Some tours exist to promote a new album. Others carry something far bigger than record sales, streaming numbers or another night beneath the stage lights. Phil Campbell’s Bastard Sons are returning to the road for The Phil Forever Tour, a deeply personal run of concerts celebrating the life, music and enduring legacy of the late […]
The South Wales rock scene has gained an intriguing new contender, and if The Amber Lens continue on the path they’ve started with Spectral Machines, they’ll be a band worth keeping firmly on your radar. There’s something refreshingly cinematic about this debut. Rather than chasing polished radio-rock clichés, Spectral Machines embraces atmosphere, tension and raw […]
Heavy metal royalty have officially returned to the road, and if the opening night of the Faithkeepers Tour is anything to go by, Judas Priest are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. The legendary Birmingham icons have kicked off their latest European tour in spectacular fashion, delivering a set packed with timeless classics, crushing […]
In a music industry forever chasing the next trend, viral moment and algorithm-friendly chorus, Sabaton bassist and manager Pär Sundström has offered a refreshingly blunt piece of heavy metal wisdom: Being “fresh” isn’t necessarily what makes a band successful. Asked about the challenge of keeping Sabaton fresh after more than 25 years, Sundström argued that […]
Right then, Stonedead faithful — hide the bank card, distract the other half and prepare to make some very irresponsible but completely justified festival purchases, because the official Stonedead Festival 2026 pre-order and collect merchandise range has arrived. 😈💳 And fair play, mun… they haven’t just dropped a couple of shirts and called it a […]
Just when you think you have heard every possible story from the wonderfully chaotic world of rock and metal, along comes an incident that makes flying pints, broken barriers and muddy festival toilets look positively civilised. A concert by New Zealand metal heavyweights Devilskin was reportedly disrupted after a rather substantial pile of human waste […]
Raise the anchor, grab your inflatable duck, and prepare to spill a pint or two—because Alestorm are bringing their legendary pirate party back to UK and Irish shores in January 2027, and they’ve assembled one seriously explosive crew for the voyage. Joining the Scottish masters of pirate metal are Finnish power metal titans Battle Beast […]
If you were thinking about grabbing your Steelhouse Festival 2027 Early Bird ticket, this is your friendly warning from The Riff Report… Around 50% of the Early Bird allocation has already been snapped up! 🎟️⚡ The mountain may have only just fallen quiet after another unforgettable weekend of rock, but fans are wasting no time […]
The dust has barely settled on another sensational weekend on the mountain, the tents are still drying out, and some of us are probably still finding bits of Hafod-y-Dafal Farm in our boots… But Steelhouse Festival is already looking ahead to 2027. 🔥 The festival has officially released its first 1,000 Early Bird tickets, giving […]
After three unforgettable days of huge riffs, mountain madness, emotional moments, surprise performances, acoustic sessions, circle pits and more rock ’n’ roll memories than we can possibly fit into one article, The Riff Report is officially heading home from Steelhouse Festival 2026. The boots are muddy, the voices are wrecked, the phone batteries are hanging […]
As another unforgettable weekend of riffs, rock ‘n’ roll and mountain memories comes to a close, there’s just one final favour we’d love to ask every single member of the Steelhouse family. Please help leave Hafod-y-Dafal Farm as beautiful as you found it. For one incredible weekend every summer, this stunning Welsh mountainside transforms into […]
By The Riff Report There are festivals… And then there’s Steelhouse Festival. Some festivals are all about massive crowds, endless walking between stages and trying to find your mates for half the weekend. Steelhouse has never been about that. It has always been about something far more important – community, incredible live music and the […]
Just when you think you’ve got Avenged Sevenfold figured out, the Californian metal giants kick the studio door off its hinges, chuck the rulebook into a flaming bin and vanish into another musical dimension. The band have unexpectedly released a brand-new four-track EP titled Statica, dropping the entire thing without the usual months of teasers, […]
Sunday – Main Stage – 9:30pm Every great festival deserves a spectacular finale. Steelhouse Festival 2026 didn’t just get one… It got Steel Panther. As darkness fell across the Brecon Beacons for the final time, thousands of exhausted but exhilarated rock fans packed every inch of the Main Stage arena, ready to squeeze every last […]
Steelhouse Festival has a habit of throwing up those brilliant little moments you could never plan. You head up the mountain expecting riffs, beers, sore feet and maybe the occasional battle with a tent peg. What you do not necessarily expect is to wander back from the arena after a full day of live music […]
