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When Words Aren't Needed

My Favorite Musical Finds Of 2024

Heavy Metal Protest Songs

Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal: A New Contributing Writer, and a List of Previous Articles

Automatic: How a Hit Single Keeps Being Reborn

“The Rings of Power” Misses The Mark --Over and Over

Women in Rock: Denting the Metal Ceiling

How I Learned to Love Heavy Metal

The Last-Minute Voter’s Guide

Trick or Treat!

Could This Be Your Favorite New Band?

A Dazzling Young Band Turning Genre Upside Down

Preview of the Riff's Album of the Month

What do Remo Giazotto, The Doors and Lara Fabian have in common?

Album of the Month: Update

Back With a Vengeance: Nemophila “Groundbreakers of Destiny (G.O.D.)”

If You Can Find Tickets, Don't Miss Seeing This Band!

How Much Can You Miss Someone You Never Met?

Save the Date! For The Riff’s Upcoming “Album” of the Month Discussion We’re Going On A World Tour.

Have You Ever Been to a Concert Composed Entirely of Movie Themes?

One of the Greatest Bands You Have Probably Never Heard of

Can Music Inspire Us to Save Ourselves? (Part II)

Is This Destined to Be the Summer Party Song of 2024?

Still Burning: When a Band Comes Back From the Brink Hotter Than Ever

Do Metalheads Have a Sense Of Humor?

What Is the Third Most Common Word in Popular Song Titles?

The Coolest Aunt in the World

A Song About the Global Migrant Crisis

Hate has never sounded this good!

Did Women Win the War, Only to Lose It Again?

International Women’s Week 2024:In a World of Taylor Swift Wanna-Bes, Be a Lzzy Hale Instead

Burning the House Down (Part 2)

Burning the House Down

Re-Igniting Fusion: Rie Tomimatsu

The Music That Turned My World Inside Out

What Was on Your College Soundtrack?

What Was On Your College-era Soundtrack?

What was the worst concert you ever went to?

Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal, Part 6: The Origins of Symphonic Metal