Genre Histories
Thrash Metal: The Complete History, the Bands and the Albums
Thrash metal is the point at which heavy metal stopped being about power and started being about velocity. The whole story: a demo tape that crossed a continent, a mortgage that paid for the first album, four scenes, one impossible year, and a song that reached the charts thirty six years late.
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Thrash Metal: The Complete History, the Bands and the Albums
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Roots: NWOBHM, Motörhead, Venom, Hardcore and the Tape Traders (1979–1982)
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The Bay Area: El Cerrito, Ruthie's Inn and the Birth of a Sound (1982–1986)
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Los Angeles, New York and the Big Four (1983–1988)
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Teutonic Thrash: Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and the Ruhr (1983–1990)
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Brazil, Canada and the Rest of the World (1984–1991)
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Crossover: Where Thrash Met Hardcore (1984–1990)
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The Golden Years (1986–1990)
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The Fall and the Revival (1991–Now)
