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,” […]
Interviews Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk: 5 Surprising Songs I Love March 5, 2020 2:32pm Jinjer — Ukraine’s leading progenitors of djent- and R&B-inflected metalcore — never seem to leave the road, and they’re doing everything they can to keep their schedule book jam-packed since the release of their 2019 […]
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 […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Pig Destroyer Songs March 4, 2020 3:40pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
News See High on Fire Go Record-Shopping in New “What’s in My Bag?” Video March 3, 2020 5:30pm Stoner-thrash juggernaut High on Fire are gearing up to hit the road in the U.K. and Europe later this year, and ahead of those dates, vocalist-guitarist Matt Pike and bassist Jeff Matz stopped by celebrated record store […]
