Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor It’s almost Fall again and, more importantly, music festival season! It goes…
MR. BUNGLE Announce 2020 Reunion Shows w/ Guests Dave Lombardo & Scott Ian
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor From the farthest reaches of left field comes highly unanticipated news from…
SLOWNER Self-Titled Album Review & Stream; Official Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Ten months after their formation in October 2018, SLOWNER from Recife, PE…
CLOAK ‘The Burning Dawn’ Album Due Oct.; New Video +Tours w/ 1349 & BLACK TUSK
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Atlanta, Georgia’s melodic groove and blackened thrash metal outfit CLOAK reveal they…
Exclusive Premiere: ETHEREAL RIFFIAN Release “Unconquerable” Video Off Upcoming ‘Legends’ Album
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Hailing from my grandmother’s homeland of Kiev, Ukraine is the dynamic heavy stoner psych quartet ETHEREAL RIFFIAN, with a…
TURKEY VULTURE ‘Boxer’ EP Review & Stream; Official Video
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor From the State of Connecticut comes the two-song ‘Boxer‘ EP, our official…
Oldschool Sunday: ACRIMONY
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Time warping back to the Palm Desert, California region of the U.S.…
LOWBURN Debut “Cloud Valley” Video As ‘Phantasma’ Album Finishing
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Finland’s LOWBURN announce the return of their fiercely fuzz-fueled fusion of heavy…
VON DETTA ‘Burn It Clean’ Due in Sept. via Polderrecords; “Devil’s Child” Official Video
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Some buzz from Polderrecords on a new release coming next month. Hailing from Ghent, Belgium, VON DETTA started out in…
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…
BARONESS Share Live Acoustic Set & New Documentary
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor It has been nearly two months since U.S. progressive post-rock band BARONESS…
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…
Oldschool Sunday: SAD IRON
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Guitarist Bernard Rive forms The Netherlands based band SAD IRON in 1979,…
INTERITUM Unveil New Video Single “Created And Rejected”
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Following the unfortunate circumstances that prevented an appearance at the Maryland Doom…