Genre Histories

Thrash metal albums released in 1988

1988: The Second Peak

Declan Rourke · Feb 10, 2026

Zhema Rodero and Vulcano on stage

Sarcófago, Vulcano, Holocausto: Brazil Before Sepultura

Declan Rourke · Feb 7, 2026

Bloodbath performing live on stage Chapter 7

The Revival: Old School, Caverns and the Modern Underground

Rafael Quintero · Feb 7, 2026

Judas Iscariot on stage in January 2016

USBM: American Black Metal

Eirik Solvang · Jan 31, 2026

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica on stage in the early eighties

Thrash Album Covers That Got Banned or Changed

Declan Rourke · Jan 30, 2026

The four principal albums of 1986

1986: The Year Thrash Peaked

Declan Rourke · Jan 27, 2026

Entombed performing live on stage

Death Metal in the 1990s

Rafael Quintero · Jan 24, 2026

The drummer of Enslaved on stage during Barge to Hell in 2012

The Feud That Ended in Oslo

Eirik Solvang · Jan 24, 2026

Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman of Slayer playing live

The Album a Record Company Refused to Distribute

Declan Rourke · Jan 24, 2026

Von on stage at Tuska in 2013 Chapter 6

America: USBM, Cascadia and a Long Argument About Authenticity

Eirik Solvang · Jan 24, 2026

Two hours of prime time in October 1988 did more for the panic than a decade of print

The Satanic Panic and Thrash Metal

Declan Rourke · Jan 17, 2026

Deicide performing live on stage Chapter 6

The Nineties: The Peak, the Slump and What Survived

Rafael Quintero · Jan 17, 2026

The Senate Commerce Committee, 19 September 1985: a hearing that produced a sticker and no law

The PMRC Hearings: When the Senate Took On Metal

Declan Rourke · Jan 11, 2026

Behemoth on stage in Japan

Polish Black Metal

Andrzej Sawicki · Jan 10, 2026

Possessed performing live on stage

How Death Metal Emerged From Thrash

Rafael Quintero · Jan 9, 2026

Extreme Noise Terror performing live on stage

The UK Death Metal Scene: Bolt Thrower, Benediction and Earache

Andrzej Sawicki · Jan 3, 2026

M\u00fctiilation performing live on stage Chapter 5

France, Poland, Greece, Iceland and the Scenes That Followed

Eirik Solvang with Andrzej Sawicki · Jan 3, 2026

Emperor performing live on stage

Fantoft and the Photograph That Followed It

Eirik Solvang · Dec 27, 2025