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Spring might be arriving… but the riffs are still absolutely freezing faces off. 🤘 March rolls in and suddenly the music world starts properly waking up again. Festival announcements are flying everywhere, tour posters are popping up on venue walls, and bands are dropping fresh albums like guitar picks at the end of a sweaty encore. And let’s be honest,...

Darkness. Beauty. Absolute mastery — still haunting us 25 years later. 🌲💀🎸 Alright butt… this ain’t just an album — this is a bloody monument. 😤🔥 When Opeth dropped Blackwater Park back in 2001, they didn’t just raise the bar… they built a whole new one in the middle of a haunted forest and dared everyone else to find it....

Big riffs. Bigger hooks. A melodic rock punch that sticks in your head for days, mun. 🌙🔥🎸 Alright butt… this one’s got that proper feel-good rock energy — the kind that sneaks up on you and suddenly you’re belting the chorus in the kitchen like you’re headlining Download. 😅🤘 With Dreamcatcher, Fireborn deliver a solid slice of melodic hard rock...

Some albums are collections of songs.Others are experiences. CAIRN, the fourth full-length album from French modern progressive metal outfit Parallel Minds, firmly belongs in the second camp — a towering, 61-minute conceptual beast that doesn’t just hit hard, but means something. This is metal with weight, conscience, and ambition, stacked stone by stone like the monument it’s named after 🗿🔥...

Album Review | UK metalcore with teeth, heart, and zero fear 🔥🤘 There’s a certain moment in a band’s journey where everything locks into place. The riffs hit harder. The songs breathe deeper. The confidence stops being loud and starts being felt.That’s exactly where Before The Sirens land with As It Is Above, So It Is Below — a release...

Out 13 February 2026 | CD, Vinyl & Digital Right then… brace yourselves, mun, because No Worth Of Man are back and they’ve brought absolute carnage with them. Brutal Records have officially unveiled The Killing Streets, the band’s brand-new full-length album, and it’s shaping up to be one of the heaviest UK metal releases of 2026. Landing worldwide on 13...

Every now and then, a record turns up that doesn’t just play — it confesses. Not in a polished, PR-approved, “here’s my truth” kind of way either. Nah. This one rocks up bruised, honest, slightly shaken, and says: “Sit with this. It might get uncomfortable.” ALBUM 10 by ELUSIVE THUGS is that record. And fair warning, mun — this isn’t...

Label: Throne Of Lies Records | Release Date: January 10th, 2026 There’s metal you listen to… and then there’s metal that lies down in the dirt with you, stares up at the sky, and starts asking deeply uncomfortable questions about your life choices. 😈⚰️The Earth Above, A Grave Beneath firmly lands in the second camp. This is the fourth full-length...

Short month… massive riffs. February came in swinging, mun. 🤘 Right then, Riff Report crew — February might only have 28 days, but the rock and metal world absolutely stuffed it with new records. While everyone else was complaining about the cold and hiding under blankets, bands were dropping albums loud enough to shake the frost off the windows. From...

Broken souls. Golden seams. Heavy music that actually means something. Every now and then, an album lands on the Riff Report desk that doesn’t just want your attention — it demands your empathy. One that doesn’t chase trends, pits, or playlists, but instead reaches straight for the bits of you that are still healing. Oïkoumen’s Resilience is exactly that.This isn’t...

The Scottish bards break eight years of silence — and they’ve brought thunder with them From the stone-strewn landscapes of Falkirk comes a band who don’t just play Scottish history — they summon it. Hailing from the heart of Alba, Cnoc An Tursa (translated as Hill Of The Standing Stone) have been carving folklore, fire and fury into black metal...

Label: Brutal RecordsRelease Date: 13 February 2026Words: The Riff Report 🤘 Miami. 1985. Neon lights flicker. Alleyways breathe menace. Something undead is stalking the streets… and No Worth Of Man have turned up armed to the teeth and absolutely not in the mood for mercy. 🔥 This isn’t just an album — The Killing Streets is a full-blown extreme metal...

The engine roars, adding its primal, petrol-fuelled fury to the cacophony of the midnight streets. With menace in its very construction the car seems to prowl the pools of neon light, the sound of the devil’s music blasting from it like a heartbeat. Hymns to lust, violence and rebellion rise up through the darkness, clawing their way through the watching...

Independent Release | Out 27 February 2026 Some albums arrive quietly. Others kick the door off the hinges, set fire to the banners, and drag you head-first into their world. The Past Tales — the debut full-length from Mývalyĭr — is very much the latter. This isn’t background listening. This is a journey. A reckoning. A full-blown plunge into memory,...

Stratocaster magic. Blues-drenched riffs. A master at work, live and loud. 🎸🔥🤘 Alright butt… dim the lights, pour something strong, and let’s get into some proper guitar wizardry. 🍺😎 With One Moment in Time: Live in USA, Robin Trower reminds everyone why he’s one of the most underrated guitar heroes to ever plug in and melt faces. This isn’t flashy-for-the-sake-of-it...