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A tribute from The Riff Report Blog"If you listen to fools… the mob rules!" 🔥 MAY 16, 2010 – THE DEVIL HORNS LOWERED FOR THE LAST TIME On May 16, 2010, the metal world went quiet. The lights dimmed. The horns came down. And the unmistakable voice of Ronnie James Dio was silenced forever. At age 67, Dio lost his...

“Big riffs, bigger hair, and enough eyeliner to flood the Severn…” 22. Cinderella 👠🔥 Don’t let the fairytale name fool you – these Philly rockers brought the bluesy glam hard. Night Songs was lush, and Gypsy Road still slaps harder than your mam when you nicked her hairspray. 21. Queensrÿche 👑🛸 The thinking headbanger’s metal band. Operation: Mindcrime is prog-metal...

By The Riff Report – Where every review comes with extra garlic and a stake through the clichés 😈🤘 🩸 What’s Occurring? Picture this: You're the new kid in a California beach town, your older brother’s getting seduced by a gang of leather-clad, bloodsucking punks, and your only allies are two comic book nerds who think garlic shampoo is tactical...

By The Riff Report – Because band practice is sacred, and so is Slayer. 😈🤘 🏫 What’s Occurring? Metal Lords is the metalhead teen comedy we never knew we needed – a mash-up of School of Rock chaos, Freaks and Geeks awkwardness, and Spinal Tap-level obsession... only this time, it’s about two lads trying to bring real heavy metal to...

Right, let’s be honest – we’ve all said, “I’ve got enough band t-shirts.”LIES.That’s the voice of a liar, and you know it. 😂 Because deep down, in the most sacred drawer of your wardrobe (the one overflowing with black cotton and faded skulls), you know you’ve always got room for one more. Or ten. Especially when Amazon’s slashing prices like...

By The Riff Report – Huh huh… huh huh… this movie RULES 😈🤘 🛋️ What’s Occurring? You take two TV-addicted, heavy metal-loving morons…You give them a road trip across the US…You throw in government agents, a stolen bioweapon, and about 63 dick jokes…And what do you get? Beavis and Butt-Head Do America – a movie so stupid, so glorious, and...

From Mic-Dropping Maniacs to Leather-Clad Legends Let’s be honest – in rock ‘n’ metal, humility is about as rare as a sober Lemmy anecdote. From backstage bust-ups to “I am the band” declarations, ego is baked into the DNA of loud music. And we bloody love it.These are the legends who took confidence, shoved it in a leather jacket, and...

By The Riff Report’s Official Beer-Taster-In-Chief 🍺 Alright ya frothy legends — gather round, pint in hand and curiosity primed. We’ve cracked open the archives, raided the fridges, and necked more IPAs than medically advisable just to bring you this MEGA-LIST of everything BrewDog has ever poured, pushed, punted or pulled from shelves. 👀 From the beers that made ‘em...

From sweary Brit Awards mayhem to that time they brought Manchester to tears, here are TV’s Top 12 Oasis Moments – the most legendary, chaotic, and downright iconic bits of telly that made Oasis more than just a band… they were a full-blown rock’n’roll soap opera. 📺🍻👇 1. "Has-beens shouldn’t present awards to gonna-bes" – Brit Awards 1996 🏆🖕 The...

Welcome to BrewDog Waterloo, where the beer flows like a river, the food slaps harder than your hangover, and there’s a massive freakin’ slide in the middle of it all. Seriously, who gave this pub a theme park budget? Perched under Waterloo Station, this place is less “casual pint” and more “full-throttle Friday frenzy” — and we are so here...

By The Riff Report Blog“Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home…” – Cliff Burton, 1962–1986 ⚰️ SEPTEMBER 27, 1986 – THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (FOR METALHEADS) It was meant to be another night on the road. Metallica were riding high, obliterating Europe with their Damage, Inc. tour, tearing through stages with blood, sweat, and solos hotter than...

All profits from Ozzy’s final show split between Birmingham Children's Hospital, Cure Parkinson's, and Acorns Children's Hospice– AND IT RAISED £140 BLOODY MILLION! 💸🔥 There’s giving back… and then there’s Ozzy f*ing Osbourne-level** giving back. On 5 July 2025, at Villa Park – the very soil where Sabbath’s chaos first sprouted – the Back To The Beginning show wasn’t just...

By The Riff Report – Banging heads, skipping school, dodging nuns, and chasing the gods of glam 🎬 What’s Occurring? If Wayne’s World, Dazed and Confused, and American Pie had a KISS-lovin’, headbangin’ lovechild, it’d be Detroit Rock City. This film is a chaotic, horny, leather-clad time machine back to 1978 – where the only thing that matters is getting...

By The Riff Report – For those about to laugh, shred, and summon Satan with a face-melting solo... we salute you! 😈🤘 🕶️ What’s Occurring? Before there was Bohemian Rhapsody, before there was School of Rock, there was a legend. A legend about a pick forged from Satan’s tooth, a band formed by fate, and a quest powered by weed,...

By The Riff Report – Where power chords > PowerPoints and Jack Black is the substitute teacher of our dreams 🎬 What’s Occurring? If you’ve ever sat through a boring school assembly and thought, “I’d rather be moshing right now”, this film was made for you. School of Rock isn’t just a movie – it’s a rallying cry for every...