Remembered” From ‘The Time Thief’ Album
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Riff Relevant’s never ending quest to discover or simply deliver the finest…
WHEEL OF SMOKE ‘Sonic Cure’ Out Nov. 29th via Polderrecords
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor WHEEL OF SMOKE was born in Leuven, Belgium in June 2005, and have since dwelled within the Belgian underground…
HORSEBURNER Confirm November U.S. Tour To Support ‘The Thief’ Album; WORSHIPPER On Select Dates
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor West Virginia’s HORSEBURNER confirms their next round of tour dates for 2019, setting off on a month-long U.S. Tour…
CULT OF LUNA Set N. American Tour 2020 w/ Emma Ruth Rundle & Intronaut
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Less than one month since the arrival of their newest studio album…
WITCH RIPPER Share New Video To Preface West Coast U.S. Tour w/ Forming The Void
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor It has been one year since Seattle, Washington’s progressive sludge powerhouse WITCH…
KATATONIA’s 1992 Demo ‘Jhva Elohim Meth’ Reissue Via Ltd. Color Vinyl
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor One of deathly doom metal’s early arrivals, the 1992 ‘Jhva Elohim Meth‘…
BLACK PYRAMID Celebrates Debut’s 10th Anniv. w/ EU Tour! (Desertfest Belgium, Keep It Low, Into The Void Fests)
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The stoner metal collective BLACK PYRAMID will be returning to Europe for a short run of dates to celebrate the 10th…
STORM TOKER ‘Toke Two’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Well, well, well… look at what we have here. It appears that…
HOWLING GIANT ‘The Space Between Worlds’ Album Arrives w/ Official Video; Headline STEEL & STONE IV
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor Nashville, Tennessee’s stellar Sci-Fi themed, stoner metallers HOWLING GIANT are poised to…
GLACIER ‘No Light Ever’ Album Review & Stream; Live Performance Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor In July, Boston-based instrumental entity of post-metal mass and density GLACIER released…