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 […]
Interviews Chthonic’s Freddy Lim: “If Taiwan Can Do It, I Believe the Whole World Can Have Live Music Back Soon” April 27, 2021 10:06am It can be hard to believe Freddy Lim’s story. In 1995, the Taiwan-born musician started Chthonic, whose sweeping, hard-hitting symphonic black metal incorporated traditional Taiwanese folk music and instruments. The band slowly built a dedicated […]
Hell Yes GoFundMe for Exodus Drummer Tom Hunting’s Cancer Treatment Makes $80,000 In Less Than a Week April 27, 2021 8:19am Earlier this month, we were saddened to announced that Tom Hunting, drummer for thrash metal legends Exodus, had been diagnosed with a rare gastric tumor. Like many musicians in need of medical assistance, Tom launched […]
Wait...What? Whoops: Baby Is Legally Named “Korn” After Hospital Screw-Up April 26, 2021 10:49am The hours after having a baby are a little like a drug trip. Between the hormones flooding your system from seeing your child enter the world, the adrenaline spike and drop after the intense moment […]
New Music Gojira Release Laid-Back New Single “The Chant” April 26, 2021 8:44am Even at their most spiritual and thoughtful, French groove metallers Gojira have always brought a level of furious heaviness to the table. But with the band’s upcoming new record Fortitude, one thing Gojira are experimenting […]
News Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Win Oscar for Best Original Score for Pixar’s ‘Soul’ April 26, 2021 8:21am Back in March, it was announced that Nine Inch Nails‘ own Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross had won a Golden Globe for their original score of Disney and Pixar’s Soul. Last night, the duo, along with […]
Take Our Money Rammstein’s Epic Stadium Stage Could Become a Lego Playset April 23, 2021 2:52pm When people outside of rock and metal talk about Rammstein, they think that the band’s appeal stops at German lyrics in a scary voice (and to be fair, that’s part of why we love them). […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 4/23 April 23, 2021 11:28am 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 […]
Lists 10 Extreme Metal Songs That Would Work Perfectly at a Strip Club April 23, 2021 8:13am Ah, the strip club, a place where beautiful, athletic women are showered with dollar bills by wide-eyed onlookers and boys become men over $17 Bud Lights. For years, strip clubs have been a place where […]
Take Our Money King Diamond’s ‘Abigail’ Is Being Adapted Into a Graphic Novel April 23, 2021 8:11am Since his time as the frontman of black metal progenitors Mercyful Fate, singer King Diamond has been a master storyteller. While so many other bands sing about being pissed off or a drawing of the […]
