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🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Slave Machine – Nervosa 🔥

26 April 2026

Fast. Furious. No prisoners. Thrash metal with teeth. 🤘💀🔥 Alright butt… no warm-up, no easing in — Slave Machine kicks the door off its hinges and drags you straight into a full-speed thrash assault. 😤⚡ Nervosa don’t do subtle, and thank the metal gods for that. This is pure, unfiltered aggression, loaded with razor riffs […]

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🔥 ALBUM REVIEW: Live Plus Five – The Dead Daisies 🔥

26 April 2026

Sweat. Volume. Zero studio tricks — just pure rock ‘n’ roll on full blast. 🤘🔥 Alright butt… if you’ve ever stood in a crowd, pint in hand, shouting lyrics with strangers while your ears ring for three days straight — this one’s for you. 🍺😤 Live Plus Five from The Dead Daisies is exactly what […]

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🧛‍♂️🤠 ALBUM REVIEW: FangSlinger – Welcome To The Lost Souls Saloon

24 April 2026

Undead cowboys, filthy riffs, and a saloon full of chaos — what’s not to love?! Right then, Michael… grab a whiskey, kick the saloon doors open, and prepare yourself — because FangSlinger have just unleashed one of the wildest debut albums we’ve heard in a hot minute. 🤘🔥 Released on 24th April 2026, Welcome To […]

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🎸🔥 CORELLA ARE BACK, BABY! NEW ALBUM A BEAUTIFUL WORLD TO LOSE DROPS SEPTEMBER 18TH 🔥🎸

24 April 2026

OI OI — Manchester’s indie firestarters Corella have just kicked the doors off 2026 with a massive announcement, and honestly… it’s giving main stage sunset slot with pints flying everywhere energy already 🍻🌅 The band have officially revealed their second album A Beautiful World To Lose, landing September 18th via FLG — and if that […]

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🎤 THE RIFF REPORT INTERVIEW – CHARNEL CROWN🔥 ORIGINS, GRIT & GETTING STARTED

24 April 2026

🤘🔥 MASSIVE THANK YOU – CHARNEL CROWN 🔥🤘 A proper massive shoutout to the absolute legends in Charnel Crown for taking the time to sit down with us here at The Riff Report 🤝🔥 These lads are grafting hard, flying the flag for no-nonsense, working-class metal, and still making time to chat riffs, life, and […]

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👑🔥 CHARNEL CROWN – BAND BIO 🔥👑

23 April 2026

Straight outta Dublin’s underground and swinging riffs like concrete blocks, Charnel Crown are a groove metal powerhouse built on grit, graft, and proper working-class fire 🤘💥 Formed in December 2025, this four-piece isn’t here to reinvent metal — they’re here to remind you why it hits so hard in the first place. No gimmicks, no […]

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🎤🔥 THE RIFF REPORT ASKS: BEN FROM Artist Republic 🔥🎤

23 April 2026

🙌🔥 MASSIVE THANK YOU TO BEN 🔥🙌 Before we dive headfirst into the madness of touring in 2026, we’ve gotta give a proper Riff Report shoutout to Ben from Artist Republic 🤘 Taking time out of the chaos of the music industry to chat with us isn’t something we take lightly — especially when the […]

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🔥⚡ JUDAS PRIEST UNLEASH ‘BEST OF’ ALBUM JUST IN TIME FOR UK SUMMER MAYHEM ⚡🔥

23 April 2026

Alright you lot… grab your leather jackets, crack open a cold one, and prepare to bow before the metal gods 👑🍺 Because the absolute legends, the riff architects, the pioneers of pure steel… Judas Priest are BACK with a brand spanking new ‘Best Of’ album — and it’s dropping right before they storm UK stages […]

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 🎤🔥 THE RIFF REPORT ASKS: ELLyMarD (ELAINE DUBBELAAR) 🔥🎤

23 April 2026

🤘 MASSIVE THANK YOU! 🤘 A huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to ELAINE DUBBELAAR – the incredible force behind ELLyMarD – for taking the time to sit down with us for an interview! 🎤🔥 Your passion, honesty, and killer energy made it an absolute pleasure. We’re buzzing to share your story with the Riff Report […]

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💔🔥 TRACK REVIEW: “LOVE YOU TO DEATH” – ELLyMarD GOES FULL HEART-ON-SLEEVE CHAOS 🔥💔

20 April 2026

Alright you absolute legends… now we’ve got the full picture — and WOW…“Love You To Death” by ELLyMarD is not just a track… 👉 It’s a full-blown emotional riot wrapped in riffs, attitude, and just the right amount of danger. 😈🤘 Key Details 🎧 FIRST SPIN – STRAIGHT INTO THE FEELS (AND THE FIRE) From […]

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🎭🔥 ANA UNLEASH “COUTURE METAL” CHAOS – AND IT’S LOOKING (AND SOUNDING) ABSOLUTELY FILTHY 🔥🎭

17 April 2026

Alright you lot… brace yourselves, because Melbourne’s metal scene has just stitched together something loud, lavish, and downright unhinged 🤘🖤 Enter ANA — a band who aren’t just here to play heavy music…They’re here to dress it up, drag it onto a runway, and set the whole thing on fire 🔥 Formed in 2023, this […]

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🔥🤘 ANTIROPE RETURN WITH ‘BRING ME TO ZERO’ – HEAVIER, DARKER, AND READY TO CONSUME YOUR SOUL 🤘🔥

17 April 2026

Alright butt… gather round the amps and crank this one LOUD 🔊 because ANTIROPЕ are back—and they’re not here to mess about. Straight outta Munich, Germany, these alternative metal sorcerers have been brewing something filthy, hypnotic, and downright spine-chilling since 2015… and now? They’re about to unleash a monster. ‘Bring Me To Zero’ drops May […]

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🌵🔥 OBEY THE SUN – DESERT RITUAL REVIEW: A SANDSTORM OF SLUDGE, GROOVE & PURE CHAOS 🔥🌵

17 April 2026

Alright you riff-hungry legends… strap in, crack a cold one 🍺 and prepare to get absolutely buried in sand, sludge, and sonic destruction… Because Hungary’s underground firestarters Obey The Sun have just dropped Desert Ritual — and this thing doesn’t knock politely… It kicks your door in, flips your table, and sets your speakers on […]

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🌧️🔥 OATHBOUND: FROM SEATTLE STORMS TO METALCORE MAYHEM 🔥🌧️

17 April 2026

Alright you legends… gather round, because this is one of those stories that just screams destiny, grit, and riffs louder than a Friday night in Cardiff 🤘 Hailing from the rain-lashed streets of Seattle, progressive metalcore outfit Oathbound aren’t just another band chasing breakdowns… 👉 They’re bottling real life pain, chaos, and hope… then launching […]

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🔥 GLASGOW KISS IGNITE WITH DEBUT ALBUM DOWN IN FLAMES 🔥

17 April 2026

Bergen’s alt-metal firestarters deliver a debut packed with riffs, rage, and raw emotion 🤘 Alright you lot… gather round, crack open a cold one 🍺 and brace yourselves — because Glasgow Kiss have just dropped a debut that doesn’t politely knock… It kicks the door clean off the hinges. Formed in 2020 in Bergen, Norway, […]

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