Turns Out You Don’t Need A Full Sleeve To Write Absolute RIFFS, Mun 😅🔥 Let’s be honest for a second… If you walked into a rock festival these days and didn’t have at least one skull tattoo, a snake wrapped around a dagger, or the logo of a band that split up in 2007 inked […]

Broadway has officially gone full goth vampire chaos, butt. The legendary cult classic The Lost Boys has exploded onto the theatre scene with a massive 12 Tony AwardⓇ nominations, including the big one — Best Musical — making it the most Tony-nominated musical of 2026. And honestly? We did not have “Broadway vampires causing absolute […]

Raise your pints and crank the volume, butt, because heavy metal history is heading to the big screen this summer 🤘🔥 The official documentary about former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno is officially making its way across North America this June — and for old-school Maiden fans, this is gonna hit harder than getting flattened […]

Heavy metal and ridiculous music videos go together like denim and leather, cider and festivals, or trying to queue for the bar during a headline set at Download Festival. From nightmare fuel and pyro madness to MTV-era chaos and full-on cinematic masterpieces, metal bands have spent decades blowing our tiny minds with videos that made […]

UP THE IRONS, BUTT! ⚡🏴‍☠️ Trying to rank the greatest Iron Maiden songs ever written is like trying to survive the pit at Download with a pint in your hand and no beer spillage. Impossible. This is a band whose catalogue shaped heavy metal itself. The riffs. The gallops. The history lessons. The gigantic choruses. […]

Right then… how is it physically possible that The Rolling Stones still sound cooler than bands a quarter of their age? 😅🍺 At this point, Mick Jagger probably runs entirely on black coffee, swagger, and ancient rock ’n’ roll magic stolen from a crossroads somewhere in the 1960s. With new tracks Rough and Twisted and […]

“I’d Never Been That Close To Death Before” Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has opened up about his terrifying battle with throat cancer — and bloody hell mun, it’s one of those stories that reminds you just how human even metal legends really are. The bass powerhouse, best known for helping drive Metallica through one […]

The Riff Report Blog Review – Thursday 14th May 2026 There are gigs…There are events……and then there are Skindred in a Swansea record shop on a Thursday night causing enough chaos to wake every seagull from Mumbles to Merthyr. 😈🔥 On Thursday 14th May 2026, Welsh legends Skindred rolled into Derricks Music in Swansea for […]

If you’ve ever wanted a soundtrack for driving too fast down the motorway while mentally preparing for battle against the universe itself… Five Finger Death Punch have got you covered, butt. 😤⚡ Their latest single Eye of the Storm lands like a flaming wrecking ball through your speakers — loud, aggressive, emotional, and packed with […]

The neon wasteland is calling again, butt. My Chemical Romance have officially announced a deluxe reissue of their cult-classic chaos machine Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys — and honestly? The emo kids who survived 2010 are currently screaming into their studded belts across the UK. 🔥🎸 Landing on 10th July 2026, […]

Sometimes the loudest thing in rock music isn’t a Marshall stack exploding at Download or a drummer booting through a double-kick breakdown at 200mph… Sometimes it’s kindness. And this week, legendary <entity type=”musical_artist”>Geezer Butler</entity> — the iconic bassist and lyrical mastermind behind <entity type=”musical_artist”>Black Sabbath</entity> — has stepped forward to support a huge mission to […]

Stop whatever you’re doing, grab a cuppa, crack open a warm festival lager and prepare your wallets for absolute devastation… because legendary prog-rock titans Pink Floyd have officially been immortalised on a brand-new UK coin from The Royal Mint. Yep.Actual legal-tender prog metal-adjacent shiny money. And honestly? It looks lush. 🔥 The new commemorative release […]

Somewhere tonight, a leather jacket just got ten times cooler. 😎🔥 Rock icon Billy Idol is officially set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming American Music Awards — and honestly, if anyone’s earned the right to swagger onto a stage while snarling through a grin and looking cooler than the rest of […]

The rock and metal world is raising a glass tonight after the heartbreaking news that legendary producer Jack Douglas has sadly passed away at the age of 80. His family confirmed the news earlier today, and honestly butt… this one hits hard. Because while casual fans might not instantly recognise the name Jack Douglas, every […]