Here are 15 bands that are considered pioneers of thrash metal. They would all go on to influence metal bands in very different subgenres. With that, where was thrash derived from? Which bands were ...

Speed metal or thrash metal? The consensus seems to be that the terms are interchangeable and probably not even applicable in 2016, although the term “thrash” metal doesn’t elicit the groans that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No wonder that come August 12, 1991, metalheads queued around the block at record stores in every city in the civilised world – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thrash wasn’t initially a genre: it was what a band did. And in the ’80s it swarmed across the globe like a plague of locusts, ...

Thrash metal giants Testament had a damn good 2025. They released the killer Para Bellum, toured all over the world yet again, and continued showing why they’re one of the greatest thrash metal acts ...

For all intents and purposes, thrash metal is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013. Yes, as nebulous as rock 'n' roll history can be when it comes to dating broad-ranging musical developments, we ...