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Into the Pit // 2020 Stragglers

January 4, 2021

Howdy Headbangers, Before we get into the best of the year shenanigans, we interrupt your normal Into the Pit programming to bring you a short post highlighting some later releases that didn't quite make it... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q4 2020

Joshua Bulleid

December 7, 2020

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Howdy Headbangers, The mathematicians among you will realise that this post technically shouldn't be hitting you until January. Although I usually hit you with these quarterly posts the month after a quarter e... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q3 2020

Joshua Bulleid

October 5, 2020

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Howdy headbangers, Let's get the sad stuff out of the way upfront. The thrash world lost a major figure with the unexpected passing of Power Trip frontman Riley Gale last month. I'm not going to pretend I h... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q2 2020

Joshua Bulleid

July 14, 2020

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Howdy headbangers! What a hell of a few months, huh? Yet, while the world appears to be falling apart at an ever-increasing pace, 2020 is shaping up to be maybe the strongest year for thrash metal since 1986.* ... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q1 2020

Joshua Bulleid

March 31, 2020

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Howdy headbangers! Josh here, I'm officially taking over Into the Pit while Pete's off trying to make the world a better place and whatnot. This means two things: a) it's gonna get a whole lot groovier around h... Read More...

Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid

December 16, 2019

Best of 2019, Into the Pit

Happy holidays, fellow moshers! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of the year. A calendar is about to get thrown out just to be replaced by another one with a new number on it. But what a year it was! 20... Read More...

Into the Pit – Best of Q3

Pete Williams

October 10, 2019

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Welcome back to the Pit, fellow moshers! We’re back to tell you about the thrash you need to know. Josh and I actually had a tough time this quarter. While there really aren’t enough releases to do this bad bo... Read More...

Into The Pit – Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid

August 14, 2019

Into the Pit

Following our mailbag post last week, Pete and I thought we'd get further antiquated with a good old-fashioned Heavy Blog is Heavy playlist swap. We each put together a list of the songs that we thought best de... Read More...

Into the Pit: Thrash Metal Mailbag

Pete Williams

August 8, 2019

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Hello fellow pit-sters! This month, I thought we could do something a little different. You all know I’ve been playing fast and loose with the schedule of this column, and August will be no different! Fellow t... Read More...

Into the Pit – Best of Q2

Pete Williams

July 8, 2019

Into the Pit

Good day to you all, fellow thrashers! Have you missed me? I’ve certainly missed all of you. However, there are only so many topics to discuss with thrash metal these days still. That being said, we are gettin... Read More...

Dawnwalker – Ages

Eden Kupermintz

January 4, 2021

Here's an age-old truth: fragile beauty is something that is aesthetically magnetic. The idea of the weakness, the flee... Read More...
Deftones – Black Stallion

Joshua Bulleid

December 16, 2020

White Pony (2000) was the record that first introduced electronics into Deftones's sound. It is therefore suitable that ... Read More...
Wytch Hazel – III: Pentecost

Pete Williams

December 7, 2020

With the continuing wave of traditional heavy metal just plowing us all over, I’ve come to realize there’s a kind of an... Read More...
Tombs – Under Sullen Skies

Pete Williams

December 7, 2020

When we get band promos, we typically receive a few things. Of course we get the album, but we also get a lot of promot... Read More...