News The One Alice in Chains Song on ‘Dirt’ That No Band Member Liked November 13, 2022 10:35am Getting 4 people on the same page creatively is no easy feat. And doing that across the span of a whole album is even harder. So while not entirely a surprise, there was one song on Alice In Chains’ ‘Dirt’ that no band member liked. […]
News One of Nine Inch Nails’ Biggest Hits was a ‘Throwaway’ Track That Pissed Trent Reznor Off When It Exploded November 13, 2022 10:32am While ‘Head Like a Hole’ went on to be one of Nine Inch Nails’ biggest songs, Trent Reznor says he considered the song a ‘throwaway’ track whose success angered him because he wrote it in 15 minutes. […]
News Maynard James Keenan Says He Doesn’t Get This Whole TikTok Thing November 13, 2022 10:19am In a recent interview with pal Joe Rogan, Maynard James Keenan shakes cloud at fist about TikTok. Joking aside, he makes some fair points about why he’s not trying to pander to a younger audience in inauthentic ways just to stay relevant. […]
News System of a Down Almost Broke Up While Recording Toxicity for a Ridiculous Reason November 13, 2022 10:03am A ridiculous line about a tapeworm actually almost caused System of a Down to break up while recording Toxicity. Yes, really. Here’s the story. […]
News Mike Shinoda Hated Linkin Park Being Called a Nu Metal Band November 12, 2022 11:15am Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has a long-standing love/hate relationship with the nu metal genre and tag, often wanting to distance himself from the ‘frat rock’ side of it. […]
News The One Slipknot Record that Clown Hates November 12, 2022 11:15am Clown is known for putting his all into Slipknot records, often to the detriment of his own mental and physical well-being. However, there’s one record in particular where he says he didn’t suffer enough for his art, and as a result, it’s a record he doesn’t like at all. […]
News Guns N’ Roses Wouldn’t Let Paul Stanley Produce ‘Appetite for Destruction’ November 12, 2022 11:14am KISS’s Paul Stanley really wanted to produce Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, but the band gave him the boot early on in the process because they didn’t like his ideas. Here’s the story. […]
News Jason Newsted Thinks Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ Is ‘Corny’ November 12, 2022 10:08am The former Metallica bassist thinks the biggest metal song of all time was actually ‘kinda corny.’ Is he right? […]
News 10 Metal Albums That Had Fans Crying ‘Sell Out’ November 12, 2022 9:59am Creative experimentation is a good thing, and every artist should be allowed to try new sonic approaches. But sometimes, great artists can stray a wee bit too far away from what made their fans connect with them in the first place. Here are 10 albums that got the dreaded ‘sell out’ battle cries from fans. […]
News The Pit’s Favorite Riffs: Five New Awesome Metal Songs 11/11 November 11, 2022 3:51pm For this week’s installment of The Pit’s Favorite Riffs, we bring our readers a nice variety of death metal, black metal, and more. […]
