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, […]
Interviews Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: “I Was Just Getting Really F*cking Depressed About Things…So I Started Being Creative Again” April 29, 2021 11:37am If there’s one thing metal fans know about Charlie Benante, it’s that he works his ass off. Not only does the drummer play in thrash pioneers Anthrax, he’s also a dedicated artist and designer who […]
Why Not Let This Ozzy Osbourne/Beach Boys Mash-Up Ring In Your Summer of Doom April 29, 2021 10:28am After the long, cold, COVID-laden winter we’ve all suffered through, summer is finally on its way, ready to bathe the world in sunshine and metal bloggers in nacho-sweat. But even though vaccinations are going to […]
News Corey Taylor Promises His New Slipknot Mask “Is Gonna F*cking Scare Kids…It’s So Gnarly, Dude!” April 29, 2021 8:10am When Slipknot revealed their new masks in the lead-up to 2019’s smash hit We Are Not Your Kind, many fans expressed some distaste for frontman Corey Taylor‘s new face covering. Given that it was designed by […]
Hell Yes Cannibal Corpse’s ‘Violence Unimagined’ Crushes the Sh*t Out of International Charts April 28, 2021 11:39am Earlier this month, death metal goremongers Cannibal Corpse released their 15th studio album Violence Unimagined to critical acclaim and a hell of a lot of windmilled hair. Now, the band’s chart positions are in, and all […]
News Darkthrone Announce New Album for June April 28, 2021 9:00am Of all the bands who emerged from Norway’s second wave of black metal in the early ’90s, Darkthrone have remained the most genuine, prolific, and consistently rad. Where other acts have eaten their own chewed […]
Why Not Here’s How It Would Look If Mudvayne Performed “Dig” at The Oscars April 28, 2021 8:36am This year’s Academy Awards was full of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments, lifetime achievements and questionable wins. But what everyone can agree it lacked was the harsh, all-elbows nu-core sounds of Mudvayne, everyone’s favorite […]
