News Original Bad Brains Vocalist Sid “SidMac” McCray Has Died September 14, 2020 8:46am Sad news in the punk and hardcore world today, as Sid “SidMac” McCray, original vocalist for seminal hardcore act Bad Brains, died this weekend. McCray was the vocalist of Bad Brains from when they formed […]
News Nickelback’s Bassist Recalls The Time Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Drank Him Under The Table September 11, 2020 12:47pm Metal is known for its hard-partying personalities, but few musicians could give even experienced drinkers a run for their money quite like Pantera‘s Abbott Brothers. When Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul walked in a room, […]
News Watch Mastodon’s Mindbending Video for “Fallen Torches” September 11, 2020 11:58am Today sees the release of Medium Rarities, the new compilation album by Atlanta stoner metal kings Mastodon. The record is mostly made up of live recordings and standalone cuts from soundtracks and compilations. But included among […]
Features How Slayer’s ‘God Hates Us All’ Changed The Face of Metal September 11, 2020 11:00am In hindsight, the release date of Slayer’s God Hates Us All was sort of mind-blowing. The morning that the album dropped, two planes collided with the World Trade Center in New York City, in what […]
New Music New Metal Out Today – 9/11 September 11, 2020 10:00am 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 Disturbed Release Sting Cover, Announce 2018 Austin City Limits Performance Stream for Next Week September 11, 2020 9:33am Back when you first bumped Disturbed‘s The Sickness, you probably never thought, Man, I bet these guys would do a mean Sting cover. Not in The Police, either — a solo Sting song. But time makes fools […]
New Music Hatebreed Unleash New Single “Weight of the False Self” September 11, 2020 8:48am The last we heard from Hatebreed was in February, when the hardcore stalwarts released a new track titled “When The Blade Drops.” Now, the band are back with another new single, this one the title […]
Last Words Wayfarer’s Shane McCarthy Joins This Week’s Episode of Our Heavy-Metal Talk Show, Last Words September 10, 2020 2:20pm Guitars: cool? A recent New York Times has suggested that the rise of guitar sales since the coronavirus lockdown heralded the ‘return of the guitar.’ But was the guitar and the music that relies on […]
News Pantera Announce 20th Anniversary Reissue of ‘Reinventing The Steel’ September 10, 2020 12:21pm Like many massive follow-up album, Pantera‘s 2000 album Reinventing the Steel was deeply misunderstood when it came out. The record’s attempts to reconcile the Texan quartet’s classic metal past and their newer, more extreme identity sat poorly with […]
News GWAR Announce Drive-In Show For October September 10, 2020 11:13am In the age of COVID-19, the concert experience has been irrevocably changed. For some bands, this is just a bummer; for GWAR, it’s a complete clusterfuck. That’s because though GWAR’s albums are great, it’s their […]
