Lists
The Pit’s Top 30 Albums of 2021
In many ways, 2021 has been a hangover year. 2020 was such an unexpected shitshow for so many people that this past year felt like the entire world rubbed its head, felt through its pockets, […]
Cognitive
New Music
New Metal Releases Out Today: 7/16
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. […]
Premieres
Exclusive Album Stream: Cognitive’s New Record Is An Enthralling, Textured Death Metal Onslaught
Somewhere between death metal’s obsessive technicality and sweeping thematic scope lies Cognitive. The New Jersey quintet’s music is a roiling sea of vengeful riffs and throttling drums that leaves no one second-guessing their abilities as […]
Last Words
Cognitive’s Rob Wharton Debates Vinyl vs. Streaming On This Week’s Episode of Last Words
Vinyl: the only true way to listen to classic albums, or a waste of space that makes you hate yourself every time you move to a new apartment? In the past two decades, vinyl has […]