News Hear Primitive Man’s Pummeling New Song “Menacing” July 15, 2020 4:24pm “Brutal” is a exhaustingly overused word in the world of heavy music, but there may be no better term to describe Denver sludge outfit Primitive Man. Fronted by vocalist-guitarist Ethan McCarthy (also of Vermin Womb […]
News Metallica Announce ‘S&M2’ Live Album and Documentary July 15, 2020 4:09pm Back in the halcyon days of September 2019, Metallica and San Francisco Symphony joined forces for two momentous S&M2 concerts. The shows marked the 20th anniversary of both institutions’ 1999 S&M performances as well as […]
News Watch Metallica’s Entire July 1994 Show in Mountain View, California, Part of Concert Series July 14, 2020 2:42pm Metallica‘s “Metallica Mondays” concert series continues, and this week, the biggest heavy-metal band in the world threw all the way back to 1994. The series — which has been a great way to pass two-and-a-half […]
News Watch Two Minutes to Late Night’s “Bedroom Cover” of Bonnie Raitt in Style of GN’R July 13, 2020 3:54pm On of our favorite things to come out of the COVID-19 shutdown is Two Minutes to Late Night’s “Bedroom Covers” series, which sees Gwarsenio Hall — a.k.a. Two Minutes’ corpse-paint-slathered master of ceremonies, also a.k.a. Jordan […]
News The HU: Watch New Doc on Mongolian Folk-Metal Phenom ‘Road to the Gereg’ July 13, 2020 3:31pm The rise of Mongolian folk-metal outfit the HU to international fame is one of hard rock’s biggest breakout stories of recent years. The group play an idiosyncratic style of music they’ve dubbed “hunnu rock” that […]
News Pallbearer Debut Thunderous New Song, Detail Upcoming Album July 10, 2020 3:02pm Little Rock, Arkansas-based doom group Pallbearer have emerged with a crushing, thunderous new song “Forgotten Days.” Check it out below. Simultaneously, the critically-acclaimed band has announced their highly-anticipated fourth album of the same name which […]
News See Striking Video for Greg Puciato’s New Solo Song “Do You Need Me to Remind You?” July 10, 2020 2:39pm Former Dillinger Escape Plan and current the Black Queen frontman Greg Puciato has dropped his third solo song, the epic, post-metal-inflected “Do You Need Me to Remind You?” and announced his first-ever solo album, Child Soldier: […]
News See Sharptooth Rage With Anti-Flag’s Justin Sane in New “Evolution” Video July 9, 2020 3:33pm Baltimore, Maryland, metalcore outfit Sharptooth are gearing up to drop their politically charged second album, Transitional Forms. Due tomorrow (July 10th) via Pure Noise Records, the LP sees the band taking on a wide range […]
News Watch Episode 17 of our Heavy-Metal Talk Show, LAST WORDS! July 9, 2020 3:30pm On this week’s episode of The Pit’s heavy-metal talk show LAST WORDS, the hosts Jordan Olds, Katy Irizarry, and Travis Reilly discuss Mike Shinoda’s (fake) run for president, Emma Ruth Rundle’s powerful new single chronicling […]
Giveaways Win Passes to Trivium’s Giant Livestream Event This Friday July 8, 2020 7:52pm Trivium has put together A Light or a Distant Mirror, a giant pro-shot, ticketed livestreaming event, happening this Friday July 10 at 4pm EST. Tickets are $9 on Trivium’s website, but we have teamed up […]
