Hell Yes Here Comes the Pain: A ‘Hellraiser’ Reboot Is Coming to Hulu May 24, 2021 10:31am While many horror franchises have had a significant influence on the world of heavy metal, the Hellraiser films have always been a particularly fertile source of inspiration of extreme music fans. The franchise, centered primarily around […]
Wait...What? French President Emmanuel Macron Hosts Metal Concert In His Palace May 24, 2021 8:43am Though often dogged by a reputation for high-culture fancy-pantsery, the French are actually pretty metal. Sure, champagne and surrender are commonly-acknowledged products of France, but so are Gojira and the guillotine. Now, French president Emmanuel […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 5/21 May 21, 2021 2:26pm Before we begin today’s round-up, I wanted to take a moment to say so long and good luck to Cat Jones, The Pit’s Editorial Director since 2019. The Pit wouldn’t be here without Cat’s guidance […]
Lists The 21 Greatest Metal Albums Since the Turn of the Millennium May 21, 2021 11:27am The past twenty-one years have been a period of unprecedented change for heavy metal music. Since the ball dropped on the ’90s, the genre has seen countless rises, falls, mutations, and reinventions, all in the […]
Premieres Exclusive Video Premiere: Living Dead Girl Get In Your Head with “Poltergeist” May 21, 2021 11:00am You can say this about Living Dead Girl: they know what they’re doing. Led by band founder Molly Rennick, the Canadian spooky groove metal act have their sonic profile down to a T: syrupy, hard-hitting […]
New Music L.A. Rats, the New Band featuring Rob Zombie, Nikki Sixx, and John 5, Release Cover of Geoff Mack’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” May 21, 2021 8:56am Yesterday, it was revealed that shock rocker Rob Zombie, his guitarist John 5, and Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx were forming a supergroup named L.A. Rats, with Ozzy drummer Tony Clufetos rounding out the line-up. […]
New Music Times of Grace (feat. Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach and Adam D) Announce New Album via Soulful First Single May 21, 2021 7:48am It’s been a decade since fans saw the release of The Hymn of the Broken Man, the debut album by Times of Grace. The band, featuring vocalist Jesse Leach and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz of metalcore […]
Hell Yes Randy Rhoads’ First Electric Guitar Returned to His Family After Being Stolen In 2019 May 20, 2021 2:07pm Back in 2019, a number of guitars and other pieces of musical equipment belonging to late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads were stolen when the Musonia School of Music in North Hollywood — a school […]
Interviews Yautja’s Kayhan Vaziri: “It’s Not Just ‘F*ck You!’ There’s Some Substance There.” May 20, 2021 11:18am There’s nothing particularly dogmatic about Yautja’s approach to being a metal band. There’s no question about the heaviness, intensity or ferocity of the Nashville trio’s music. But they’re not particularly invested in ensuring that their […]
News Slipknot Are In The Studio Making “God Music,” According to Clown May 20, 2021 9:06am Back in November, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor said that the band were “thinking about kind of putting out another album maybe” in 2021. Now, this kinda-sorta-almost announcement has turned out to be true, as percussionist […]
