Thrash Metal

Thrash metal emerged in the early 1980s as a fusion of heavy metal's aggression and punk's energy, characterized by fast tempo, shredding guitar solos, and intense, often growled vocals. Born in the US and Europe, thrash metal evolved from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and hardcore punk, with bands embracing a raw, DIY ethos and socially conscious lyrics. The genre's heyday spanned the mid-to-late 1980s, with albums like "Master of Puppets" and "Reign in Blood" redefining the boundaries of heavy music. Thrash metal's cultural significance lies in its rejection of glam metal's commercialism and its embrace of underground, anti-establishment values. Distinguishing itself from other metal subgenres, thrash metal's lightning-fast rhythms, aggressive vocals, and extended instrumental passages created a unique sound that influenced subsequent metal styles, including death metal and power metal.

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Only You
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Acid Death
All Sinners
Angelwarrior Ace
Arcanum Sanctum
Archaic Thorn
Armoured Knight
BESSMERTNII
Barren Path
Bearwolf
Bedlam
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Bonginator
Burning Lake
Cadaver
Centinex
Chimaira
Concrete Age
Coroner
Curveless
DRAIN
Dark Angel
Darktribe
Dead Head
Dead Heat
Death Angel
Death Decline
Deserter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Dirkschneider & The Old Gang
Embraced By Darkness
Etorkizun Beltza
Eyal Levi
Fatal Realm
Fullminator
Get The Shot
Grenouer
Gwazi
Hallowed
Heads For The Dead
Hecktic
Heimland
House by the Cemetary
Hungarica
Inhuman 666
Internal Decay
Iron Master
It Will Kill
Jackson Rose
Kickdown
Kill Ritual
Komodo
Kreator
La Corriveau
Ladon Heads
Lil Tytan
Maniac
Massacre
Matthew K. Heafy
May The Tempest
Megadeth
Morbikon
Muh-Kron
My Darkest Hate
Naraka
Necronomicon
New Democracy
Nico Borie
Nils Patrik Johansson
Rebellix
Redshark
SANITY
SLYTHER
Sardonyx
Season Of The Dead
Sepulchral
Sintage
Skull & Crossbones
Sodom
Sofia Portanet
Sortilège
Soulfly
Speedclaw
Stam1na
Steel God
Struck A Nerve
Sylosis
THRON
Testament
The Martyr
The Mist
Thermality
Tomb Slayer
Triskelyon
Trivium
Typhus
Veil Of The Serpent
WARFIELD
Warg
Worldview
devilry
Metallica
System Of A Down
Black Sabbath
Pantera
Megadeth
Slayer
Gojira
Machine Head
Sepultura
Trivium
Helloween
Static-X
Accept
Anthrax
Sodikken
Cradle Of Filth
Suicidal Tendencies
Testament
Propagandhi
W.A.S.P.
Bruce Dickinson
Kreator
Exodus
Soulfly
Bathory
Iced Earth
Municipal Waste
Kanonenfieber
Alien Weaponry
PSYCHO-FRAME
Sodom
Dying Fetus
DRAIN
At The Gates
Lemmy
Annihilator
Iron Master
Jackson Rose
Gutter Grinders
Venom
Sylosis
Bloodred Hourglass
King Diamond
Savatage
Overkill
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Arakain
Dan Vasc
Gamma Ray
Vader
Stam1na
Evil Empire
Gwar
Nico Borie
The Exploited
Bearwolf
Midnight
Immortal
D.R.I.
Chimaira
Tungsten
Disarray
Mercyful Fate
Antaeus
Bloodbath
Havok
Celtic Frost
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Destruction
Nevermore
XweaponX
LOCKED SHUT
Dismember
Discharge
Death Angel
Lionheart
Killer Be Killed
Ratos De Porão
Gama Bomb
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Get The Shot
Metal Church
Transmetal
Kerry King
Exhorder
Toxic Holocaust
Evergreen Terrace
Ektomorf
Enforcer
Biting Elbows
Black Tide
Dave Lombardo
Revocation
Matthew K. Heafy
Grave Digger
Hellripper
Tankard
Liliac
Turbo
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