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The term "thrash metal" was first used in the music press by Kerrang! magazine's journalist Malcolm Dome while referring to another of the "Big Four", Anthrax (who, like Metallica, formed in 1981), and their song "Metal Thrashing Mad". Before this, Metallica frontman James Hetfield referred to his band's sound as speed metal or power metal.
- Early 1980s, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and Latin America
Jan 20, 2024 · Metal Church – Merciless Onslaught (1984) “The album this is from, Ground Zero, is super-super metal, but these guys could also write great hooks. Merciless Onslaught is an instrumental, and ...
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.
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Oct 4, 2019 · Here’s how it works. The Story of Thrash Metal Part 2: How thrash broke the mainstream. Master Of Puppets opened the gates for thrash’s assault on the mainstream. Suddenly, metal had a new frontline, and the scene would never be the same again. In Part One of our Story of thrash metal, we spoke to innovators Exodus, Anthrax, Sodom and ...
- Chris Chantler
Jul 22, 2019 · Here are the albums that invented Thrash Metal — a sub-genre distinguished by its speed, double bass drumming, barked vocals and lightning quick palm-muted riffery. Basically, these are the 20 Thrash record albums that you would need to collect.
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 ...
Feb 23, 2020 · February 23, 2020. By. uDiscover Team. Photo: Ebet Roberts/Redferns. Pioneers in the world of thrash metal and sonic speed hard rock the New York band Anthrax are contemporaries of other big...
