Archive - Hope You Like It

The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1989

We've made it to my birth year and the (kind of) birth of grunge: what's the best riff from the last year of the 1980s?

Apr 3 •

March 2025

The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1988

The arrival of proto-grunge has brought along a different flavor of riffs, mixing with the continuation of thrash and hardcore. What's thee riff of…

Mar 27 •

February 2025

The Rickies (or HYLI's Alternative Oscars)

The Oscars are Sunday so Patrick decided to invite Friend of the Newsletter Thomas Nassiff on to do Oscars Prediction and alternative ballots

Feb 28 •

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HYLI Vol. XCVIII - The Yellow Sign and Bill Fay

Thought we'd do something fun and pick music that we feel we enjoy more than most of our peers. Andy picked a Myspace-era deathcore record and Patrick…

Feb 26 •

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The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1987

Back after yet another injury & ailment, we are choosing the Best Riff of 1987. Check it out.

Feb 18 •

January 2025

HYLI Vol. XCVII - 1960s Folk and 1990s Black Metal

Andy requested a Bob Dylan-era folk playlist so I tried to request something similar so Andy gave me (Patrick) an old-school black metal deep dive

Jan 31 •

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The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1986

More thrash, more hardcore, more punk and the return of a genre we haven't featured in some time. The subculture was as alive as it has ever been…

Jan 29 •

HYLI Vol. XCVI - Cameron Winter and Vemod

More newish music: Andy sends Patrick some Norwegian black metal and Patrick sends Andy some NYC, idk, "art rock"/"orchestral pop" stuff

Jan 16 •

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The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1985

1985 brings the birth of post-hardcore and has metal continue to expand its reach: what is the riff of the year?

Jan 14 •

The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1984

First Riffletter back in 2025 tackles the riffs of 1984 - we're back with some heavy-hitters, find out who wins Riff of the Week below

Jan 7 •

December 2024

HYLI - Patrick's Best of 2024 (The Normal One)

Here are some of my favorite releases of 2024...only a few of them are metal! Enjoy!

Dec 20, 2024 •

HYLI - Andy's Best of 2024 (The Metal One)

Here are some of my favorite releases of 2024...they're mostly all metal! Sorry!

Dec 18, 2024 •

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