As Metallica et al broke through, Kreator, Sodom and Destruction were forging an even harder sound. They recall gigs in coalmines, sessions in steelworks – and boozing with Slayer ...

Formed in the mid-’80s, these brawling Germans seemed poised for the big time after the release of their 1987 debut, Product Of Imagination. Though owing a clear debt to early Metallica, Paradox ...

Here is the most played song live by 15 big thrash metal bands. Thrash's history spans more than four decades with Metallica largely credited for birthing the genre with their 1983 debut Kill 'Em All.

Artillery, a Danish thrash band that formed in 1982, remains underrated and underappreciated when it comes to other bands from that era. With riff after blazing riff, Artillery’s early sound fit right ...

It took a while—through nearly two decades of grunge, post-grunge, nü-metal, rap-rock, post-rock and more—but it’s finally back, in its pure, unadulterated, street-grade form. I’m talking about heavy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans of classic thrash metal, get ready. Testament, one of the defining bands of the 1980s Bay Area thrash scene, just announced ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- With roots dating back to the primordial days of the Bay Area thrash-metal revolution during the early '80s, local heroes Death Angel have long been representatives of one of ...

Death thrashers Suicidal Angels have been on the scene since 2001 and are only now signing to Nuclear Blast for 'Sanctify the Darkness,' due out in January. The secret to the band's perseverance and ...

Thrash metal icons Testament Have recently reissued their classic first two albums, “The Legacy” and “The New Order,” on Nuclear Blast Records. Credit: (Nuclear Blast Records/Submitted) At the end of ...