Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The RVA based space metal and psych-doom quartet BOOK OF WYRMS release…
LAMB OF GOD ‘Ashes Of The Wake’ 15th Anniversary Deluxe Vinyl Re-Issue
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor This August will mark a decade and a half since the Richmond,…
TEL Debut Album ‘Lowlife’ Arrives; ‘Ouroboros’ Video + Live Dates
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Richmond, Virginia (or RVA to many) is home to an incredible underground…
Riff Relevant Interviews: THUNDERCHIEF’s Rik Surly [Tour Dates + Maryland Doom Fest 2019]
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor It was just this past year (2018), that the Richmond, Virginia based…
IRON REAGAN ‘Dark Days Ahead’ EP Revealed + Track Stream; Sept. Tour Dates
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) RVA’s manic crossover metallers IRON REAGAN will return with a new four-song EP, ‘Dark Days Ahead‘, via Pop…
DRUGLORD Return With ‘New Day Dying’ This Sept. – Premiere First Single ‘Walk With God’
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) The RVA-based heavy psych-doom band DRUGLORD announce their return to the studio release arena with their first new…
‘Grey Garden’ Official Video From WINDHAND Debuts; ‘Eternal Return’ To Arrive In Oct. w/ SATAN’S SATYRS-Supported Tour
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) RVA’s purveyors of psychedelic doom and heavy rock, WINDHAND, are premiering an official video today for the new song…
LORD Issues Official Video From Upcoming Swansong Album Release; Announce Final Show
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) After 13 years of creating, recording, and playing some of the finest stoner, sludge, and doom to emanate…
FREEDOM HAWK To Release ‘Beast Remains’ This Month; Premiere Track Streams
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist, RiffRelevant.com) Virginia Beach’s progenitors of heavily metallic infused hard rock, the phenomenal Freedom Hawk, are on the verge of releasing…
INTER ARMA Shares ‘An Archer In The Emptiness’ Live Performance Video
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) Richmond, Virginia’s dynamic progressive sludgers Inter Arma recently visited the old Byrd Park Pump House in Richmond and…
WINDHAND Share ‘Old Evil’ Visualizer From Upcoming Split With SATAN’S SATYRS + Live Dates
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) RVA-based (Richmond, VA) psychedelic doom band Windhand have just released their official video for “Old Evil“. The song hails…
BUZZARD DUST Settles With This Week’s S/T LP Debut; Song Streams
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) RVA (Richmond, Virginia) is ground zero for a plethora of genre-warping music projects. These days, bands like Iron…
MINDKULT To Release ‘Lucifer’s Dream’ In September; Track Premiere
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com) The one-man psych / doom / shoegaze project from the Commonwealth Of Virginia, Mindkult, will return with “Lucifer’s…
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…