Exodus helped build Bay Area thrash from the ground up. From Bonded by Blood to Goliath, the band’s legacy never needed Big ...

Forty-three years ago today, on July 5, 1983, Los Angeles crossover pioneers Suicidal Tendencies released their self-titled ...

Throughout heavy metal's dizzying evolution and splicing into countless subgenres (and subgrenres of subgenres), thrash metal's core DNA of high-tempo riffage, ripping solos and full-throttle, ...

Two major institutions have teamed up to educate the public on an essential piece of human history. Of course, we're talking about the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of History and SLAYER!!!

Here is the most played song live by 15 big thrash metal bands. Thrash's history spans more than four decades with Metallica largely credited for birthing the genre with their 1983 debut Kill 'Em All.

Heavy metal doesn't exist in a vacuum, and as far as James Hetfield was concerned when getting Metallica together, this ...

The following list of the nine best thrash metal songs over nine minutes long proves that the genre had way more going for it than brevity and untamed aggression. Of course, ever since Metallica ...

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 ...

Thrash metal flayed disco band Kiss before bingeing on high-speed guitars, rapid double bass drum and foul lyrics. The emergence of thrash in the early ’80s poked fun at a fan base of metal historians ...

Perhaps the most important lesson to yield from the 2016 presidential election is never underestimate the power of discontent. There’s a significant parallel in country music, where, in the past few ...