War is a common lyrical obsession in heavy metal, but few artists have done it with more overwhelming effect than Germany’s Sodom. Although the band’s themes were more closely aligned with ...

Paranoia is a three-piece thrash metal band based in Lark Harbour, N.L. The band members' love of metal has bonded them together and helped them get through some tough times.

Canada was home to many intriguing, yet often inconsistent thrash metal outfits in the 1980s (Razor, Piledriver, Slaughter, etc.), but Toronto’s Sacrifice have proven themselves very reliable ...

Tearing out of the Bay Area thrash scene, the group came hot on the heels of Metallica's rising stardom in the '80s, securing plentiful interest with the release of 'The New Order' in 1988.

By 1997's 'Remains', not only was Annihilator struggling to remain true to thrash stylings, it was struggling to exist at all. Endless line-up changes were frequently chopping up the sounds and ...

Forty-two years ago today, Metallica released their debut album. The release would play a major part in shaping thrash metal.

Clearly, Metallica had done some more “outgrowing” when it came to thrash metal. In retrospect, when thrash went into hibernation, it wasn’t all Metallica’s fault.

For diehards of the subgenre, “pizza thrash” is a derogatory term aimed at new speed metal bands that lean just a tiny bit too heavily on such ’80s idols as Metallica, Exodus and Kreator.

Thrash metal, the high-speed riff-fest pioneered by bands like the Bay Area “big four” (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax), was once largely considered a relic of a bygone era until a ...

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard came back this year with a new record, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation.