Interviews

🩸 The Birth of the Beast   1. CATTLE HAMMER is not a cosy name. When this project first took shape, what emotional or sonic itch were you trying to scratch that other bands couldn’t?   DW  - Hey, thanks for reaching out, its appreciated. At the point that Cattle Hammer was born, I'd been muddling through figuring out home...

Sherwood Park / Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Massive shoutout to the legends in Famous Strangers 🤘🔥 for taking the time to chat with us here at The Riff Report! Absolute top bunch — proper sound, proper riffs, proper job 👊Always buzzing to support bands grafting hard and bringing the noise. Stay loud, lads 😈🎸 For anyone discovering you for the first...

Welcome to The Riff Report 🤘🔥 We’re buzzing to have Zadkiel UK joining us. From studio lock-ins to live mayhem, you’ve been doing it the right way — so let’s get into it. 🎤 THE INTERVIEW 1️⃣ For anyone discovering you for the first time — who are  Zadkiel , where are you from, and what sort of noise are you making? Zadkiel...

💙 Massive Thanks to Paolo Palmacci – Absolute Gent, Proper Chat 🤘 One of the best parts of running The Riff Report isn’t just blasting new music at irresponsible volumes — it’s getting the chance to actually talk to the people behind it. Real conversations. Real insight. No smoke, no mirrors. And that’s exactly what we got when Paolo Palmacci...

Sometimes this gig isn’t just about riffs, releases, and arguing over who nicked whose guitar tone in 1994. Sometimes it’s about proper conversations with bands who live and breathe what they do — and that’s exactly what we got when OÏKOUMEN took time out of their world to sit down with The Riff Report. From the jump, the chat was...

Massive thanks to Stone Sea for taking the time to sit down with The Riff Report 🤘🔥 Top chats, cracking stories, and serious passion for the craft — exactly the kind of energy we love championing. It’s always a buzz digging into the riffs, the graft, and the madness behind the music, and you lot delivered in spades. Absolute pleasure...

Massive thank you to WitcheR for taking time out to sit down and chat with The Riff Report Blog 🤘🔥 Top-tier band, top-tier vibes, and proper graft behind the scenes. We appreciate you letting us poke around your riffs, stories, and chaos — absolute legends, mun. Go give WitcheR your ears, your support, and a loud cheer next time you...

Catfish & With A Little Help From My Friends Massive love and thanks to the utterly brilliant Fiona Long & Paul Long ❤️🤘 They took the time to sit down with us and talk openly about their son Matt Long, his legacy, and the heart, graft, and emotion poured into Catfish and With A Little Help From My Friends. It was...

Massive thanks and serious respect to Acid Death 🤘💀 Cheers to the band for taking the time to sit down with The Riff Report Blog and dive deep into riffs, roots, and all things gloriously extreme. Legends from the Greek underground doing things properly — sharp minds, heavy sounds, zero ego. Exactly how it should be 🔥 If you somehow...

We sat down with Hywel Thomas (vocals), Mason Williams (guitar) and Daniel Bryant (drums) to dig into their self-described “controlled chaos” — where it comes from, what scares them, and why this lean three-piece version of the band might just be their most dangerous form yet 😈 No PR fluff. No therapy circle. Just honesty, sweat, and a lot of...

Big love to the utterly brilliant Adam Norsworthy for taking the time to sit down with The Riff Report crew 🤘💙Absolute gent, cracking chat, and proof that passion, graft, and proper tunes still rule the roost. If you enjoyed the interview (and why wouldn’t you, mun?), do us a solid and check out the album pre-order links below — supporting...

(Creative Process, Recording Journey, Chaos, Catharsis & Cymraeg-Friendly Curiosity) Massive thank you to the mighty Versus for taking time out of their chaos-fuelled schedule to chat with us. Proper legends, mun! Since 2016, these riff-slinging, stage-levelling maniacs have been tearing through the UK scene with a sound that hits harder than a steel toe-cap to the shins. This is a...

What’s occurring, band legends? 👀🤘The Riff Report is on the hunt — no, not for the last slice of pizza backstage (although we’ll happily take it) — we’re hunting bands who want their story told loud, proud, and with enough Welsh chaos to start its own mosh pit. 🏴🔥 If you’ve ever thought,“Oi, someone should write about our band before...