Features Deafheaven’s George Clarke: “As a creative person, you should always be scared” December 4, 2020 12:00pm Deafheaven should have been closing out 2020 with a victory lap. Back at the beginning of the year, the California black metal band were gearing up for a tour to commemorate their 10th anniversary as […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 12/4 December 4, 2020 10:20am 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 […]
New Music The Hu Release Killer Mongolian-Language Cover of Metallica’s “Sad But True” December 4, 2020 9:18am Last we heard from Mongolian folk-metallers The Hu, they were releasing a new documentary about their experiences on the road. Now the band have decided to pay homage to their heavy forefathers by releasing a […]
New Music Greta Van Fleet Drop New Single “Age of Machine,” Announce New Album for April December 4, 2020 8:17am In 2018, Greta Van Fleet caused a bustle in listeners’ hedgerows with their sophomore album Anthem Of The Peaceful Army, which saw them reviving classic rock for a new generation of fans. Now, the band […]
Last Words Moshtalks’ Terry “Beez” Bezer Discusses The Best Metal Of 2020 On This Week’s Last Words December 3, 2020 2:54pm 2020: what a fucking gauntlet of a year. Between the global pandemic, the race riots, the election, the people freaking out that the results of the election was some kind of conspiracy, and Tiger King, […]
New Music Listen to This Insane Death Metal Cover of The Offspring’s “Come Out and Play” by Khemmis’ Ben Hutcherson December 3, 2020 2:03pm Last we heard from Khemmis guitarist Ben Hutcherson, he was covering Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” as an oozing death-doom track. Now, Ben’s ’90s covers project ‘Paging the Doctor of Doom’ has released a brand-new […]
Lists 7 Pieces of Proof That Ozzy Osbourne Is The Devil Himself December 3, 2020 10:43am Satan, Lucifer, Old Scratch, Lil’ Joey Spaghetti-Bits — the Devil has many names and forms, all of them believed to be men of wealth and taste who stir discord and misrule among polite society. The […]
News Have KISS Booked a Show In Antarctica? December 3, 2020 8:55am Antarctica: bane of Shackleton and touring bands alike. Whenever a massive band talks about all the places they’ve been, they can usually only list six continents, as trying to play a show among penguins, polar […]
News Three of Eddie Van Halen’s Guitars Sold For $422,000 At Auction December 3, 2020 8:35am The world continues to reel from the death of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen in early October. The game-changing musician left behind a legacy of both technical ability and inimitable style which no one may […]
New Music Watch Members of Converge, The Distillers, War On Women and More Cover Samhain’s “Mother Of Mercy” December 2, 2020 2:36pm Last we heard from the shoemaker elves at Two Minutes to Late Night, they were ringing in the cold season with a little pagan battle metal courtesy of Thin Lizzy. But now, as though realizing they […]