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Riffs and Gigs

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UK Rock and Metal Music journalist ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ. https://www.riffsandgigs.blog/

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Riffs and Gigs@riffsandgigs.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. @foolsarcade.bsky.social "So Much Time" ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

Fools Arcade Reminds Us That We Have "So Much Time": Heartfelt Alternative Rock

Leeds lads Fools Arcade are starting the year off strong with their latest single, "So Much Time". The track also acts as a hard relaunch for the band, who changed their name from AIRE back in Decembe...

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Riffs and Gigs@riffsandgigs.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ... ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด. Lucretian "Warpath" EP Full review below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

Lucretian Set Strong Foundations With Debut EP "Warpath"

Musicians Harv Lake and Joe Lyndon are otherwise blackened death metal project LUCRETIAN. With debut EP "Warpath", the duo get off to a very strong start. Opener "Warpath" sets the scene immediately. ...

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Riffs and Gigs@riffsandgigs.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ '๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ' ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. @theopenflames.bsky.social "Eat Alone" ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

The Open Flames Strike Nostalgia With "Eat Alone" - A Sonic Love Letter To Alternative Rock

Ahead of their upcoming debut album due in February, The Open Flames have released "Eat Alone", a track reminiscent of the pop rock bands of

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Riffs and Gigs@riffsandgigs.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

"๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ '๐˜ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด'" An interview with @godeth.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”— ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

"We Wanted To Write Something More Melodic": Godeth Talk "Fleshmonger", AI Concerns, And Relentless Guilt Tripping

Godeth (/ God-eth) are one of the finest new bands to come out of the Leeds metal scene, quickly rising to prominence. Latest track "Fleshmo

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Sick As Thieves "Trigger Warning" ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰-๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ. Full review below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

"Trigger Warning": Sick As Thieves Deliver Timely Message Buried Under Heavy Rock'n'Roll

Occasionally, I stumble on the odd sponsored Instagram that immediately catches my attention. Most recently, South London's SICK AS THIEVES

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This Fallen City Track: "Nightmares" ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ... ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. Full review below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

"Nightmares": Fist-Pumping Metal From This Fallen City

New year means new bands to look out for. My latest search takes me to Wolverhampton, with metal band This Fallen City. With their new track "Nightmares", the band are two for two, delivering an effec...

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"๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ" @tanddband.bsky.social. "Drift". Full review below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐ŸŽถ

"Drift": Tooth And Dagger Deliver Modern Metal Masterclass

Tooth And Dagger is an alternative metal band from the West Midlands, and are quickly rising up to solidify their place in the UK metal scen

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Methodemic: "Winner Takes All" ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ... ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต. Full review below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

Methodemicโ€™s โ€œWinner Takes Allโ€ Is A Thrash-Filled Classic Metal Throwback

After a six year hiatus ending in 2022, Birmingham's Methodemic have been leaving their mark as a blistering metal band. They are back with

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Riffs and Gigs@riffsandgigs.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ. "Blessings of a Dead God" is out now ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ“

"Blessings of a Dead God": SoulGrief's Latest Is Delightfully Dark Extreme Metal

West Yorkshire might not be known for its extreme metal scene, but that's not stopping SoulGrief. Coming off the back of their demo EP, the extreme metallers are back with brand new single "Blessings ...

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๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐Ÿ“‘๐ŸŽถ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค? ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ? ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ? Get in touch! โœ‰๏ธ riffsandgigs@gmail.com ๐Ÿ”— riffsandgigs.blog

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It's that time again! The big man in red is busy queuing up his playlist for the sleigh ride around the world โฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽ What's at the top of your Christmas playlist? Let me know in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

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Influx of new followers! Hello! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป Naturally winding up as we near Christmas and the New Year, but still a few weeks to go. What gigs have you guys got lined up before 2025? ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป