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Alice In Hell
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One of the "Big Four" of Canadian thrash, featuring classically trained guitarist Jeff Waters.
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Annihilator
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Among The Living
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NYC band featuring Scott Ian. They famously collaborated on the single "Bring the Noise" with hip hop act Public Enemy.
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Anthrax
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By Inheritance
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Veteran Danish band named after a Tank song. One of their most well known songs is "Khomaniak".
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Artillery
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Mental Vortex
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Proggy Swiss thrash metallers once roadies for Celtic Frost. Other albums include "Grin" & "No More Color".
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Coroner
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Darkness Descends
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LA band heavily influenced by Slayer and at one time featuring drummer Gene Hoglan. Other albums include "Live Scars".
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Dark Angel
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The Ultra-Violence
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Filipino Bay Area thrash band whose drummer joined the band when he was only 10 years old.
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Death Angel
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Infernal Overkill
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Leather clad & bullet belt wearing band originally named "Knight of Demon". One of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash.
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Destruction
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Dirty Rotten LP
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Texan band who started out as hardcore punks & were one of the pioneers of crossover.
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D.R.I
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Enter The Grave
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English thrash revivalists from Huddersfield, featuring brothers Ol & Matt Drake. Other albums include "Infected Nations".
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Evile
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Bonded By Blood
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Pioneering California band who many think should be included in the "Big Four". Kirk Hammett was a member before Metallica.
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Exodus
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Forbidden Evil
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Bay Area thrash band featuring drummer Paul Bostaph, later recruited by Slayer.
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Forbidden
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Survival Of The Fastest
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Ultra fast thrash revivalists from Northern Ireland. Other albums include "Citizen Brain".
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Gama Bomb
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Breaking The Silence
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Yet another Bay Area thrash band. Other albums include "Victims of Deception" & 2020's comeback album "Empire of the Blind".
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Heathen
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Pleasure To Kill
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One of Germany's most successful metal bands & one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash. Other albums include "Enemy of God".
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Kreator
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Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
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Band Dave Mustaine formed after being kicked out of Metallica. One of the "Big Four" of thrash.
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Megadeth
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The Dark
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Veteran US band featuring guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. Their style has also been described as traditional or power metal.
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Metal Church
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Master Of Puppets
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One of the biggest bands on the planet, featuring James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.
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Metallica
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The Art Of Partying
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Popular new milennium thrash/crossover band from Virginia, known for their sense of humor & lyrics about partying.
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Municipal Waste
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Game Over
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NYC band featuring bassist Dan Lilker who formed the band after being fired from Anthrax.
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Nuclear Assault
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In Search Of Sanity
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Bristol band who started out as hardcore punk. One of the "Big Four" of English thrash. Other albums include "The Force".
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Onslaught
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The Years Of Decay
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Prominent East Coast thrashers featuring vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth. They have a very distinctive green logo.
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Overkill
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Executioner's Tax
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Crossover/thrash revivalists from Dallas, Texas. Riley Gale, their singer, tragically died in 2020 at the age of 35.
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Power Trip
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Evil Invaders
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Slayer-esque speed metal/thrash band & one of Canada's "big four". Other albums include "Armed & Dangerous".
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Razor
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Ignorance
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Socio-political themed group from Phoenix, Arizona. Another popular album is "The American Way".
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Sacred Reich
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History Of A Time To Come
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One of the "Big Four" of English thrash, featuring vocalist Martin Walkyier. Known for their pagan lyrical themes.
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Sabbat
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Forward To Termination
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One of the "big four" of Canadian thrash. Other albums include "Soldier of Misfortune" and "Torment in Fire".
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Sacrifice
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Beneath The Remains
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Deathy thrash metal band from Brazil, once featuring brothers Max & Igor Cavalera.
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Sepultura
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Reign In Blood
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Ultra fast, aggressive & highly influential California band featuring Tom Araya & Kerry King. One of the "Big Four".
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Slayer
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Agent Orange
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Old testament themed German band featuring bassist/vocalist Tom Angelripper. One of the "Big Four of Teutonic thrash".
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Sodom
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Speak English Or Die
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NYC crossover band featuring members of Anthrax & known for their deliberately offensive, tongue in cheek lyrics.
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S.O.D
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Institutionalized
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Crossover band once banned from performing in their hometown of LA due to their alleged gang affiliations & violent shows.
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Suicidal Tendencies
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Zombie Attack
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German band & self proclaimed "Kings of Beer" who made a career with songs about beer & partying.
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Tankard
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Souls Of Black
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One of thrash's most well known bands outside of the "Big Four" featuring vocalist Chuck Billy.
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Testament
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Terminal Redux
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Newer thrash band with technical/progressive leanings. Heavily influenced by Voivod & also featuring sci-fi lyrical themes.
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Vektor
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Eternal Nightmare
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Weirdly hyphened Bay Area thrashers featuring guitarist Robb Flynn, who would go on to form Machine Head.
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Vio-lence
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Dimension Hatross
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Noisy thrashers from Quebec who evolved into a highly regarded progessive metal band. One of the "big four" of Canadian thrash.
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Voivod
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War Without End
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War-themed Californian thrash metal revivalists formed in 2004 while band members were still in high school.
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Warbringer
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Shattered Existence
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One of the "Big Four" of English thrash. They got in trouble for using the Ghostbusters logo on a 1990 single.
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Xentrix
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