New Music Asphyx’s New Single “Botox Explosion” Is Like Getting Repeatedly Stabbed In The Face November 6, 2020 11:49am Because they were so influential in combining doom with death metal, fans sometimes forget how awesome Asphyx are when they go fast. But though their plodding death marches are what the Dutch quartet are most […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 11/6 November 6, 2020 11:17am 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 Killer Be Killed (Soulfly, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan) Release New Single “Inner Calm From Outer Storms” November 6, 2020 10:33am The new album by Killer Be Killed — the extreme metal supergroup featuring Soulfly’s Max Cavalera, Mastodon’s Tory Sanders, Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato, and Converge’s Ben Koller — is set to drop next week, […]
New Music Listen to System Of A Down’s First New Music In 15 Years! November 6, 2020 8:35am Given the turbulence of the past year, from the virus killing millions around the world to the racial and political unrest gripping America, the idea of a full-on System Of A Down reunion complete with […]
New Music Check Out St. Vincent and Dave Grohl’s Sordid Cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy” November 5, 2020 2:52pm This Saturday, Nine Inch Nails will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, thus validating miscreants with fishnets on their arms the world over. And to celebrate this momentous event, guitar wizard […]
News Slipknot Announce Free Virtual Festival Featuring Up-And-Coming Bands November 5, 2020 2:14pm By the time COVID-19 struck down the live music industry, masked midwesterners Slipknot had begun cornering the North and South American metal fest market with their various Knotfests. But now, with COVID-19 looming, the band […]
Interviews Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell: “We Have More Than Another Album’s Worth of Material Pretty Much Ready To Go” November 5, 2020 1:05pm The tragedy of Pallbearer‘s new album is how hard it hits. Forgotten Days, the Arkansas quartet’s fourth full-length release, opens with a punch and never lets up over the course of its eight tracks. That’s not […]
Premieres Listen To This Crushing Doom Cover Of Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” By Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis November 5, 2020 12:00pm If you grew up in the ’90s, there were a handful of songs you could not escape, and one of them was most definitely “Smooth” by Carlos Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas. The […]
RIP Founding Uriah Heep Keyboardist Ken Hensley Dead At 75 November 5, 2020 10:11am Sad news in the world of classic rock today, as Ken Hensely, the founding keyboardist behind British rockers Uriah Heep, died yesterday morning. He was 71 years old. Ken’s passing was announced via his brother […]
News AC/DC On Continuing With Axl Rose: “That Never Really Came Up” November 5, 2020 8:56am Earlier this year, when rumors of AC/DC‘s comeback started circulating, one question came to a lot of fans’ lips: what about Axl? The Guns N’ Roses singer had subbed in as the frontman of AC/DC […]
