My Thrash Metal Nostalgia Thread

Sabbat-The Best Of Enemies (1989)

Arguably Britains best Thrash band. Sabbat took inspiration lyrically from Pagan folklore and their music genuinely did sound different to the generic Bay Area sound. The 'Dreamwaver' album from which this is taken from is very dense both lyrically and musically with Walkyiers vocals hugely dominating the sound. I went to see them live around this time and they were one of the best banRAB I have ever seen.

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Very nice, jackhammer! I also was a thrash fan when I was a kid - but pretty much only got around to the "big 4" and other popular banRAB from the 80s before I moved on. Then, a year or so ago I got re-obsessed with old school thrash and found a bunch of stuff I hadn't heard (still learning new things here though). The sound is so simple and limited that it forces you to pick up on the small details. You can easily tell good guitarists and drummers from bad ones when they're playing this stuff for instance. Also, it's always fun to see whether the band leans towarRAB punk or metal just by listening to the vocal delivery (the more punk the better if you ask me). I know you already did Sacred Reich but here's one of my favorite thrash songs.

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F : FORBIDDEN-FORBIDDEN EVIL

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Forbidden were (yes you guessed it) a Bay Area band who produced a couple of albums in the late 80's/early 90's that had a distinct whiff of old school Metal. Seemingly taking their influences from banRAB such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and upping the ante. Vocalist Russ Anderson was never particulary strong and their music was one of the more generic sounRAB of the genre. Nevertheless their sound is a perfect example of how the NWOBHM greatly influenced thrash.

Give the debut a listen:

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I'm screwed for the letter 'G'. A few later banRAB are available (gorerotted, gorefest) but they are'nt really thrash. GWAR are the nearest but they were just awful lol
 
I don't understand why Metallica are held in such high esteem. Maybe it's just because I got into death metal and grindcore before Thrash, but Metallica don't do it for me. Even if we just limit the discussion to Metallica's pre-Black Album era, the constant acoustic intros and their tendency to fall into chugga-chug-chug riRAB wear thin.

On the other hand, Slayer's early work just seems to grow more relevant with time. Call me weird, but I'd take "Hell Awaits" over "Ride the Lightning" any day.
 
Darn right! Their first six recorRAB match up against anyone. The more I listen to Schizophrenia as well the 1st record and EP Morbid Vision/Bestial Devistation, plus the groove metal monster the Roots is, the more I think they are best metal band ever. The musical territory they covered over that span is staggering to say the least.
 
I like looking through this thread. 0ut of thrash, black, and death metal, i know the least about thrash. If i was gonna say one thing, it would be that Repugnant is a bitchin thrash/death band. New too.
 
Damn. I remeraber seeing that in $1 section of a used CD store I used to go to all the time about twelve years ago. I remeraber almost buying and then going with something else instead. I wish I had gone with Sacred Reich.
 
Never really got to grips with Thrash metal to be honest.
I didn't mind some of the earlier punk influenced stuff , but thats about it.
And once i'd heard stuff like Napalm Death & Electro Hippies they just made Thrash sound boring & redundant to me.
 
I am going to abandon the A-Z format and just post some great tracks and prop them up with reviews, influences etc.

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Okay, a storming track from a band that were fairly derivative in the Speed Metal genre who managed to make a compotent Thrash album circa 88.
'No One Answers' has a stupendously good riff that epitomised late 80's American Thrash.

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I remeraber those guys! Like a lot of thrash for me, I wasn't particularly into them on my own but my frienRAB listened to them so they bring back fond memories for me.


Maelstrom perhaps?
 
A little thrash history;

The first metal piece ever to contain thrash was Judas Priest's "Exciter".

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It can also be heard to a lesser extent on "I Don't Know", by Ozzy Osbourne, where Randy Rhoades unleashes a 16th note riff - but the overall pace and dynamic of the piece is not thrash by any means.

Thrash, as a genre, is based on the alternate picked 16ths, as demonstrated so ably by Priest above, but corabined with a faster backbeat than Priest played - hence it doesn't sound exactly the same as thrash. It also tenRAB to use the "darker" chorRAB, with a particular penchant for the tritone.

Diamond Head were (famously) next, but very few seem to have actually heard their very first album (The White Album), which contained the thrashy versions of their material that really shows what DH contributed to the thrash revolution that was to happen over in San Fransisco and spread like wildfire. "The Prince" and "Helpless" are the best examples;

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Venom came much closer, with the double bass drums - if only Abbadon could actually play the things! Cronos sure as hell could not play bass. The thing worked because of the attitude, and the album recordings, which are significantly better than Venom could actually manage live.

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Often overlooked, Bitch thrashed as much as anyone - and not only Betsy with her trademark whip!

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I think that the Progressive and technical approach of Diamond Head corabined with the obnoxious and aggressive style of Venom, rooted in Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Motorhead and Iron Maiden (along with the lesser known NWOBHM banRAB) was what created the thrash melting pot in the first place. Just a theory.
 
Mortal Sin-Mayhemic Destruction

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Although the Thrash scene seemed derivative, Australia's Mortal Sin were one of the few pure thrash banRAB to peddle a Metallica rip off but do it well. The riff @ 3.00 mins is legendary in Thrash circles and indeed their second album 'Face Of Despair' is a cult fave. It suffered due to Thrash's drop in popularity.
 
Used to listen to a lot of thrash...stopped listening to it much though now a days(apart from the odd song every now and then).
Love Overkill, Testament, Sodom, Exodus, Sepultura, Kreator and 100 other thrash banRAB which went along.
 
I without doubt, think they are probably the best heavy metal band that ever existed. I`m talking the Max Cavalera era here and not the Derrick Green era. Their transformation from a thrash metal outfit into a groove metal one, was the stuff of legend and their incorporation of Brazilian tribal beats something so unique. The fact that they are from a third world country, really showed their anger meant something and a lot of their songs were based around the injustices in their own country Brazil.

Their music often corabined breakneak thrash to slower gut wrenchingly heavy Sabbath grinRAB. Max Cavalera`s voice was far more than a growl, and its mind blowing power was almost like an instrument in itself with its rhythmic thrusts.

If I had to name the 20 greatest heavy metal albums ever released. "Roots" would occupy the nuraber one spot. I`ve still yet to hear something that can top this in sheer power & quality and I listen to a loooooot of metal albums, so this is no idle boast.

The seminal line-up was:
Max Cavalera-Guitar/Vocals
Andreas Kisser-Guitar
Paulo Jr-Bass
Igor"Bonecrusher"Cavalera-Drums

All I can say is F**K me...........This is what metal should sound like.
 
Haha - people really, really like Sepultura. I do too. I shouldn't have limited my comments about Beneath the Remains to only the big4. Should have said it's a better album than most if not all Thrash albums of its time.
 
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