Interviews Every Avatar Album Ranked Worst to Best by Frontman Johannes Eckerström August 14, 2020 11:00am It might be easy to hear Avatar’s latest album, this year’s Hunter Gatherer, and think of them as a new or breakout band. The record’s a huge step forward for the Swedish quintet, showcasing a […]
New Music Venom Prison Drop Video For Vicious New Track “Daemon Vulgaris” August 14, 2020 10:18am Death metallers Venom Prison aren’t letting quarantine slow them down. After releasing their massive third album Samsara only last year, the British quintet have already announced Primeval, a new album featuring re-recorded songs from their demos […]
New Music New Music Out Today: 8/14/2020 August 14, 2020 9:28am 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 Spirit Adrift Announce New Album, Drop Ripping First Single August 14, 2020 8:56am When Nate Garrett of Arizona’s galloping doom act Spirit Adrift told us he had a big album reveal in his online announcement earlier this week, we knew it was going to be good, because, well, […]
Last Words The Pit’s Staff Writer Chris Krovatin Joins This Week’s Episode of Our Heavy-Metal Talk Show, Last Words August 13, 2020 3:49pm Metal fans will root for the underdog to a fault. Sure, it’s always fun to fight for the little guy and feel vaguely like a victim of the world at large. But real must recognize […]
News System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Will Release A New EP This Fall August 13, 2020 3:11pm While the possibility of live System of a Down shows hangs in the balance, the band’s members are all busying themselves with other projects. Earlier this month, bassist Shavo Odadjian dropped a new track with […]
Wait...What? ‘Jackass’ Star Steve-O Has Been Taped To A Billboard In Los Angeles August 13, 2020 2:35pm Who didn’t love Jackass? The early-2000s MTV phenomenon was a constant, hilarious reminder that life is short, the suburbs are terrible, and your wisdom tooth surgery was fucking clown shoes. So it feels good to see […]
New Music Devildriver Drop Video for New Single, “Nest of Vipers” August 13, 2020 1:37pm Of the bands who rose from the pit of the mid-2000s New Wave of American Heavy Metal, Devildriver were unique in their embrace of the dark. Instead of just leaning on Dio worship and the […]
New Music Linkin Park Reveal Previously Unreleased Track, “She Couldn’t” August 13, 2020 11:36am Few if any of the rock and metal world’s tragic losses in the past decade could equal that of Chester Bennington, vocalist for Linkin Park. And yet, this year also marks a celebration for the […]
New Music Mr. Bungle To Release Their Demo ‘The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny’ This October August 13, 2020 10:38am Earlier this year, before the whole world got shut down, Mike Patton-led clown metallers Mr. Bungle toured the U.S. performing their demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny, in its entirety. The trek was […]