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Hi! Welcome to Moonriff!

We will have music reviews, gig reviews, live photography and interviews with band members and music makers- I hope to bring you content that you can really get your teeth into!

This is a new project so I will be learning as I go, and i'm inviting you along with me, I LOVE recommendations so comment on posts, or message on the socials if there is something you would like to see from us!

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Excited to be announcing the Moonriff Playlist!! A playlist of songs suggested by the people who make the music we love! First offerings from Paleface Swiss.

Find it on Spotify, and on the website, with details of who suggested which song!

https://moonriffmedia.wixsite.com/moonriff-media/post/moonriff-playlist-song-recommendations-from-the-music-makers-themselves

#Metal #metalmusic #playlist #Spotify #moonriff moonriffmedia

It's only a couple of weeks into 2026, and how best to start a new year by looking back on new music that we have been graced with!

What are your thoughts? Were there other albums that came out last year that you loved that weren't on the list?

https://moonriffmedia.wixsite.com/moonriff-media/post/2025-album-recap

#Metal #Albumrecap #moonriff #Music #blogpost

Why this? Why me?

Metal.

It's known to be "too much" or "just noise". It's said by outsiders or "normies", to be filled with dirty, smelly, hairy men. Foul mouthed, crazy tattooed women, who aren't "ladylike". Loose morals. Drunken antics, Reprobates.

I completely agree.

And I'm so happy to be here!

However, what I have found to be truer than any assumption or shitty stereotype, is that I have never felt more at home, more accepted and more at peace with who I am, when I'm in a crowd of likeminded people who like it loud, who like it heavy, who want to fuck around in a pit, to the beautiful sounds of screaming guitars, brutal blast beats, and having a grown ass man (or woman) growl at them for a few hours. The love I have for this scene is all encompassing and has been the longest relationship I have ever had.

Since I was 15, 20 years ago, and first heard Children of Bodom's 'Trashed Lost and Strungout' from their 2005 album 'Are you dead yet?' I was hooked. I remember sitting in a guy's bedroom in the summer holidays, having my mind, body, and soul blown away by this new sound.

The guy was someone my French teacher wanted to introduce me to. He knew I liked rock music and thought this guy did too. What he didn’t know was that this awkward meeting would become a life-changing moment for me. The guy couldn't speak much English, I couldn't speak much French, it was awkward and painful. So, I did what I do best and started talking music. We had been learning French by learning Lyrics. I still remember the song was 'Derrière Danse' by a band called 'Kyo' and I asked if he knew it. It's a simple, melodic, sad love song, that's kind of a similar sound to Feeder. Turns out he was not a fan. and that's when he put on COB.

Read the rest of my first blog on the website, https://moonriffmedia.wixsite.com/moonriff-media

Photo taken from the Bloodstock Facebook page.

Hi! Let me introduce myself!

My name is Kelly, and I have reached a point in my life where I have time to create a space that is for the passion I have for music.

I first heard Children of Bodom when I was about 15 and my ears, mind and world opened to the heavier sound that I love.

This journey has taken me through so many genres within the Umbrella genre- from the brutal noise of deathcore to the complex beauty of Symphonic Metal. From goofy fun bands like Brothers of Metal, to the "culture clash" of Bloodywood, and SO much more!

Now I would love to indulge myself and delve in the Metal world more than ever, and create content dedicated to the music that I love.

I'm excited to start this journey in discovering how to write, take pictures, and meet awesome people whose passion for making music, is as big as mine is for listening to it.

I hope you will join me in the chaos that im sure will come!

Welcome to Moonriff Media!

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