News Mastodon Might Release Two New Albums During Quarantine November 24, 2020 8:32am For some bands, the time off caused by the coronavirus quarantine has been a strange creative mire in which it’s hard to think straight much less create. For Mastodon, it’s been almost too fertile a […]
News Watch Joe Biden ‘Sing’ Metallica’s “King Nothing” November 23, 2020 1:06pm Over the past couple of years, YouTuber Lars Von Retriever has had a lot of fun creating Frankensteined videos in which Donald Trump “sings” various metal songs. For Trump, the flavor was usually apocalyptic, with […]
News AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’ Lands At #1 On The Billboard 200 November 22, 2020 10:41pm When it comes to hard rock, no band is more loved than AC/DC. The Australian quintet tap into the fun-loving side of every headbanger’s psyche and help them celebrate the universal truths of getting drunk, […]
News The Black Dahlia Murder Announce ‘Yule ‘Em All’ Holiday Variety Livestream November 20, 2020 12:37pm Christmas is almost upon us, a time of warm fires, dark beers, and praying to Krampus that you finally get that Marshall amp mini-fridge. But now, metal fans can add ‘guts-fucking macabre death metal’ to […]
News Watch Kill The Ideal’s Hilarious Video for Their Cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” November 20, 2020 11:00am In the past couple of years, Led Zeppelin‘s “Immigrant Song” as re-emerged as perhaps one of the great Viking metal tracks of our time. The song’s use by Taika Waititi in Marvel’s space Viking epic Thor: […]
News Sodom’s New Music Video F*cking Rules November 20, 2020 10:19am Listening to Sodom makes one wonder why the hell they don’t just listen to Sodom all goddamn day long. Like many of their peers, the German thrash legends have updated their approach over the years; […]
News New Metal Out Today: 11/20 November 20, 2020 8:38am It’s Friday, which means two things: giving this 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 Anthrax Announce New ‘Among The Living’ Graphic Novel With Stories By Corey Taylor, Rob Zombie, and More November 19, 2020 1:42pm While many of the metal bands of the ’80s were writing songs about Satan and warfare, Anthrax were always content to pen tracks about horror stories and comic books. Now, the patron saints of thrash-metal […]
News Exodus Reveal The Title of Their New Album November 19, 2020 8:14am In August, thrash titans Exodus announced that they were hard at work on their next studio album. Now, guitarist Gary Holt has confirmed the title of the new record on social media. Gary posted a […]
News Hardcore Guitarist Stops Man From Abducting Baby Using MMA Chokehold November 18, 2020 3:14pm Fans of New England hardcore might know Brian Kemsley as the guitarist of now-defunct band Outbreak. But these days Kemsley is a Muay Thai instructor — and, apparently, a hero. According to a recent news […]