Lists
The 20 Greatest Albums of 2020
To say 2020 has been fun would be a lie so egregious, we’d choke on it before uttering it out loud. This year really showed up to the door with its arms full of plagues […]
Spirit Adrift
New Music
Watch Members of High On Fire, Pallbearer and More Cover Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald”
Last we checked in with those no-good drunkards over at Two Minutes To Late Night, they were performing a cover of Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man’s Party” in honor of Halloween. But now, with the spooky […]
Last Words
On This Week’s Episode of Our Talk Show Last Words: Did Dave Mustaine Write Metallica’s Best Riffs?
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: revolutionary guitar hero, or revenge-obsessed also-ran? For ages, Mustaine getting fired from Metallica was regarded as the point at which the band solidified their legendary line-up. But more and more, figures within […]
New Music
New Metal Out Today: 10/16
It’s Friday, which means two things: giving this 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 […]
New Music
Spirit Adrift Get Mid-Paced and Delicious On New Single “Screaming From Beyond”
Real talk: Spirit Adrift‘s new album is going to be big for them. With each consecutive single — first, the galloping “Harmony of the Spheres;” then, the badass “Astral Levitation” — their new record Enlightened […]
Lists
8 Metal Stars Who Got More Hardcore After They Sobered Up
For as long as rock and roll has existed, the men and woman making it have struggled with addiction. The primal, rebellious sounds of rock music have always drawn in those whose relationship with reality […]
News
Watch Members of Mastodon, Converge and More Cover Robyn In The Style of Thin Lizzy
Last we saw of those Two Minutes to Late Night scamps, they had just orchestrated an incredible cover of Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” in the style of Slayer. Given how relevant […]
New Music
Spirit Adrift’s New Single Is Heavy Metal At Its Best
Arizona-based epic metallers Spirit Adrift have tamed the time warp at heavy metal’s core. The band always sounds current, informed by the late 2000s’ doom explosion out of Texas and Arkansas. But frontman Nate Garrett […]
Last Words
Spirit Adrift’s Nate Garrett Joins This Week’s Episode of Our Heavy-Metal Talk Show, Last Words
Every metalhead in the world has heard some insane story about Ozzy Osbourne. Whether it’s snorting more ants than Mötley Crüe, snorting more coke than David Lee Roth, or just going old-school and tucking his […]
New Music
Spirit Adrift Announce New Album, Drop Ripping First Single
When Nate Garrett of Arizona’s galloping doom act Spirit Adrift told us he had a big album reveal in his online announcement earlier this week, we knew it was going to be good, because, well, […]