FOR THE RECORDS.
RIFF CULT is an independent metal journal and an archive for curious listeners.
A record is a way in.
Start with a cover that catches your eye. Follow a riff, a band or a listening list. Read a little deeper, then give the records you love a home in your vault.
Our selection moves between thrash, black, death, heavy, doom and symphonic metal. Original editorial writing connects the records through the listening experience. The archive is curated; it is not a complete discography.
Sources & artwork.
Album artwork belongs to its respective creators and rights holders. It is presented here as part of the RIFF CULT portfolio project. Source attribution does not transfer a publication license. The release references below identify the imagery used; remaster imagery does not identify a physical pressing.
- black metal ↗
Venom / album artwork rights holders. Complete creator credit before publication.
- powerslave ↗
Iron Maiden / album artwork rights holders. Artist credit pending verification.
- seventh son of a seventh son ↗
Iron Maiden / album artwork rights holders. Artist credit pending verification.
- pleasure to kill ↗
Kreator / album artwork rights holders. Artist credit pending verification.
- reign in blood ↗
Slayer / album artwork rights holders. Complete creator credit before publication.
- agent orange ↗
Sodom / album artwork rights holders. Complete creator credit before publication.
- coma of souls ↗
Kreator / album artwork rights holders. Complete creator credit before publication.
- kill ↗
Cannibal Corpse / album artwork rights holders. Complete creator credit before publication.
- seven churches ↗
Possessed / Columbia Records / respective album artwork rights holders.
Type & atmosphere.
Grenze Gotisch and Barlow are distributed under the SIL Open Font License. The moonlit abbey is an original generated environmental image. Its movement is optional and follows reduced-motion preferences.