News Killswitch Engage, Underoath, and More Confirmed for Furnace Fest 2021 March 5, 2021 12:02pm With COVID vaccines finally making the rounds and certain U.S. states opening their venues to full capacity, organizers are beginning to consider the possibility of music festivals returning once again. Not only that, but it’s […]
News Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix: “I Love Being One of the Forefathers of Nu Metal, That’s F**king Dope” March 5, 2021 10:29am Few if any musical genres will ever be as hated as nu-metal. What started as a gritty, street-level evolution of heavy metal’s sound quickly became a commodified pageant of pouting wannabe rappers angry that their […]
News New Metal Out Today: 3/5 March 5, 2021 8:55am 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 […]
News Obituary To Play ‘The End Complete’ In Its Entirety As Part of New Livestream Series March 4, 2021 2:05pm Back in October, death metal humidity-mongers Obituary played two of their most legendary albums in full via livestream, 1989’s Slowly We Rot and 1990’s Cause of Death. Now, the band have scheduled another series of livestreams, and […]
News Ghost Release Touching Fan Tribute Video for “Life Eternal” March 4, 2021 11:19am Love ’em or hate ’em, you have to admit that Ghost‘s rise over the past decade has been straight-up meteoric. The Swedish band have gone from underground occult rock act to arena headliners in a […]
News Metallica Celebrate 35 Years of ‘Master of Puppets’ by Performing “Battery” on Colbert March 4, 2021 8:13am Yesterday saw Metallica‘s third studio album Master of Puppets turn 35 years old. Not only did this milestone remind many headbangers how old they actually are, it also spoke to the timelessness of one of heavy […]
News Rob Zombie Recalls His Bizarre First Meeting With Ozzy Osbourne March 3, 2021 1:49pm There are few heavy metal stars who would get invited over by the great Ozzy Osbourne, but Rob Zombie is definitely one of them. The king of monster rock has spent his life molding his […]
News Peaceville Records Founder Paul Halmshaw Is Terminally Ill, Starts Online Fundraiser March 3, 2021 11:10am Though never a mainstream favorite, Peaceville Records has always been one of metal’s most important and interesting labels. The UK independent released many of underground and extreme metal’s greatest records, among them Autopsy’s Mental Funeral, […]
News Texas and Mississippi to Allow Full-Capacity Concerts with No Mask Requirement March 3, 2021 8:13am Since the coronavirus pandemic and the quarantine that came with it first swept over the world, music fans have had one thing on their minds: when will shows start up again? Without live music, everything […]
News Lamb of God Release Trailer for New Concert Film ‘Lamb of God: Live in Richmond, VA’ March 2, 2021 8:23am Though not necessarily a city one usually associates with metal as a whole, Richmond, Virginia, has a rich history of loud, in-your-face bands. You’ve got the alien perverts of GWAR, you’ve got the high-energy thrashers […]
