News Alice Cooper’s New Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Album Sales Chart March 10, 2021 9:47am If nuclear war plunged the world into a state of endless chaos and eternal winter, all the cockroaches would probably go see Alice Cooper. Rock’s greatest showman refuses to stop singing snotty tunes and performing […]
Why Not Lemmy Would Approve: Metal Worker Turns Hammer Into Iron Fist March 10, 2021 8:41am At the end of the day, there’s nothing more metal than working with actual metal. If you’re melting, smelting, forging our pouring molten metal, you have a level of scene cred greater than any heavily-tattooed […]
News Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler Claims He Taught Dio the Devil Horns March 9, 2021 9:34am For as long as most metalheads can remember, the sign of the horns — also known as ‘throwing the goat’ — has been the hand gesture through which metal fandom is communicated. When you see […]
News Corey Taylor Is Planning A Socially-Distanced Solo Tour for Later This Year March 8, 2021 2:22pm While many musicians are seeing COVID-19 and the lockdown it’s caused as a huge detriment to their careers and touring plans, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has obviously viewed it as a challenge. Not only did […]
News Gary Holt: “As Far As My Knowledge, Slayer Is Over…I’m Full Speed Ahead With Exodus Now” March 8, 2021 9:19am 2019 saw Slayer, arguably the greatest thrash metal band of all time, perform their final shows and officially retire from the spotlight. Of course, the minute Slayer played their final notes, every metal fan on […]
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 […]
