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Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work.
- Early 1980s, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and Latin America
- Metallica - Kill 'Em All (1983) The likes of Venom, Black Sabbath and even Queen had produced songs that'd prove hugely influential to thrash metal, but truthfully, the real ground zero for thrash as we know and love it today came courtesy of a band of four horsemen putting out their debut album on July 25, 1983.
- Kreator - Pleasure To Kill (1986) While the Bay Area scene was busily putting thrash metal on the map in the States, a fearsome group of German bands were doing exactly the same in Europe.
- Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986) Has any genre of music ever enjoyed a year like thrash metal did in 1986? The list of great albums to emerge in that twelve month period is dizzying: Master Of Puppets, Pleasure To Kill, Peace Sellls...
- Sepultura - Beneath The Remains (1989) A vitally important band not just in terms of heavy metal's evolution, but in people's perception of metal's vitality outside of Europe and North America, Sepultura's progression from extreme metal underdogs to thrash heavyweights to proto-nu metal groovers in the space of ten years was awe-inspiring.
Mar 17, 2017 · Thrash metal is also known as speed metal, and since many of the early thrash bands were from San Francisco, it became known as Bay Area Thrash. It started in the early to mid '80s and was at its peak in the late '80s. There was a strong east coast thrash scene as well, led by bands such as Anthrax and Overkill.
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Sep 27, 2019 · In New York City, bushy-haired leather-boys Anthrax were desperate to impress Jonny Zazula, owner of the East Coast’s coolest record stall: “We realised this is the guy we need to be involved with, he has his finger on the pulse of the music we love,” explains Scott Ian, who co-founded Anthrax in 1981. “He was starting a label to put ...
Mar 10, 2024 · At a stroke, thrash metal was now yesterday’s music, and a few key albums aside, the genre fell into obscurity for the best part of a decade. Charlie Benante: I think the whole thrash thing ...
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Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the early 1980s. Known for its aggressive and fast-paced sound, thrash metal quickly gained popularity among music fans seeking a more intense and hard-hitting form of heavy metal. The genre is characterized by its high-speed guitar riffs, complex drumming, and aggressive vocals, and is ...
Apr 29, 2010 · Pioneered by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, thrash was the fastest and nastiest music of the '80s. In honour of Metal Week on MusicRadar we hit the throttle and track thrash from its defiant conception to its present day carnage, courtesy of Total Guitar magazine.
