Explainers

Three millimetres of hand position is the difference between thrash and ordinary heavy metal

What Makes Thrash Metal Sound Different

Declan Rourke · Nov 19, 2025

Slayer on stage

What Thrash Metal Actually Is: Sound, Speed and Style

Declan Rourke · Nov 12, 2025

Necrophagia on stage at Domination Fest in Chicago

Who Was the First Death Metal Band?

Rafael Quintero · Nov 10, 2025

Bathory performing live on stage

First Wave Black Metal Explained

Eirik Solvang · Oct 18, 2025

Slaughter performing live on stage

Who Invented Death Metal? Possessed, Death and the Argument That Will Not Die

Rafael Quintero · Oct 11, 2025

Gary Holt, whose downpicked rhythm playing defined the local style

What Is the Bay Area Thrash Sound?

Declan Rourke · Oct 10, 2025