News Slipknot Announce Knotfest Los Angeles, Featuring Bring Me The Horizon, Killswitch Engage, and More July 26, 2021 1:15pm While Slipknot‘s planned Knotfest Brazil had to be moved to 2022, the band are taking their festival plans to America’s West Coast. The masked Iowans have just announced that they’ll be headlining Knotfest LA in […]
Interviews “The People Who Got It Completely Loved It:” 20 Years of God Forbid’s ‘Determination’ July 26, 2021 11:39am Until 2001, God Forbid were a bit of a myth in East Coast metal and hardcore circles. The band’s 1999 debut LP Reject the Sickness had become a staple for local fans, who loved its […]
News Dave Mustaine Reveals the Title of Megadeth’s New Album, Teases First Single July 26, 2021 8:28am In February, it was announced that thrash legends Megadeth would be pushing back their new album until after the pandemic. The band hit another speed bump after parting ways with founding bassist Dave Ellefson and […]
News Danzig’s Vampire Spaghetti Western to Be Released In Theaters In August July 26, 2021 8:13am Ever since the absolutely bonkers first trailer dropped in February, metalheads the world over have been stoked to see Glenn Danzig‘s new film, Death Rider In The House of Vampires, which the horror punk legend describes […]
News Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer Was Assaulted with Feces and Received Death Threats In Jail July 23, 2021 2:12pm On January 6th, election deniers stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, among them Jon Schaffer, guitarist and songwriter of American power metal band Iced Earth. In April, Schaffer walked free from jail for the first […]
News Rivers of Nihil Announce New Album ‘The Work’ July 23, 2021 12:15pm The last music fans heard from experimental death metallers Rivers of Nibil was 2018’s ambitious Where Owls Know My Name, an album that challenged both the band and their fanbase. Now, the Pennsylvania quintet have revealed […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 7/23 July 23, 2021 10:28am 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 metal releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. […]
Lists 10 Incarnations of Iron Maiden’s Eddie That We Want To See July 23, 2021 9:14am In the world of metal, no figure or character is as iconic as Iron Maiden‘s zombified mascot Eddie the Head. Whether he’s stalking the streets of ’80s London, being worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, or […]
Wait...What? System of a Down’s “Aerials” Mashed Up with Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” Is Surprisingly Beautiful July 23, 2021 8:27am Most of the time, mash-ups exist to make us snicker at the combination of disparate genres. When someone brings together, say, Ozzy Osbourne and the Beach Boys, or Slipknot and Barney the Dinosaur, we can […]
Hell Yes Wow, This Custom Dio ‘Devil Horns’ Guitar Is Metal As Hell July 22, 2021 12:27pm While the question of who invented the heavy metal ‘devil horns’ hand gesture will always be contested, most fans are content to attribute it to infamous metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Dio was world-renowned for […]
