Deck the halls with leather and riffs, c’mon butt! Who said Christmas has to be all Bing Crosby and bland jumpers from Auntie Kath? In the world of heavy metal, the holiday season gets a serious distortion pedal to the face. Here’s how metalheads celebrate the most brutal and jingle-bell-blasted time of the year… #NoSilentNightsHere […]
Because nothing says ‘Yuletide’ like face-melting guitar solos and flaming dragons in Santa hats! 🐉🔥🎅 As the festive season wraps its arms around us like your nan’s annual reindeer jumper, we want to wish every single member of our rock ‘n’ roll family a Merry Christmas filled with tidy tunes, belly laughs, and enough mince […]
C’mon butt, get ready to dive into the fiery, fretboard-scorching mind of Metallica’s main man, James Hetfield, as he unleashes his most unexpected creation yet — a book of hand-drawn art and soul-baring tributes called ‘Messengers: The Guitars of James Hetfield.’ Yep, the same fella who growled “Seek and Destroy” is now… illustrating life lessons […]
🔥 Introduction: A Night of Welsh Rock Majesty 🐉 Location: Utilita Arena, CardiffDate: December 14th, 2024Headliners: Those Damn CrowsSupport: Florence Black & Scarlet RebelsCrowd Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Welsh Saying of the Night: “C’mon Wales!” roared louder than the amps! On December 14th, 2024, the walls of Cardiff’s Utilita Arena trembled under the might of Those Damn Crows, […]
1. Ozzy Osbourne – Dec 3, 1948 The Prince of Fking Darkness himself**! 🤘The godfather of metal, the bat-biting Brummie, and Sabbath’s original madman. Born in Aston, Birmingham, Ozzy’s voice changed the course of music history. From Sabbath’s doom-laden slabs to solo antics with Randy Rhoads, he’s the December deity of darkness. “All aboard the […]
Because nothing says “Happy Holidays” like cannon fire, screaming solos, and Brian Johnson shouting “FIRE!” under a snow globe. Move over Mariah. Sit down Slade. And somebody please put a sock in Bublé. This year, AC/DC fans are cooking up a plan so thunderous it might just shatter Santa’s sleigh bells. Welcome to the most […]
By The Riff Report – where bass gets slapped, shirts are optional, and socks are dangerously misplaced 1. 🎤 From “Tony Flow” to Global Funk Gods Before they became the funk-punk titans we know and mosh to today, the band went by the absurdly chaotic name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem. […]
“The shirt that launched a thousand complaints… and sold even more.” ✝️ VESTAL MASTURBATION STRIKES AGAIN Ahh, the 90s. A simpler time – Nu Metal was taking over the airwaves, every town had a dodgy skatepark, and your mum still thought Marilyn Manson was the devil. But even in that chaos, one T-shirt managed to […]
Because Silent Night Could Use a Guitar Solo Let’s face it – not everyone wants Michael Bublé serenading them while they neck mulled wine and wrestle with a roll of wrapping paper. Some of us want riffs with our reindeer, solos with our stuffing, and growls with our gravy. So crank the amp to 11 […]
Because socks are boring and riffs are eternal 1. “Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath” – Tony Iommi 🎸 The riff god speaks!The autobiography of the man who basically invented heavy metal guitar. Expect tales of molten riffs, missing fingertips, and enough wild tour stories to fill a cauldron in […]
Welcome to the maddest ride in Britpop history, butt! This is the definitive timeline of Oasis – from their scrappy Mancunian beginnings to global domination, legendary gigs, infamous bust-ups, and that eternal question: Will the Gallaghers ever reunite? This is the long-form, pint-in-hand, sing-it-back saga of rock ‘n’ roll’s loudest family feud. 🎉 1991–1993: BIRTH […]
Ah, festival merch. The sacred cotton we wear like a badge of honour – proof we braved the sun, the queues, the overpriced beer, and the inevitable emotional breakdown during Paramore’s set. But this year, When We Were Young Festival accidentally gave fans something extra special… a grammar lesson from the depths of the Myspace […]
Unleash the Monsters – It’s Time to Rock the Night of Frights! 🐉🏔️⚰️ As October 31st descends upon us like a swirling fog over the Bryn Arw, the Steelhouse crew are donning their spikiest costumes, tuning their axes to drop D for “devil”, and getting ready for a night where horror meets heavy metal in […]
A Legend, a Stadium, and 50,000 Singing Souls: The Night We All Became Piano Men (and Women) 🏟️ THE BUILD-UP – A LEGEND RETURNS TO THE LAND OF SONG It’s not every day a living legend strolls into Cardiff, mun. And when that legend is Billy freakin’ Joel, you know the streets are gonna buzz […]
A tale of broken bones, burning buses, and the Devil (probably) saying, “Not yet, mun!” Metal isn’t just about headbanging riffs and thunderous drums — sometimes it’s about staring death in the face and flipping it the horns 🤘. These 12 legends didn’t just cheat the reaper, they mosh-pitted with him and came back louder […]