News Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Says Touring With Pantera Made Him an Alcoholic, Was Drinking Up to 30 Shots a Night January 16, 2022 9:40am It’s no secret that one of Pantera‘s many superpowers was their drinking ability. The Texas band, especially guitarist/drummer brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott, were famously able to drink most other bands under the […]
News Judas Priest Cave to Fan Backlash and Change Touring Plans January 15, 2022 3:41pm Earlier this week, metal legends Judas Priest turned a lot of heads when they announced that they planned to tour as a 4-piece for the first time in 48 years. However, touring guitarist Andy Sneap […]
News Anthrax’s Frank Bello Says Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Was “A Fun-Loving Friend…He Was The Real Deal” January 15, 2022 12:40pm To the outside world, late Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman was a misanthropic punk playing the Devil’s music. But even the most blasphemous and hardcore metal musician is human on the inside, and those […]
News Korn Are Proud of Nu-Metal: “That Era Was a Fun Time…There Were No Boring Shows” January 15, 2022 8:35am Given how many artists love the movement today, it’s sometimes difficult to remember just how hated nu-metal was once upon a time. Almost the instant that it went from scrappy underground take on metal to […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 1/14 January 14, 2022 1:25pm 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 Meshuggah Announce New Album ‘Immutable’ January 14, 2022 12:48pm Last week, a section of a track circulated around the internet that was believed to be our first taste of the new Meshuggah album. Now, the Swedish groove metal pioneers have officially announced the title […]
News Blackie Lawless: W.A.S.P. Might Finally Play “Animal (F*** Like a Beast)” Live Again January 14, 2022 11:58am For those who don’t know or remember them, W.A.S.P. was easily one of the cooler acts of the hair metal movement in the ’80s. The band, whose name was rumored to be an acronym for […]
Hell Yes The Black Dahlia Murder Was Used as the Detroit Red Wings’ Entrance Music January 14, 2022 11:17am Something that boggles the minds of fans is how little metal music is used for soundtracks. We cannot count the number of times we’ve seen a scene in a Marvel movie or an HBO show […]
Hell Yes Wow, Corey Taylor’s New Frankenstein Tattoo Is F****ing Rad January 14, 2022 8:29am If you’re a metalhead but not an old-school horror fan — and if you are, dude, get with the program — you know 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein as the movie from which White Zombie took […]
Hell Yes Video: Metalhead Groom Brings His Bride to Tears with Guitar Serenade at Their Wedding January 13, 2022 3:17pm As metalheads, we sometimes feel that we have to jump on love. The basic idea is that given how unacceptable our behavior and culture is to the world at large, if someone falls in love […]
