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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.
Thrash metal was an inspiration for later extreme genres such as death metal and black metal. This list also includes certain bands which belong to the first wave of black metal. These bands essentially played thrash metal with a heavy emphasis on Satanic and occult themes in the lyrics and imagery. [12]
Mar 10, 2024 · Thrash Metal: An Oral History Of Speed and Precision | uDiscover. Spreading The Disease: An Oral History Of Thrash Metal. With an emphasis on precision and speed, thrash metal emerged...
Sep 20, 2022 · From the ‘Big Four’ of Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth to the newer crop of thrashers like Evile and Municipal Waste, here are the 50 greatest thrash albums of all time as voted for by Metal Hammer readers. 50. Evile – Enter The Grave (2007)
Sep 27, 2019 · The Story of Thrash Metal Part One: The birth of a genre. By Chris Chantler. ( Metal Hammer ) published 27 September 2019. We talk to the scene’s original innovators – Exodus, Anthrax, Sodom and Testament – about the birth of a legend. (Image credit: Future)
The origins of thrash metal are generally traced to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when a number of bands began incorporating the sound of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of hardcore punk and more specifically Thrashcore, creating a new genre and developing into a separate movement from punk rock.
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 ...
