News Trailer: ‘Death to Metal’ Is About a Mutant Priest Trying to Wipe Out All Heavy Metal Bands November 8, 2021 10:21am As a rule, metal is rarely portrayed well in the movies. At best, comedies give us relatable metalheads whose everyday love of the genre and culture reflects our own; more often than not, though, metal […]
New Music Video: Evanescence and Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale Join Forces for Cover of Linkin Park’s “Heavy” November 8, 2021 8:29am Back in May, it was announced that hard rockers Halestorm and goth metal hit-makers Evanescence would be joining forces for a co-headlining tour. Well, Friday night saw that trek kick off in Portland, Oregon, and […]
News Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg Revealed His Terrifying New Mask During Knotfest LA November 7, 2021 9:17am A big part of Slipknot‘s album cycles is getting to see their new masks. Ever since 2001’s Iowa, the band have used release cycles to reveal different sides of themselves to the world via their facewear. […]
New Music Watch Slipknot Give “The Chapeltown Rag” Its Live Debut at Knotfest LA! November 6, 2021 8:13am Yesterday, nine-skulled death worm Slipknot released “The Chapeltown Rag,” their first new track since the 2019 release of We Are Not Your Kind. Now, the band have given the song its live debut as part of […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 11/5 November 5, 2021 3:27pm 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. […]
News Nita Strauss to Play Olympian Boxer Mikaela Mayer to the Ring for Historic Title Fight November 5, 2021 2:40pm We’re here for Nita Strauss. The virtuosic guitarist has a lot to her name, including her own fitness challenge, a place in Alice Cooper’s band, and a lineage going back to a brilliant classical composer. […]
News What Year Is This: Stabbing Westward Are Back With Their First Album in 20 Years November 5, 2021 12:22pm With the crest of the nu-metal revival, it feels like all of the ’90s bands that metalheads once loved, and then loudly swore they never cared for are, making a comeback. The guilty pleasures of […]
News Mastodon Apologize For Brent Hinds’ Homophobic Comment, Have “No Ill Will” Towards Disturbed November 5, 2021 10:26am Yesterday, we reported on an interview in which Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds vented about how much he disliked opening for Disturbed while touring with Mayhem Fest, describing the experience as “gay-ass shit.” Plenty of metalheads, […]
BOOOOOO Kanye West Says Marilyn Manson’s Abuse of Women Was Basically “A Hug” November 5, 2021 9:36am Earlier this week, we reported that shock rocker and famed anti-Christian Marilyn Manson was seen praying onstage with Justin Bieber at Kanye West’s Halloween prayer meeting. That these celebrities would share the stage with Manson […]
Hell Yes Watch Two Grandmas Review Slayer, Meshuggah, Lamb of God and More November 5, 2021 9:05am There’s an old saying in the rock world: if it’s too loud, you’re too old. The basic idea is that age isn’t a number so much as it’s a loss of enthusiasm or enjoyment; you […]
