News Gojira Announce 2021 American Tour Dates with Knocked Loose and Alien Weaponry May 3, 2021 10:50am Last week saw French experimental groove metallers Gojira release Fortitude, their most accessible and nuanced album to date. Now, the band are celebrating by announced a North American tour for this October, with hardcore upstarts Knocked Loose […]
BOOOOOO Serpents of the Light: Catholic Group Pickets College Radio Station for Playing Metal May 3, 2021 10:38am Back in September, we wrote about how a Catholic fundamentalist group was trying to shut down WSOU, the radio station of New Jersey’s Seton Hall University and one of American metal’s most important allies. For […]
RIP Death Comes Ripping: Drummer’s Corpse Propped Up Behind Drum Kit at Memorial May 3, 2021 8:32am A favorite pastime of any metalhead worth their salt is imagining their own funeral. Whether it’s having one’s corpse interred at a gothic cathedral while “Hand of Doom” plays in the background, or having it […]
News Killer Be Killed (Mastodon, Soulfly, Dillinger Escape Plan) Release Intense New Music Video, “Animus” April 30, 2021 12:50pm Last year, Killer Be Killed made significant waves with their new album Reluctant Hero. The record proved that what started as a star-studded supergroup — featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Greg Puciato […]
News The 10 Greatest Hard Rock and Metal Songs About Asses April 30, 2021 10:45am Few body parts have warranted the kind of musical worship that asses have. While lips get a lot of service (ha!), and deep eyes are always a good look (we’re on fire!), butts has consistently […]
News At The Gates Triumphantly Return With Epic New Single “Spectre of Extinction” April 30, 2021 10:24am Earlier this month, Swedish melodeath titans At The Gates announced that they’d be releasing a new album titled The Nightmare of Being later this year. Now, the band have dropped the first single from that record, […]
News At The Gates’ Tomas Lindberg Talks Death Metal’s Future On This Week’s Last Words April 30, 2021 9:14am Death metal: a genre in which fans of heavy music can explore the depths of their aggression and depravity, or a scene of Cookie Monsters making music about slicing and dicing the girls who wouldn’t […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 4/30 April 30, 2021 8:50am 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 releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. Keep […]
Hell Yes Australian Politician Who Used Twisted Sister’s Music Without Permission Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million April 30, 2021 8:26am Back in 2019, Australian politician and businessman Clive Palmer used Twisted Sister‘s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” in political advertisements for the United Australia Party, without permission from the band or the rights holders, Universal […]
BOOOOOO Rammstein Video Clip Gets Russian Activist Over Two Years In Prison April 29, 2021 1:11pm It’s well known that German industrial metallers Rammstein aren’t exactly prude when it comes to their music videos. It’s also very well known that Russia’s government is extremely harsh to people who violate moral codes, […]
