Wait...What? Watch HIM’s Ville Valo Play Funk Metal Slap Bass at 15 Years Old October 13, 2020 10:52am Most artists had a first band — and that band was usually hilarious. While one occasionally sees a musician launch into superstardom right out of the gate, most of the time your favorite band formed […]
News Chino Moreno’s Crosses Are Working On New Material October 13, 2020 8:48am While Deftones‘ new album Ohms has garnered them critical acclaim, its release also means that the band’s members now have a little more time to pursue other creative work. One such project appears to be Chino […]
News Rammstein Share Video From The Studio October 13, 2020 7:57am German industrial metallers Rammstein are definitely making it clear that they’ve got something in the works. Only last week, the band officially confirmed they were in the studio with a photo on their social media. […]
New Music Watch Members of Mastodon, Baroness, Darkest Hour and More Cover Ozzy’s “Over The Mountain” October 12, 2020 3:18pm Last we left the long-legged beasties from Two Minutes to Late Night, they were getting their WHOAs on with a cover of Samhain and The Misfits’ mid-paced holiday classic “Halloween II.” Now, in the next […]
News The Witch from Black Sabbath’s Debut Album Is Now a Funko Pop! Figure October 12, 2020 2:10pm Over the years, the witch from the iconic cover of Black Sabbath‘s 1970 self-titled debut has become a heavy metal icon, even though she’s barely visible in the original photo use for the record sleeve. […]
Interviews How DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara Finally Confronted His Agoraphobia October 12, 2020 11:27am When speaking to DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara about the band’s new record Dealing With Demons I, one question crossed our minds was: how many demons does he have left? After all, Dez’s band has been putting […]
Lists 20 of the Greatest Metal Songs About Horror Movies October 12, 2020 9:55am Heavy metal has been tied to horror movies literally since its inception. If guitarist Tony Iommi hadn’t seen a cinema marquee advertising the 1963 Boris Karloff film Black Sabbath, his band would still be named […]
News Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzy Will Tour In 2022 October 12, 2020 8:57am Heavy metal godfather Ozzy Osbourne has had a mixed two years. On the one hand, 2019 saw him release a new solo album, the critically-acclaimed Ordinary Man. On the other, he’s had to repeatedly postpone tours, […]
News Maynard James Keenan Reveals He Had COVID-19: “It’s Real, and There Are Aftereffects” October 9, 2020 1:24pm Given what a divisive political issue it’s become, doubt about the reality and intensity of the coronavirus has become part of everyday life in America. Even after President Trump was diagnosed with it, his dismissal […]
New Music New Metal Out Today: 10/9 October 9, 2020 11:55am It’s Friday, which means two things: giving this 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 […]
