History Main / ThrashMetal

Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularised mainly by the "Big Four" (Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/{{Slayer}} and Music/{{Anthrax}}) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June of 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.

Fellow metal genres DeathMetal, GrooveMetal and arguably BlackMetal evolved directly from thrash. Thrash metal evolved from SpeedMetal, and was intrumental in the creation of PowerMetal

* Sarcófago

* Anvil

Fellow metal genres DeathMetal, GrooveMetal and arguably BlackMetal evolved directly from thrash. Thrash metal is sometimes distinguished from "speed metal" by fans who like to subdivide subgenres, the latter being thrash metal where the guitarist has spent an awful lot of time practicing.

Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularised mainly by the "Big Four" (Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Megadeth}}, {{Slayer}} and Music/{{Anthrax}}) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June of 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.

* {{Slayer}}

* Testament

'''Thrash metal''' is possibly the most popular subgenre of metal among metalheads. Basically, it's a fusion of HardcorePunk and the music of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM; you know, IronMaiden). In slightly more detail, thrash metal, also known as "thrash", features very fast guitar playing, often with a signature "chugging" sound, and very fast drumming. Seriously, the drumming is [[BeyondTheImpossible impossibly fast]]... unless you're an actual thrash metal drummer, in which case, it's not.

* Tourniquet (also ProgressiveMetal and ChristianMetal(

Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularised mainly by the "Big Four" ({{Metallica}}, Music/{{Megadeth}}, {{Slayer}} and {{Anthrax}}) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June of 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.

* {{Metallica}}

* {{Anthrax}}

Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularised mainly by the "Big Four" ({{Metallica}}, {{Megadeth}}, {{Slayer}} and {{Anthrax}}) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June of 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.

* {{Megadeth}}

* {{Overkill}}

* Tankard

* Tourniquet

* Toxik

* Watchtower

* {{Sepultura}} (at least until ''Chaos AD'')

* [[ThreeInchesOfBlood 3 Inches of Blood]]

* Voivod

* MachineHead

* BodyCount

* Evile

* {{Sepultura}} (at least until ''Chaos AD'')
* {{Soulfly}}, beginning with ''Dark Ages''

** {{Soulfly}}, beginning with ''Dark Ages''

Fellow metal genres DeathMetal, GrooveMetal and arguably BlackMetal evolved directly from thrash. Thrash metal is sometimes distinguished from "speed metal" by fans who like to subdivide subgenres, the latter being thrash metal where the guitarist has spent an awful lot of time practising.

* Celtic Frost (Technically Swiss but w/e)
* Coroner