While thrash in the 80’s and early 90’s was generally an American phenomenon the Canadians were hot on their tails, releasing a steady stream of ferociously violent [...]
Thrash not heavy enough? Death metal too heavy? Fear not! Death/thrash met you in the middle…. and in the late 80s and early 90s this fusion of the two [...]
Thrash not heavy enough? Death metal too heavy? Fear not! Death/thrash met you in the middle…. and in the late 80s and early 90s this fusion of the two genres gave us [...]
Considering the UK invented heavy metal, it’s always frustrating to reflect on how ‘seemingly’ unsuccessful we were at thrash metal! Predominantly an American [...]
Art that is eventually lauded as ‘classic’ often meets with hostility and, at first, UK doom legends Cathedral were no exception to this rule! By following up their [...]
Considering the UK invented heavy metal, it’s always frustrating to reflect on how ‘seemingly’ unsuccessful we were at thrash metal! Predominantly an American [...]
Megadeth‘s third album, So Far, So Good… So What! turns 35 years old today and it remains a sure-fire classic of 80s thrash. Of course, being sandwiched in [...]
Saxon are truly one of the great heavy metal bands of all time – and arguably the best traditional metal act operating in Britain today – but when it comes to [...]
With 16 studio albums to choose from (we haven’t included Metal Jukebox or Unarmed in this), whittling down the 5 essential albums from these power metal legends [...]
These Bay Area titans of thrash need no introduction and with 13 exemplary studio albums to choose from, we had a hard time whittling ’em down to – what we [...]