News Judas Priest, Limp Bizkit, As I Lay Dying and More Announce for Wacken Open Air 2022 June 4, 2021 12:44pm There will never be another metal festival like Wacken. The German mega-fest has long been an important pilgrimage for heavy metal fans, giving them a chance to see their favorite bands both huge and obscure […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 6/4 June 4, 2021 10:15am 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 […]
Lists 19 Heavy Tracks That Got Us Through the COVID Quarantine June 4, 2021 9:15am For many metalheads, the COVID-19 lockdown was one of the most defining moments in their lives, if not the most defining moment. Between the the cancellation of all live music, the government-issued stay-at-home order, and […]
Last Words Atreyu’s Brandon Saller Talks About How MySpace Made Metalcore Possible on This Week’s Last Words June 4, 2021 9:10am Metalcore: an emotional expansion of heavy metal’s sometimes narrow confines via soaring choruses and hardcore breakdowns, or a lesson in embroidery and swoop hair that should be lasered off the hip of metal’s history like […]
New Music Don’t Watch Mayhem’s New Video While Tripping on Mushrooms June 4, 2021 8:19am There are certain songs and movies that make the viewer think, Man, I wish I was on drugs. This would sound pretty cool while tripping. At the same time, there are the other kind of […]
News Soulfly Announce 2021 North American Tour June 3, 2021 1:34pm Only last week, Soulfly frontman and musical legend Max Cavalera was on our metal talk show Last Words, discussing his sonic legacy and what it’s like to tour with family. But little did we know […]
Interviews Riki Rachtman: “I Want People to See That There Are Bands From Any Decade That They’ll Like” June 3, 2021 11:11am For a generation of fans, Riki Rachtman owned metal. As the host of MTV’s heavy metal show Headbangers Ball from 1990 t0 1995, Rachtman was the cultural curator of the hard rock and metal world, interviewing […]
News Red Fang Announce Giant U.S. Tour June 3, 2021 8:36am Tomorrow sees Portland stoner doomsters Red Fang release Arrows, their most far-out album to date. Now, the band have revealed that fans will be able to hear these new tracks live later this year, with the […]
News Bad Wolves Announce New Singer Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (ex-The Acacia Strain) June 3, 2021 8:18am In January, hard rockers Bad Wolves announced that they were parting ways with vocalist Tommy Vext. Now, the band have revealed their new frontman — singer-songwriter Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz, formerly of Massachusetts metalcore act The […]
Why Not Here’s Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff” In The Style of The Misfits June 2, 2021 12:47pm It’s safe to say that Glenn Danzig wasn’t made for nu-metal. Though the king of horror-punk did his damnedest to tap into the new market with 1999’s Danzig 6:66 Satan’s Child, the album didn’t really land […]
