Bands

Unhinged riffs. Punk energy. Absolute chaos in the best possible way. 😈🔥🤘 Alright butt… this one’s not here for a polite listen — it’s here to kick your door in, nick your snacks, and start a mosh pit in your living room. 😤💥 With Cartoon Violence, Mother Vulture unleash a wild mix of punk attitude, alt-rock swagger, and pure unfiltered...

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...

Teutonic fury. Razor riffs. World-ending energy that doesn’t let up for a second. 💀🔥🤘 Alright butt… if you were hoping for something gentle, you’ve come to the wrong bloody place. 😤 With Krushers of the World, Kreator come storming in like a tank with no brakes — fast, furious, and absolutely relentless. No buildup.No mercy.Just pure thrash devastation from start...

Sharp hooks. Faster riffs. Punk attitude that still bites, mun. ⚡💥🤘 Alright butt… no messing about here — this is proper no-frills, straight-to-the-point punk rock. 😤🔥 With Attitude Adjustment, Buzzcocks keep things exactly how they should be — short songs, big hooks, and lyrics that hit like a pint glass flying across a pub. 🍺💥 No overthinking.No filler.Just pure punk...

Big hair. Bigger hooks. Pure late-80s/early-90s hard rock gold, mun. 🎸🔥🤘 Alright butt… grab your leather jacket, tease that hair sky-high, and prepare for a proper trip back to when melodies ruled and choruses hit like a pint after a long gig. 😎🍺 With Bad Boys: The McAuley Schenker Group Story 1987–1992, McAuley Schenker Group serve up a best-of blast...

New year… new riffs… and a fresh stack of albums ready to shake the speakers, mun! 🤘 January might be the month where everyone’s still recovering from Christmas dinners and questionable New Year decisions, but the rock and metal world clearly didn’t get the memo. The first month of 2026 already delivered a tidy pile of fresh records — everything...

New Year, New Noise, Same Beautiful Chaos Right then, Riff Report crew — the Christmas leftovers are gone, the New Year’s hangover has (mostly) cleared, and the amps are already back on 11. January might be the coldest month of the year, but the rock and metal world clearly decided to set the studio speakers on fire anyway. Bands across...

Right from the jump this one smacks like an amp cranked past eleven and kicked into the pit. No bonkers ballet or CGI babies here — WAR is a sonic battlecry wrapped in grit, grit and more grit. Think teeth-grinding riffs, thunderous drums and a vibe that’s more molten magma than music video. 🤜🔥🤛 🎸 VISUALS THAT RATTLE Even without...

Album Review | The Riff Report 🤘 Right then butt, strap in. This one hits like a leather-jacketed headbutt in a thunderstorm. Tailgunner’s Tears in the Rain is the sound of traditional heavy metal refusing to politely age, smashing through the door instead, pints flying, amps humming, denim battle vests flapping in the wind. 🍺⚡ This album doesn’t whisper nostalgia....

Right then butt, tighten your boots and hide the weak lager, because Misery Goblin are here to drag Irish metal back into the mud, teeth-first, snarling and loving every second of it. This is no polished, posh prog nonsense. This is grit-under-the-fingernails, sweat-on-the-ceiling, goblin-brained heaviness. 😈🤘 If you like your metal loud, ugly, honest, and swinging wildly like a pub...

Alright butt, tighten your corsets and dust off the opera cloak, because Night-ish are bringing full-fat symphonic metal drama back to UK stages and doing it with proper job precision. If you worship at the altar of Nightwish, this lot are your next pilgrimage. 🖤🎶 Based right here in the UK, Night-ish aren’t about half-measures or pub-band cosplay. This is...

Alright butt, strap in. This is the story of Punk Rock Factory, the Welsh pop-punk chaos merchants who took your childhood, lobbed it into a distortion pedal, and shouted “LET’S HAVE IT” at the top of their lungs. 🧃🔥 They are proof that punk doesn’t have to be serious to be powerful and that fun can still absolutely level a...

TAILGUNNER UNLEASH BLADE RUNNER–INSPIRED SINGLE ‘TEARS IN RAIN’ — AND IT HITS LIKE A NEON-SOAKED EXISTENTIAL HAMMER 💀🌧️ Some songs make you want to raise a pint and shout the chorus at the ceiling.Others drag you into the rain, under flickering neon lights, and force you to stare your own mortality square in the eyes. This one does the latter....

 🤘🔥 Right Leeds… cancel your plans, lace up your boots tight, and mentally prepare to be absolutely steamrolled, because VERSUS have just announced the official launch show for their debut album The Catalyst and it’s shaping up to be a proper sweatbox riot. This isn’t a polite album showcase with nodding heads and sensible footwear. This is a small room,...

Massive Wagons are revving the engines, slamming the pedal to the floor, and blasting straight into album-launch season with enough power to melt the Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre roof clean off. And honestly? We’re here for every sweaty, riff-soaked second of it. 😈🎸 Their upcoming event — LIVE AT THE GREAT HALL — is shaping up to be one...