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Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, who is promoting his upcoming memoir, “A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Beyond,” was asked on the Turned Out A Punk podcast if he and his bandmates were upset that they were “marketed into the metal world” alongside bands like Metallica when they first signed to major label...
Can you hear them gnawing? They’re almost through the wall. Thrash metal icons Flotsam & Jetsam, known for their trailblazing blend of blistering thrash and soaring power metal—established on breakthrough records like the Kerrang! championed classic “Doomsday for the Deceiver”, (1986), “No Place for Disgrace”, (1988), and “Cuatro”, (1992) and refined in their current renaissance...
The iconic thrash metal band Slayer‘s main vocalist and bassist Tom Araya will be the Grand Marshal of the Liqui Moly-sponsored 400 on Sunday, May 3, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, as per Blabbermouth. As Texas Motor Speedway commemorates its 30th anniversary season, Araya will give the order for drivers to start their...
2026 is looking to be a banner year for thrash metal, am I right? Just in January we’ve had releases from Kreator and Megadeth: this alone should be worth the ticket entry to this fantastic metal subgenre. And here we are, happy as ever, with a new Kreator album to listen and to enjoy. Let’s...
The year 2016 saw albums from veteran thrash metal bands as well as from the new generation of thrash metal. We already listed albums celebrating their 50th, 40th, 30th, and 20th anniversaries, and now it’s time to take a look at which albums saw the light of day in 2016. 1. Megadeth – “Dystopia”: Megadeth...
The year 1986 was a celebratory year for two extremes of metal: classics were released in both the hair metal and thrash metal genres. We already listed albums turning 50, and now it’s time to take a look at what 1986 had to offer. 1. Metallica – “Master Of Puppets”: Metallica surpassed themselves with their...
There are albums that you don’t just listen to: you experience them. They introduce you to a new way of seeing the world of music, abandoning melody to embrace dirty palm-muted riffs and anger against the system that oppresses you! Metallica‘s “Kill ‘Em All” is one of those records that changed the way we understand...
In a recent appearance on Reigning TV, Kerry King, the guitarist for Slayer, and Mark Osegueda, the singer of Death Angel, were asked which thrash metal band they preferred, Metallica or Megadeth. As reported by theprp, together with Slayer and Anthrax, the latter two bands are regarded as mainstays of the thrash metal scene. King...
Blackened death/thrash metal project Morbikon will unleash their “Lost Within The Astral Crypts” full-length on November 21st via Tankcrimes. The creative effort of guitarist/bassist Phil “Landphil” Hall (Municipal Waste, Cannabis Corpse, Iron Reagan) with Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns (Finntroll, …And Oceans) on vocals, Morbikon is guided by the second wave of Scandinavian black metal and melodic death metal scenes of the ‘90s. The...
An uncovered interview between Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield prior of the publication of Metallica‘s 1991 self-titled “Black Album” indicates that the band were distancing themselves from the thrash metal moniker and feeling a little defensive about allegations that their music was growing more mainstream. As reported from loudersound, the band talked to a Music...
