On January 6th, election deniers stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, among them Jon Schaffer, guitarist and songwriter of American power metal band Iced Earth. In April, Schaffer walked free from jail for the first […]
The last music fans heard from experimental death metallers Rivers of Nibil was 2018’s ambitious Where Owls Know My Name, an album that challenged both the band and their fanbase. Now, the Pennsylvania quintet have revealed […]
It’s Friday, which means two things: giving the week the finger and new music! Tune in every Friday for The Pit’s round-up of new releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. Keep […]
In the world of metal, no figure or character is as iconic as Iron Maiden‘s zombified mascot Eddie the Head. Whether he’s stalking the streets of ’80s London, being worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, or […]
Most of the time, mash-ups exist to make us snicker at the combination of disparate genres. When someone brings together, say, Ozzy Osbourne and the Beach Boys, or Slipknot and Barney the Dinosaur, we can […]
While the question of who invented the heavy metal ‘devil horns’ hand gesture will always be contested, most fans are content to attribute it to infamous metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Dio was world-renowned for […]
Last week, heavy metal gods Iron Maiden released their first new song in six years, “The Writing On The Wall,” via a beautifully-animated music video. Now, in a new interview, Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has […]
The beauty of being old is that you can do pretty much whatever the fuck you want, and no one can say a damn thing about it. And yeah, sometimes, this manifests itself in super […]
Last month, it was announced that Korn bassist Fieldy would be stepping away from the band to focus on “getting the bad habits out of my system.” Now, in a new interview, Korn guitarist Brian […]
Part of Master of Reality’s power is how much critics hated on it when it came out. Though the album was a commercial success for the band, rock journalists at the time absolutely despised Black Sabbath‘s […]
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