Hell Yes The Mask from Quiet Riot’s ‘Metal Health’ Album Cover Went for $50,000 at Auction November 21, 2021 9:40am Last month, we reported that the original mask from Quiet Riot‘s breakthrough 1983 album Metal Health was being sold at auction. Now, it’s been revealed that the mask has officially been bought — for a massive […]
News Ex-Judas Priest Guitarist K.K. Downing Says the Band Always Knew Rob Halford Was Gay November 20, 2021 3:31pm Few events were as important to metal’s cultural development as the coming out of Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford. By revealing he was gay to the public, Rob forced heavy metal to examine its own […]
RIP Hank Von Hell, Former Frontman of Turbonegro, Dead at 49 November 20, 2021 12:07am Sad news for the rock and metal world today as it’s been announced that Hank Von Hell, frontman of Norwegian sleaze rock act Turbonegro during their formative years, has died. He was 49. As reported […]
News Cannibal Corpse Frontman George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher Announces Debut Solo Album November 19, 2021 1:25pm It’s no secret we love Cannibal Corpse frontman George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. The dude is not only one of the greatest metal vocalists of all time, he’s also a hilarious dude who’s not afraid to get […]
Hell Yes Video: 9-Year-Old Covering Slipknot’s “Wait and Bleed” Will Warm Your Heart and Melt Your Face November 19, 2021 1:03pm We’re big supporters of the O’Keefe Music Foundation, which helps kids grow up with music and music education in their lives. Every time their students make a metal cover video — say, an 8-year-old girl […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 11/19 November 19, 2021 12:04pm 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. […]
Giveaways Make Santa’s Ears Bleed and Win a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card with The Pit X Cover Nation’s Christmas Cover Contest! November 19, 2021 11:10am Christmas music — bah humbug, right? Every year, metal fans’ ears are inundated with the same 20 or so Christmas tunes in every store or outdoor market. And while we don’t mind a little Nat […]
News Reader Poll: Should Slayer Reunite for More ‘Big Four’ Shows — Or Could Another Band Replace Them? November 19, 2021 9:07am Back in a September interview with Kerrang!, infamous thrash guitarist Dave Mustaine said that he would love to do more of the Big Four shows, in which the ‘Big Four’ of ’80s thrash — Metallica, […]
Hell Yes Video: Interviewer Doesn’t Know She’s Talking to Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Goes Nuts When She Finds Out November 18, 2021 1:44pm Most of us would like to think that if we saw our favorite rock star in public, we’d give them a chill nod of gratitude that would make them respect us. But most of us […]
Hell Yes Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Has One of the Bullets With Lemmy’s Ashes In It November 18, 2021 1:19pm Back in March, it was revealed that the late, great Lemmy Kilmister of speed metal forefathers Motörhead had distributed his earthly remains among his friends in the form of bullets filled with his ashes. Now, it’s […]
