Roots & Riffs
Roots & Riffs · 24/06/2022
Venom kicked the door in. Bathory set it on fire and snarled something unholy into the smoke. This isn’t just a history lesson—it’s the moment black metal stopped pretending and started whispering. Lo-fi filth, demon vocals, punk bones. Quorthon didn’t follow—he built the altar. And I’m standing at the edge, listening.
Roots & Riffs · 10/06/2022
Venom’s 1981 debut didn’t just make noise—it started a movement. From Satanic shock tactics to proto-thrash mayhem, Welcome to Hell kicked the gates open for extreme metal.
Roots & Riffs · 13/03/2022
Metallica are overhyped, Hetfield hunts bears, and Lars is Lars. But their debut album Kill ’Em All? Ugh. It’s annoyingly good. Fast, filthy, and just thrashy enough to earn a place on my shelf.
Roots & Riffs · 15/01/2022
I love Too Fast For Love. I worship Kickstart My Heart. I ignore everything else. Mötley Crüe were glam metal icons—then became their own cautionary tale.
Roots & Riffs · 04/01/2022
A journey through Iron Maiden’s legacy—from NWOBHM roots to stadium anthems, zombie mascots, and one writer’s unexpected love for the very first album.
Roots & Riffs · 19/12/2021
A wild dive into the chaos and legacy of Motörhead—how Lemmy Kilmister helped birth thrash metal, pissed off parents, and proved that staying loud and weird is the most metal thing of all.
Roots & Riffs · 17/12/2021
Discover how Ronnie James Dio—voice of thunder, heartbreaker of mortals—became my first true love in metal. From Stargazer to Catch the Rainbow, this is the beginning of it all.
Roots & Riffs · 15/12/2021
A cursed window painting, a punk childhood, and the band that wasn’t metal—but made it happen anyway. The Stooges, raw and personal.
Roots & Riffs · 12/12/2021
The band that screamed “heavy metal” into existence—Judas Priest, where the riffs are sharp, the leather’s loud, and subtlety left the building.
Roots & Riffs · 07/12/2021
Diving into the heavy metal roots with Black Sabbath’s early albums—discover what grabbed me (and what almost made me hit pause). A metal newbie's first taste of doom, riffs, and Ozzy's... unique vocals.