RIFF RIOT NEWS - EN

Despite Exile doesn't sound like a band that was created just to fit in. Their story is built around music that doesn't ask for permission to enter a space — it kicks the doors open, leaving behind noise, pressure, and a strange sense of beauty within destruction. They draw from deathcore and modern death metal, but their music...

It is the year 2011. At that time, no one could have known that a former floorball player from Ružomberok would one day become someone who creates his own musical space. But even then, his story had already begun to take shape — a story of decisions, a passion for music, and a quiet refusal to follow paths that simply didn't feel right....

Artery Wire is not a band that followed a conventional path. There is no story of a group of friends meeting in a rehearsal room or years spent playing together in a garage. This project was born from the connection of two people brought together by a shared creative vision before they had even written their first song. Lorna, who...

Among the noise of guitars, pounding drums, and emotions hidden in lyrics, there is a space for bands that are shaping the current face of the Slovak metal scene. One of them is Landless — a group of musicians from Žilina and the surrounding area who are following their own path, built on a modern sound, energy, and an honest...

Förderstatus Lärmen is a project from Germany that refuses to remain confined within the strict boundaries of a single genre. Their music is rooted in alternative and progressive metal, but it naturally incorporates elements of nu-metal, melodic death metal, as well as influences from indie rock, jazz, and classical music. The result is a...

This is the story of the band Infamous Grind. After years of working in various musical projects, a moment came when everyone in the group started feeling the same way — creatively stuck and tired of the constant cycle of expectations. The new project was therefore not born as a calculated career move, but rather as a natural need to...

In the Slovak underground scene, more and more new names have been emerging in recent years, and the Slovak band Conviction is one of them, coming from Spišská Nová Ves and its surroundings. Although they have only been active since 2022, their approach to music and their overall sound already suggest that we will definitely be hearing more...

Wolnera is a band from Vranov nad Topľou. They are formed by the "holy trinity" of musicians — Ľubo Luterán (guitar, bass guitar, vocals), Ľubomír Baran (guitar, backing vocals), and Lukáš Husivarga (drums) — and represent a project that refuses to remain confined within genre boundaries, instead building its own musical identity.