News Darkthrone Announce New Album for June April 28, 2021 9:00am Of all the bands who emerged from Norway’s second wave of black metal in the early ’90s, Darkthrone have remained the most genuine, prolific, and consistently rad. Where other acts have eaten their own chewed […]
Why Not Here’s How It Would Look If Mudvayne Performed “Dig” at The Oscars April 28, 2021 8:36am This year’s Academy Awards was full of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments, lifetime achievements and questionable wins. But what everyone can agree it lacked was the harsh, all-elbows nu-core sounds of Mudvayne, everyone’s favorite […]
Interviews Chthonic’s Freddy Lim: “If Taiwan Can Do It, I Believe the Whole World Can Have Live Music Back Soon” April 27, 2021 10:06am It can be hard to believe Freddy Lim’s story. In 1995, the Taiwan-born musician started Chthonic, whose sweeping, hard-hitting symphonic black metal incorporated traditional Taiwanese folk music and instruments. The band slowly built a dedicated […]
Hell Yes GoFundMe for Exodus Drummer Tom Hunting’s Cancer Treatment Makes $80,000 In Less Than a Week April 27, 2021 8:19am Earlier this month, we were saddened to announced that Tom Hunting, drummer for thrash metal legends Exodus, had been diagnosed with a rare gastric tumor. Like many musicians in need of medical assistance, Tom launched […]
Wait...What? Whoops: Baby Is Legally Named “Korn” After Hospital Screw-Up April 26, 2021 10:49am The hours after having a baby are a little like a drug trip. Between the hormones flooding your system from seeing your child enter the world, the adrenaline spike and drop after the intense moment […]
New Music Gojira Release Laid-Back New Single “The Chant” April 26, 2021 8:44am Even at their most spiritual and thoughtful, French groove metallers Gojira have always brought a level of furious heaviness to the table. But with the band’s upcoming new record Fortitude, one thing Gojira are experimenting […]
News Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Win Oscar for Best Original Score for Pixar’s ‘Soul’ April 26, 2021 8:21am Back in March, it was announced that Nine Inch Nails‘ own Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross had won a Golden Globe for their original score of Disney and Pixar’s Soul. Last night, the duo, along with […]
Take Our Money Rammstein’s Epic Stadium Stage Could Become a Lego Playset April 23, 2021 2:52pm When people outside of rock and metal talk about Rammstein, they think that the band’s appeal stops at German lyrics in a scary voice (and to be fair, that’s part of why we love them). […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 4/23 April 23, 2021 11:28am 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 releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. Keep […]
Lists 10 Extreme Metal Songs That Would Work Perfectly at a Strip Club April 23, 2021 8:13am Ah, the strip club, a place where beautiful, athletic women are showered with dollar bills by wide-eyed onlookers and boys become men over $17 Bud Lights. For years, strip clubs have been a place where […]