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 ...

For every wildly successful Metallica, there are countless metal bands that never grabbed the brass ring. In the ‘80s, extreme metal was breaking through, and there was a plethora of great bands to ...

Throughout heavy metal's dizzying evolution and splicing into countless subgenres (and subgrenres of subgenres), thrash metal's core DNA of high-tempo riffage, ripping solos and full-throttle, ...

Did Metallica's Black Album destroy thrash metal or help it survive? Discover how the band's massive success changed heavy metal history forever.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine believes Testament, Trivium, Overkill and Exodus are thrash metal's new "Big Four" bands. The 65-year-old rocker's group was one quarter of the so-called "Big Four" of ...

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has named Testament, Overkill, Exodus and potentially Trivium as the bands he believes could represent a new generation of thrash metal’s Big Four.

On October 21, two former members of thrash pioneers MEGADETH, bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Jeff Young, were guests in the studio of Fox Rochester's "ARC Rochester" to promote a show in ...

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth has pitched a new Big Four of thrash metal in an attempt to give the original concept a modern update. As fans know, the Big Four represents the bands that helped bring ...

Dave Mustaine's imprint can be found all over thrash metal history and during a recent chat with Sao Paulo, Brazil's 89FM A Rock Radio, the Megadeth frontman and guitarist shared one way in which he ...

If you've ever wanted to get into a new style of music, you know it can be overwhelming figuring out where to start. Reddit is a good platform for those looking for advice, as metalheads often ask ...

(Glass Onyon) Lightyear Entertainment announces that it will release a spinoff of the acclaimed "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" (2006) titled "Get Thrashed: Around the World" on Tuesday, ...

Dueling electric guitars ignited chaos onstage at the historic Haltom Theater over spring break as if it were 1989 again, the heyday of thrash metal. Gammacide ax-men Rick Perry, the band’s founder ...