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, […]
Hooded Menace
Lists
18 Releases from This Year That Are Perfect for Halloween 2021
There’s no time for metal quite like Halloween. The funeral of the year allows those of us who dress like post-apocalyptic barbarians to look normal and openly revel in our love of death, monsters, and […]
New Music
New Metal Out Today: 8/27
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 […]
News
The New Hooded Menace Track Is Balls-Out Awesome
There are a handful of bands out there whose every new song is a gift from the Devil, and one of them is unquestionably Finnish death-doom crew Hooded Menace. Every time these Tombs of the […]
Lists
20 of the Greatest Metal Songs About Horror Movies
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 […]