Blazing out of the fires of heavy metal and adopting the pace and aggression of the burgeoning hardcore movement, thrash metal was the defining sound of heavy music in the 1980s. That entire movement ...

Of all the heavy metal subgenres out there, no one has seen more bands crawl from DIY underbellies to mainstream success than thrash. It may be synonymous with 80s Cold War politics, battle jackets ...

One of the biggest names in thrash metal provided encouragement for members of Cypress Hill as the hip hop act was trying to find its footing. Sen Dog's First Concert Was Seeing Members of Slayer ...

Dueling electric guitars ignited chaos onstage at the historic Haltom Theater over spring break as if it were 1989 again, the heyday of thrash metal. Gammacide ax-men Rick Perry, the band’s founder ...

Something magical happened when Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson joined forces with guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick ...

Those privy to metal music history know that Brazil’s musical roots extend beyond its world-class bossa nova and samba traditions. In fact, during the ‘80s, the country went through its own ...

Thrash metal, the high-speed riff-fest pioneered by bands like the Bay Area “big four” (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax), was once largely considered a relic of a bygone era until a wave of ...

Artillery, a Danish thrash band that formed in 1982, remains underrated and underappreciated when it comes to other bands from that era. With riff after blazing riff, Artillery’s early sound fit right ...

I’m Lilly Sayenga, and I have some friends with quite the penchant for growling. Allow me to demonstrate: Their set list, covered in comically profane doodles, features the slogan “MOSH CHUG SCREAM / ...