RIFF VAULT Digging deep into rock & metal

Est. 2025

Digging deep into
rock & metal.

No algorithms. No PR. Just honest critical writing about the music that matters — from sludge and post-metal to stoner rock and black metal.

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Turpentine Valley — Veuel album cover
Post-Metal Doom

Turpentine Valley

Veuel

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Scotland's Turpentine Valley build their world from almost-words — ten tracks of post-metal patience that communicate through accumulation rather than declaration.

22 Feb 2026
American Sharks — Not Dead Yet album cover
Stoner Rock Punk Metal

American Sharks

Not Dead Yet

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American Sharks return after a decade away with nine tracks of fuzz-driven punk-metal — and a guest list that reads like a who's who of heavy rock's working class heroes.

20 Feb 2026
EYERIS — Ultima pt.I album cover
Post-Metal Progressive Metal

EYERIS

Ultima pt.I

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Fort Worth's EYERIS open a larger statement with this four-track EP — ambitious, occasionally stunning, and heavy enough to bend steel.

20 Feb 2026

Genres covered: Post-Metal · Sludge · Stoner Rock · Black Metal · Doom · Progressive · Hardcore