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90,000 Fans Witness Metal Giants Smash Attendance Record At First Live Show Of 2026 🤘 There are big gigs… There are legendary gigs… …and then there are the kinds of nights where an entire city feels like it’s vibrating from riffs alone. That’s exactly what happened in Athens this weekend as Metallica stormed back onto the stage for their first...

Heavy metal fans… this is NOT a drill. Nicko McBrain — the legendary, endlessly lovable powerhouse behind the drums for Iron Maiden — has officially announced his brand new autobiography Hello Boys and Girls! and honestly, this might be one of the most exciting rock books in years, mun 🥁🔥 Described as “thrilling, hilarious and deeply personal,” the memoir lands...

Manchester’s rising dark visionaries deliver a debut album drenched in atmosphere, sorrow and spellbinding heaviness Some albums arrive with noise.Others arrive like ghosts. You don’t hear them charging towards you with fists in the air and pyrotechnics exploding behind them. Instead, they creep through the cracks in the walls at 2am while the rain batters the windows and the streetlights...

Just when the rock world thought it had witnessed one of the biggest modern band break-up shocks in years, Greta Van Fleet have stormed back into the spotlight with a simple message that’s already got fans screaming louder than a front-row barricade at Download Festival. “We’re back, baby!” That’s it.That’s the post.And honestly mun, chaos immediately resumed. 🤣🔥 Only days...

⚡ ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ STEPS IN AS NEW FRONTWOMAN ⚡ Right, who spiked the Red Bull with rocket fuel then?! 😵‍💫🔥 Because this news has come in hotter than a Download Festival pit at peak chaos… DragonForce have officially announced Alissa White-Gluz as their new vocalist and frontwoman. Yeah, butt. THAT Alissa. The scream queen. The metal juggernaut. The woman who...

Right, gather round the virtual bar, butt — because this one sounds like it started with a pint, a mad idea, and absolutely zero intention of playing it safe 🍻😈 The legends, the lifers, the never-say-die kings of swagger themselves, The Rolling Stones, are back with a brand new album Foreign Tongues… and they’ve only gone and roped in gothic...

Alright butt… picture this. You’re rocking up to a film premiere — nice suit, polite applause, bit of posh popcorn, yeah? WRONG. Now swap that for leather jackets, denim cuts, pints flowing, and random shouts of “UP THE IRONS!” echoing through the building like it’s the front barrier at Download 😈🍺 Welcome to the world of Blaze Bayley… who’s just...

A quiet fight, a loud victory, and a whole lot of respect from the riff trenches Right then, gather round the amps, because this one lands with a proper emotional thud. Former Metallica low-end powerhouse Jason Newsted has revealed he’s been dealing with a private cancer battle — kept completely out of the spotlight, away from the chaos, away from...

Right. Someone check the Met Gala’s security footage, because there’s been a proper supernatural glitch in the couture matrix. One minute it’s diamonds, designer gowns, and polite celebrity nodding…Next minute Stevie Nicks is on stage like she’s been beamed in by a thunderstorm and a bottle of red wine 🍷⚡ And she didn’t come alone. Enter Sabrina Carpenter, stepping into...

Right then, gather round Riff Report massive because we need to talk about what can only be described as:the Met Gala accidentally turning into a mystical rock-pop séance dressed in couture. 😮‍🔥🖤 One minute it’s fashion’s most polished night out. The next? Stevie Nicks is floating through the room like she’s been summoned by ancient velvet spirits, Sabrina Carpenter is...

Is This Really The End For Modern Rock’s Biggest Revival Band? The internet is currently in full panic mode, mun. Proper end-times behaviour. 😬🍻 Rock fans across the globe are stress-refreshing Instagram, Reddit is collapsing under the weight of conspiracy theories, and somewhere in the world there’s definitely a bloke in a vintage denim jacket explaining hidden symbolism using a...

Alright butt, gather round the amps because the mighty Tygers of Pan Tang have just unleashed a brand new belter — “Electrifyed” — and it’s crackling with more energy than a dodgy plug socket in a rainstorm. 🌧️⚡️ 🎸 STRAIGHT OUTTA THE NWOBHM PLAYBOOK (BUT JUICED UP) These lads aren’t here for a nostalgia lap — nah, they’ve kicked the...

Bad news has landed harder than a Martian cylinder crashing into Horsell Common today, butt… because Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds has officially confirmed the closure of Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds: The Experience in London after seven unforgettable years. 💔👽 For fans of immersive theatre, rock opera madness, steampunk sci-fi chaos, and...

Right then, grab your air guitar, dust off the denim jacket, and prepare your vocal cords for absolute carnage — because Def Leppard are back with a brand-new Greatest Hits release… and it’s landing just in time to soundtrack their massive UK tour. This isn’t just a nostalgia trip — this is a full-blown reminder that these Sheffield legends still...

Right then butt… if your day needed a cosmic slap across the chops, Obscura have absolutely delivered. The German tech-death overlords have unleashed a brand new video for ‘The Sun Eater’ — and it’s less “music video” and more astral-level destruction wrapped in riffs. 🌌🔥 https://youtu.be/GaCcBvF_N2Y?si=Fhdi7YJ69zy2NqS3 🚀 STRAP IN — THIS ONE’S NOT FOR THE FAINT-NECKED From the first note,...