On This Day

Tidy little throwback for you, butt… because 12 years ago today, Five Finger Death Punch wrapped up their 2013 UK tour in proper style, storming the stage at Birmingham’s LG Arena — the very city where metal itself was forged in the fires of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and every riff that ever melted a face. 🖤⚒️ And let me...

30 November 1979 — A night so loud even the Clyde probably vibrated. Ohhh Glasgow, what’s occurring?! On this day back in 1979, Queen marched into the legendary (and slightly terrifying) Glasgow Apollo for the first of two nights on their ‘Crazy Tour’ — and the place absolutely erupted. If you’ve ever been in a crowd where the balcony literally...

🎸 THE DAY CREAM SAID “DIOLCH A HWYL FFAWR!” TO THE WORLD (1968) Picture it, mun: 26 November 1968, the Royal Albert Hall looking all posh and shiny, packed to the rafters with hippies, blues heads, and people who definitely pre-gamed with substances the police would confiscate today. Onto that stage walked Cream — the first proper supergroup, and the...

A chaotic masterpiece born from leaks, riffs, and pure SOAD madness — Riff Report style, butt! On 26 November 2002, the mighty System Of A Down dropped one of the most unorthodox, chaotic, and beautifully unhinged releases in modern metal history:🎧 Steal This Album! And aye… the title wasn’t a joke. The whole record was a cheeky two-finger salute to...

What’s occurring, metalheads? Gather round, c’mon butt, because today we salute one of the most gloriously unhinged, skull-rattling, fan-melting box sets ever unleashed upon planet Earth. On this day in 1993, Metallica dropped ‘Live Sh*t: Binge & Purge’ — a monstrous, heavy-as-a-lorry treasure chest of live chaos starring the Seattle ‘89 shows, the San Diego ‘92 madness, and the iconic...

A Full Riff Report Long-Form Tribute 🤘🔥 Written loud, proud, and with a heart full of respect 🔥🤘 There are moments in rock history that feel less like dates and more like fault lines — the kind of moments where the world quietly shifts, where music stops being music and becomes memory, myth, and emotion wrapped up in one explosive...

Strap in, butt — this one’s messier than a festival curry at 2am. 🥢🚴‍♂️ THE ALBUM THAT TOOK LONGER THAN BUILDING THE PYRAMIDS On 23 November 2008, the impossible happened: Guns N’ Roses finally released Chinese Democracy, an album so delayed, so expensive, so mythologised, that it became a punchline before it even existed. This wasn’t just an album release...

Celebrating a legendary release from 23 November 1999 Oi oi, butt! Grab your leather jacket, your finest air-conductor baton, and maybe a cheeky pint — because today we’re rewinding to one of the most jaw-dropping, genre-smashing, and utterly bonkers milestones in heavy metal history. On 23 November 1999, Metallica unleashed S&M, their colossal collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,...

Tidy moment in music history, butt! Grab your flannel, light a few candles, and crack open a Pepsi Max (or something stronger 😅), because today we’re heading straight back to 1993 — the night Nirvana stepped into Sony Music Studios in New York and accidentally crafted one of the most hauntingly beautiful live performances ever captured. This wasn’t just another...

Released: 18 November 1997 C’mon butt — crack open a cold one and turn the volume to obnoxious, because today we celebrate one of the most divisive, chaotic, swagger-filled chapters in Metallica history. 🤘 Reload might not be the thrash titan of the early years, but blimmin’ hell, it’s got riffs hotter than chip-shop curry sauce at 1am and more...

Diwrnod bendigedig for pop-punk chaos, mun! On 17 November 1998, The Offspring unleashed Americana, their fifth studio album and the record that confirmed once and for all that these Californian mischief-makers were more than just skate-punk troublemakers — they were mainstream-wrecking, chart-destroying, meme-before-memes-were-a-thing icons. 🎯🔥 Selling over 10 million copies worldwide, Americana was the moment Dexter Holland and the lads...

Released: 15 November 1983 There are album anniversaries… and then there are werewolf-shredding, moon-howling, heavy-metal milestones. Today marks the release of Ozzy Osbourne’s third solo album, Bark at the Moon — a record that didn’t just keep the Prince of Darkness alive, but dragged him claw-first into a new era. 🐺 A NEW CHAPTER AFTER TRAGEDY The early ’80s were...

Alright butt, strap in — we’re taking a mad little sprint back to the year 2000, when low-rise jeans were a threat to society and pop-punk was absolutely everywhere. And in the middle of that glorious chaos, The Offspring lobbed their sixth studio album into the world: Conspiracy of One. Tidy! 🏴🤘 This record is peak Offspring — a proper...

Twenty-one years ago today, Iron Maiden gave metalheads everywhere the ultimate time machine — The History of Iron Maiden: Part 1 – The Early Days, released on this day in 2004. A two-DVD deep dive into the band’s chaotic, loud, and legendary early years, this release remains one of the most essential Maiden collections ever made. 🤘 This wasn’t your...

Exactly seven years ago today, London became the loudest tour bus route in the world. Forget open-top sightseeing and bored guides — this was The Prodigy, baby. 🔥 On this night in 2018, the electronic punk pioneers pulled off one of the wildest and most secretive promo stunts in UK music history — the “No Tourists” London Bus Route. Instead...