Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Coming at you straight outta Paços De Ferreira, Portugal comes the hard…
Riff Relevant Interviews: FALLEN MAN’s Michael Joseph [Video Premiere]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The origins of the Sacramento, California based thrash / industrial metal band…
Exclusive Premiere: CRONANDER New Video “P.O.S.”, From Upcoming ‘Trapped’ Album
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Oakland, California and the San Francisco Bay Area has its own wing in the library of music history. Many…
ANGKOR WAT To Support THE ACCUSED A.D. On Dec. Texas Mini-Tour [Video Trailer]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Two of crossover music’s iconic cult acts are uniting for an upcoming…
IDLES ‘Joy As An Act of Resistance’ Album Review & Stream; Tour Dates
Article By: Kaleb Alexander, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor I begin this review with expressing my distaste for the musical terrorist…
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Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor There’s psych-rock and then there is psychedelic rock, two totally different genres,…
STRIFE To Play 1997 Album ‘In This Defiance’ On Nov. East Coast Dates; ENFORCED & RESTRAINING ORDER Support
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor CAHC legends STRIFE announce they will embark on a small string of…
Exclusive Premiere: NICK OLIVERI ‘N.O. Hits At All Vol. 5’ Pre-Release Album Stream
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Just a mere two days from now, we will see the arrival…
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Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Long before NYHC (New York Hardcore) became the world recognized institution it…
CAPTAIN CONTROL ‘Be Prepared’ EP Review & Stream
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Can you even begin to imagine what a band that seemed like…
Oldschool Sunday: ANGKOR WAT
Article by: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Corpus Christi, Texas circa 1986 sees the formation of a crossover thrash…
MISCONDUCTERS ‘Reanimated’ EP Review; New Lyric Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) It has been almost a year since I tackled reviewing last year’s release from MISCONDUCTERS, ‘Pariah‘, [HERE] at…
THE PRIMALS Issue Debut Album ‘All Love Is True Love’ Via Southern Lord Records [Stream]
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) THE PRIMALS, the L.A.-based punk/alternative rock band helmed by Darkest Hour’s John Henry, are delivering their début album…
TEST MEAT ‘Please Hurt’ EP Review & Stream
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The suppositions, or perhaps, implications, of a name like TEST MEAT are quite vast and allow for a…