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Exploring Meliora: Ghost’s Metal Evolution ghost-meliora
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Exploring Meliora: Ghost’s Metal Evolution

Neil Johnson 27 August 2024
Introduction In the realm of contemporary rock and metal, few albums have made as profound an impact...
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Unveiling the Legacy of Songs for the Deaf queens_of_the_stone_age-songs_for_the_deaf
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Unveiling the Legacy of Songs for the Deaf

Neil Johnson 25 August 2024
Introduction In the pantheon of early 21st-century rock albums, Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the...
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Dirt by Alice In Chains: A Grunge Landmark Explored alice_in_chains-dirt_(2022_remaster)
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Dirt by Alice In Chains: A Grunge Landmark Explored

Neil Johnson 24 August 2024
Introduction Released on September 29, 1992, Dirt by Alice In Chains stands as a monumental achievement in...
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The Impact of Napalm Death’s Harmony Corruption napalm_death-harmony_corruption
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The Impact of Napalm Death’s Harmony Corruption

Neil Johnson 23 August 2024
Introduction Few albums have had the seismic impact of Napalm Death’s Harmony Corruption. Released on 1 July...
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Inside British Steel: Judas Priest’s Metal Revolution judas_priest-british_steel
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Inside British Steel: Judas Priest’s Metal Revolution

Neil Johnson 22 August 2024
Judas Priest’s “British Steel” is a landmark album that reshaped the landscape of heavy metal. Released in...
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The Making of Mutter – Rammstein’s Defining Album rammstein-mutter
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The Making of Mutter – Rammstein’s Defining Album

Neil Johnson 22 August 2024
Introduction Released on 2 April 2001, Rammstein’s Mutter stands as a monumental work in the industrial metal...
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Inside Dr. Feelgood: Mรถtley Crรผe’s Game-Changer motley_crue-dr._feelgood
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Inside Dr. Feelgood: Mรถtley Crรผe’s Game-Changer

Neil Johnson 21 August 2024
Introduction In the late summer of 1989, the world of rock music was electrified by the release...
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The Making of Persistence Of Time – Anthrax’s Thrash Evolution anthrax-persistence_of_time_(30th_anniversary_remaster)
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The Making of Persistence Of Time – Anthrax’s Thrash Evolution

Neil Johnson 21 August 2024
Anthrax's Persistence Of Time, released on August 21, 1990, signifies a pivotal moment in thrash metal with...
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Lateralus: Tool’s Masterpiece of Progressive Metal tool-lateralus
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Lateralus: Tool’s Masterpiece of Progressive Metal

Neil Johnson 20 August 2024
Introduction Tool’s “Lateralus” is a landmark in progressive metal, showcasing the band’s intricate musicianship and philosophical lyricism....
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Welcome to Riffology, where a GenX and a Millennial talk about the albums from their youth. Itโ€™s more fun than it soundsโ€ฆ

RIFF062 – Soulfly – Soulfly
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Soulflyโ€™s debut gets the dry-ice treatment: Max channelled grief into groove and built a new tribe from scratch. We dig into Ross Robinsonโ€™s Indigo Ranch crunch (โ€™97โ€“โ€™98), Andy Wallaceโ€™s mix, George Marinoโ€™s finishing pass, and why the record sits between thrash, hardcore and late-90s โ€œheavy with swing.โ€ Guests roll throughโ€”Burton C. Bell & Dino Cazares, Chino Moreno, Benji Webbe, Fred Durst & DJ Lethal, Eric Bobo, Christian Olde Wolbersโ€”while Brazilian percussion (yes, the berimbau) stitches it together.

Highlights: โ€œEye for an Eye,โ€ โ€œBleed,โ€ โ€œTribe,โ€ โ€œNo Hope = No Fearโ€; the ambient and percussive detours; the two cover variants; and those sleeve notesโ€”dedications to Dana, and the ominous โ€œjudgement is coming.โ€ We talk charts (US 79, UK 16, France 14, Germany 29, Australia 33), the Roadrunner moment, and the Slipknot/Korn/Deftones/Coal Chamber overlap without the copy-paste.

Stay to the end: the driest laughs land in the sign-off, including a brief masterclass in how not to ask for subscriptions.

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RIFF061 – Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
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RIFF060 – Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
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RIFF059 – Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
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RIFF058 – Carcass – Heartwork
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RIFF057 – Black Sabbath – Paranoid
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RIFF056 – Oasis – Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
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RIFF055 – Terrorvision – Formaldehyde
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RIFF054 – Feeder – Polythene
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RIFF053 – Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
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