New Music Sabaton Release New Single “Livgardet” via Cinematic Music Video February 26, 2021 12:13pm Military-obsessed Swedish metal crew Sabaton have always honored the historical significance of the world’s soldiers. Now, for the 500th anniversary of the Swedish Royal Guard (!), the band have dropped their first new track since […]
News Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows: New Record Is 70% Done February 26, 2021 10:23am It’s been a hot second since we heard anything from the Avenged Sevenfold camp; most of the news has just been frontman M. Shadows doing guest vocals on other projects. Now, though, the singer has […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 2/26 February 26, 2021 10:05am 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 […]
News Tom Morello to Executive Produce Teen Comedy ‘Metal Lords’ for Netflix February 26, 2021 8:16am Heavy metal movies are surprisingly hard to get right. The genre usually follows three routes: glitzy rock-star biopic, insane boner comedy, or self-important Oscar bait where metal is used as a backdrop but looked down […]
Last Words How Hip-Hop Influenced Modern Metal, On This Week’s Last Words February 25, 2021 4:48pm Combining hip-hop and metal: a way to create unique sounds which utilize the strength of both, or a way to dumb down each art form about which we should’ve learned our lesson the first time? […]
News Behemoth’s Nergal Launches GoFundMe to Aid Polish Musicians Convicted of Blasphemy February 25, 2021 2:01pm Earlier this month, Adam “Nergal” Darski, frontman of Polish satanic death metal act Behemoth, was hit with new blasphemy charges for “offending religious feelings” due to a picture on his Facebook where he was standing […]
Interviews How Black Sheep Wall’s Five-Year Hiatus Led to Their Most Dynamic Album Yet February 25, 2021 12:22pm Shortly after the release of their critically-acclaimed 2015 album I’m Going to Kill Myself, California post-metal crew Black Sheep Wall called it quits, seemingly out of nowhere. The Moorpark five-piece had a new album almost entirely […]
News A New ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Movie Is In The Works February 25, 2021 10:15am While many people like to claim that metal died in the ’90s, one driving force that kept it alive was Beavis and Butt-Head. MTV’s snickering headbanger duo were always excited to showcase metal music and culture, […]
Wait...What? Here’s Rick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Astley Rocking Out to Slipknot’s “Duality” February 25, 2021 8:35am Without a doubt, the most famous song in the history of the Internet is Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The absolutely ridiculous ’80s pop hit became the video one led naive people to […]
News Cannibal Corpse Release Nauseating Music Video for “Inhumane Harvest” February 24, 2021 12:19pm Earlier this month, death metal gorge-swellers Cannibal Corpse announced the full details for their upcoming 15th studio album Violence Unimagined, along with a first single, “Inhumane Harvest.” Now, the band have dropped a music video for […]
