News Triptykon Announce ‘Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)’ Album March 10, 2020 12:55pm Swiss avant-garde extreme-metal band Triptykon — led by former Hellhammer and Celtic Frost frontman Tom Gabriel Warrior — have their highly anticipated live album Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019) for a May 15th worldwide release […]
News See Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Get Upset by Mrs. Smith in Epic Wah-Off March 9, 2020 3:16pm Back in January 2019, drag queen guitar virtuoso Mrs. Smith threw down the gauntlet to Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett, the revered shredder who is celebrated and at times mocked for his love of the wah-wah pedal. […]
News See Code Orange’s Surreal Animated “Sulfur Surrounding” Video March 9, 2020 2:09pm In January, adventurous Pittsburgh’s metallic hardcore trailblazers Code Orange revealed the details of their highly anticipated new full-length Underneath — the follow-up to 2017’s genre defining and transcending Forever — and unleashed it’s infectious, alt-rock-inflected lead single and title track. Then […]
News HarborLights’ Andrew Diaz: 5 Albums That Changed My Life March 6, 2020 4:42pm In September of 2019, Massachusetts natives HarborLights dropped their post-rock masterpiece and Deathwish debut album Isolation Ritual (which you can pick up here). After forming nearly a decade ago, the group released two split EPs […]
News Hear Thrash Vets Testament’s New Ripper “Children of the Next Level” March 6, 2020 3:58pm Back in January, tried-and-true Bay Area thrash stalwarts Testament dropped the furious pit-starter “Night of the Witch,” the lead single off the quintet’s highly anticipated new album Titans of Creation, due April 3rd via Nuclear […]
News Watch Avatar’s New Crowdfunded Short Film ‘Legend of Avatar Country: A Metal Odyssey’ March 5, 2020 8:21pm Fantastical Swedish alt-metal juggernaut Avatar are busy in the studio right now, working on the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s conceptual opus Avatar Country. For fans eagerly awaiting the in-progress LP, the band has given […]
News Watch the cast of LAST WORDS talk about Greg Puciato’s new single, metalheads getting it on in cars, and more! March 5, 2020 7:27pm In case you missed it, The Pit launched our very own heavy-metal talk show, LAST WORDS, where hilarious, irreverent industry experts go toe to toe over metal news, gossip, and new releases. New episodes are […]
News Hear Asking Alexandria Throw “Middle Fingers Up High” With New Song “Antisocialist” March 5, 2020 3:29pm U.K. rockers Asking Alexandria have announced their forthcoming sixth studio album, Like a House on Fire, for a May 15th release via Sumerian Records, and unleashed a new single off the LP, the hard-hitting “Antisocialist,” […]
News Metallica Launch Vinyl Club Featuring Rarities, Demos and Rough Mixes March 4, 2020 8:18pm Having already launched their own record label, whiskey, watches, ski gear, surfwear and more, Metallica have now announced their latest endeavor: the band’s official vinyl club. The new service — available only to members of […]
News Ghost Introduce Papa Emeritus IV at Final ‘Prequelle’ Show March 4, 2020 3:52pm All hail, Papa Emeritus IV. After a full album cycle without a new Papa fronting the band, occult-rock antiheroes Ghost have finally anointed Cardinal Copia as their new papal leader. Copia’s surprise promotion was revealed […]
