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By The Riff Report Blog – Because sometimes, 3 minutes just ain't enough, butt. Ever started a metal track, popped to the loo, cooked a Pot Noodle, and come back to find it’s still going? Yep. Some songs in the metal world don’t just push the limits — they obliterate them. We're talking double-digit monsters, epics that outlive entire relationships,...

By The Riff Report Blog – Powered by riffs, speed, and excessive cymbals When it comes to metal, the drummer isn’t just keeping time—they’re summoning thunder from the underworld ⚡. Whether it’s blast beats, polyrhythms, or just beating the living hell outta their kit, these 12 legends didn’t just play the drums… they made the earth shake. Let’s dive headfirst...

– Female Icons & Brutal Growlers Edition –By The Riff Report Blog 1. Angela Gossow – “Ravenous” (Arch Enemy) ⚡ Album: Wages of Sin (2001)💀 Vibe: Viking shieldmaiden leading a death march Angela didn’t just break barriers — she obliterated them. With vocals that sound like Satan gargling gravel, her debut with Arch Enemy flipped the script on what female...

By The Riff Report Blog 1. Rob Halford – “Painkiller” (Judas Priest) ⚡ Album: Painkiller (1990)💀 Vibe: Angel screaming while riding a flaming motorcycle through hell Rob. Freakin’. Halford. The Metal God. And this is the track where he proves it beyond question. From the opening banshee wail to the operatic high notes that could slice steel, “Painkiller” is vocal...

A Riff Report Blog Banger with Handcuffs and Headbanging 🥁🚔🔥 1. Varg Vikernes (Burzum / Mayhem) Crime: Murder & Church ArsonSentence: 21 years in a Norwegian prisonLet’s start with possibly the most infamous case in black metal history. Varg didn’t just make haunting one-man atmospheric black metal — he murdered Mayhem guitarist Euronymous in 1993 and was convicted of arson...

Once upon a time, in the grimy, neon-lit hellscape of late-‘80s and ‘90s rock, a beast was born. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t polished. But it grooved like Frankenstein on a caffeine bender. That beast was White Zombie — a band that mashed up horror, metal, industrial grit, and B-movie sleaze into something so wrong it felt oh-so-right. 🤘 But...

Bat heads, sock dongs, riots and crab cameos – welcome to the golden age of WTF, mate?! If you think today's rockers are a bit tame – you're not wrong, mun. Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, bands weren’t just flirting with danger – they were taking it home, marrying it, and throwing a TV out the honeymoon suite window....

🎤 1. Gwar – Literally Everything They’ve Ever Worn 🛡️ Looks like: a Mad Max fever dream in a blood-soaked costume shopGwar aren’t a band – they’re a full-blown intergalactic metal circus. With giant foam muscles, horns, monster jaws, and more fake blood than a Tarantino film, their outfits scream “we eat lesser bands for breakfast.” You don’t wear a...

By The Riff Report Blog – Thrashin’ through the decades 12. Diabolus in Musica (1998) “Nu-Slayer” – the sound of a band experimenting mid-identity crisis. 🪦 This one’s got riffs, sure, but it’s like Tom Araya woke up in a Korn video. It was the late '90s, and even the thrash gods flirted with downtuned guitars and groove metal. It’s...

“Distortion and diplomas – it’s a thing, mun!” 1. Brian May (Queen) – PhD in Astrophysics Yup, the man behind "Bohemian Rhapsody" and that iconic curly barnet is also a bonafide space nerd. May paused his studies in the '70s to go and conquer the world with Queen (as you do), but later finished his doctorate in astrophysics in 2007....

(When the mosh pit wasn’t enough… so they took it backstage.) Strap in, butt – we’re diving headfirst into the chaos, carnage, and chair-throwing mayhem that’s gone down behind the scenes in the world of metal. These aren’t just your average “he stole my riff” squabbles. We’re talking blood, broken bones, and bruised egos. Here’s 12 of the nastiest, most...

A Riff Report resurrection special – dust off those riffs, they deserve better than bargain bins 🤘🔥 Let’s face it, vinyl’s back in style – again. But while you can grab a shiny 180g pressing of Master of Puppets in Tesco (cheers, Lars), there are some absolute metal monsters that’ve been left to rot in the crypt. NO MORE. 🪦...

Who says you can't make money and mosh? These metalheads didn’t just shred stages and scream into mics — they also built empires on the side. From coffee to comics, headphones to hemp farms, here are 10 metal musicians who moonlight as successful entrepreneurs. Bet you didn’t see some of these coming… 👀 1. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) – Wine, Coffee...

From chorus-friendly rock gods to riff-wielding beasts Not every metalhead starts in a mosh pit. Some rockers begin their journey with radio-friendly tunes, big choruses, and maybe even a touch of eyeliner – but somewhere along the way, they heard the chug of a down-tuned guitar and thought: “YESS MUN! THIS IS THE WAY.” Here are 10 rockers who started...

Brace yourself – the storm’s coming, and it brought guitars. We all know metal is full of storms – emotional ones, breakdown ones, and the kind that melt your face off with a solo. But sometimes, bands take the weather report literally. Whether it's metaphorical destruction or full-on storm-chasing madness, here are 9 surprising metal songs that are actually about...