Interviews Sabaton’s Pär Sundström: “This Is the Life I Love — Every Day, a New Town, a New Audience, a New Show” September 24, 2021 11:22am It’s unsurprising that playing in Sabaton means taking the world by storm on a daily basis. The Swedish band have risen to worldwide acclaim performing striking, bombastic heavy metal songs about history’s most infamous battles […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 9/24 September 24, 2021 10:01am 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 metal releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. […]
News Corey Taylor Speaks About Joey Jordison’s Death: “He Was Way Too Young and Way Too Talented to Lose Him Like This” September 24, 2021 8:26am In July, the metal world was crushed to learn that Joey Jordison, founding member and former drummer of Slipknot, had died at the age of 46. In the wake of the terrible news, Slipknot responded […]
New Music Guns N’ Roses Release New Song “Hard Skool” September 24, 2021 8:11am Last month, hard rock legends Guns N’ Roses released their first new song since 2008. The track, “Absurd,” was an industrial punk stampede, with the band’s traditional snottiness couched in pure speed and fury. Now, […]
Hell Yes Grave School: Here Are The Origins of Your Favorite Terms for Death and Dying September 23, 2021 11:56am Death: the universe’s metal song. Since its inception, heavy metal has been fascinated with death and dying, as our final departure from this mortal coil is an odd mixture of ugly realism and cosmic symbolism. […]
New Music Volbeat Announce Eighth Studio Album for December, Release Chugging New Single September 23, 2021 11:16am Last we heard from Danish Elvis-metallers Volbeat was that they were embarking on a co-headlining tour with Ghost in 2022. But now the band have dropped even bigger news: they’ll be releasing their eighth studio […]
News Photos: Rob Zombie Isn’t Just Building The Munsters’ House, He’s Building Their Entire Neighborhood September 23, 2021 9:58am Last month, shock rocker and horror director Rob Zombie showed off his first construction photos from the set of his reboot of The Munsters. The photos show the horror-comedy family’s unique house at 1313 Mockingbird Lane […]
News An Iguana Sings System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!” In the ‘Sing 2’ Trailer September 23, 2021 8:37am Someone over at animation hub Illumination Studios really likes System of a Down. The Armenian-American freak-metal act’s music was already featured in Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets (which was especially weird given that the song […]
News Fit For An Autopsy Announce New Album for January 2022, Tease Single for Friday September 22, 2021 2:29pm Last we heard from New Jersey deathcore face-smashers Fit For An Autopsy was back in April of 2020, when the band released their track “Fear Tomorrow.” Now, the band have revealed details for their new […]
Wait...What? Why Type O Negative’s ‘Bloody Kisses’ Owes Everything to Mötley Crüe September 22, 2021 11:28am For many fans, Type O Negative‘s Bloody Kisses is the ultimate goth metal record, and arguably the most important metal album of the ’90s. The 1993 release’s unique mixture of doom metal, goth rock, noise, and […]
