These are the 10 thrash metal debuts that kicked all our asses back in the 1980’s….. 10. Destruction – Infernal Overkill (1985) [Germany] These Germanic, [...]
It’s common knowledge that 1986 was one of the greatest years in thrash metal and while the big hitters (Metallica, Slayer etc) were already onto their 3rd albums, [...]
By the time 1985 rolled around, thrash metal was already off to a more than healthy start but it could be argued that it was also the year when thrash truly broke [...]
Death metal may have conquered the world in the 1990’s but it was spawned in the 1980’s and it shook the metal world with its uncompromising stance on how ‘heavy’ [...]
One of the earliest Australian bands to play thrash/speed metal, NOTHING SACRED was conceived in Melbourne, Australia in 1983. Unleashing their debut EP, Deathwish, in [...]
1987 proved to be a tougher year to whittle down to just 10 defining thrash metal releases than we had initially anticipated but perseverance was the key and, after much [...]
Overkill‘s 8th album, The Killing Kind, was released on 5th March, 1996. The first Overkill album to feature Joe Comeau (Liege Lord/ ex-Annihilator) and Sebastian [...]
The 1980s were undoubtedly the golden years for shred and shredders in general, with heavy metal guitar techniques developing at lightning speed – ultimately [...]
In hindsight, 1988 would prove to be one of the most important years in the development of progressive metal with established acts embracing ‘the prog’ and new [...]
In 1989, death metal may have been finding its feet but a few, groundbreaking, releases established the sub-genre as a considerable force to be reckoned with. These are those [...]