News Rivers of Nihil Announce New Album ‘The Work’ July 23, 2021 12:15pm The last music fans heard from experimental death metallers Rivers of Nibil was 2018’s ambitious Where Owls Know My Name, an album that challenged both the band and their fanbase. Now, the Pennsylvania quintet have revealed […]
New Music New Metal Releases Out Today: 7/23 July 23, 2021 10:28am 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 metal releases, from singalong hard rock to pus-drenched underground death metal. […]
Lists 10 Incarnations of Iron Maiden’s Eddie That We Want To See July 23, 2021 9:14am In the world of metal, no figure or character is as iconic as Iron Maiden‘s zombified mascot Eddie the Head. Whether he’s stalking the streets of ’80s London, being worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, or […]
Wait...What? System of a Down’s “Aerials” Mashed Up with Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” Is Surprisingly Beautiful July 23, 2021 8:27am Most of the time, mash-ups exist to make us snicker at the combination of disparate genres. When someone brings together, say, Ozzy Osbourne and the Beach Boys, or Slipknot and Barney the Dinosaur, we can […]
Hell Yes Wow, This Custom Dio ‘Devil Horns’ Guitar Is Metal As Hell July 22, 2021 12:27pm While the question of who invented the heavy metal ‘devil horns’ hand gesture will always be contested, most fans are content to attribute it to infamous metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Dio was world-renowned for […]
News Bruce Dickinson: Iron Maiden’s New Video Was Inspired by Rammstein’s “Deutschland” July 22, 2021 10:19am Last week, heavy metal gods Iron Maiden released their first new song in six years, “The Writing On The Wall,” via a beautifully-animated music video. Now, in a new interview, Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has […]
Hell Yes Video: Grandma Crushes Cover of Rob Zombie’s “Dragula” at Karaoke July 22, 2021 8:25am The beauty of being old is that you can do pretty much whatever the fuck you want, and no one can say a damn thing about it. And yeah, sometimes, this manifests itself in super […]
News Korn’s Brian “Head” Welch on Fieldy’s Hiatus: “He Just Needs Some Time Off to Reflect on Himself and His Family” July 21, 2021 12:27pm Last month, it was announced that Korn bassist Fieldy would be stepping away from the band to focus on “getting the bad habits out of my system.” Now, in a new interview, Korn guitarist Brian […]
Lists Every Song On Black Sabbath’s ‘Master of Reality,’ Ranked July 21, 2021 10:20am Part of Master of Reality’s power is how much critics hated on it when it came out. Though the album was a commercial success for the band, rock journalists at the time absolutely despised Black Sabbath‘s […]
Hell Yes Oh God No: The ‘Jackass Forever’ Trailer Is Absolutely Bananas July 21, 2021 8:20am Last we heard from the set of Jackass Forever, the fourth installment of the Jackass franchise, was when a guest star was rushed to the hospital after being bitten by a shark. Now, the film’s official first trailer […]