With a current thash metal revival in full swing, lets looks at thrash big four bands- Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.
- Metallica. One of the first wave of thrash bands, Metallica gave us ‘kill ‘em all’ in 1983 and ‘Ride the Lightning’ a year later, then stepped things up with 1986′s Master of puppets -an album people claim is the pinnacle of the genre. After the technical ‘And justice for all’, the ‘black’ album took them to superstar status, which caused many cries of ‘sell out’ from fans of their earlier work. After following 2 more albums, a Napster lawsuit and rehab, Metallica returned with ‘St Anger’, the making of is documented in the movie ‘some kind of monster’. Last year saw the release of ‘Death Magnetic’, hailed as the ‘best’ Metallica record in years. Still no ‘Master of puppets though’.
- Slayer. Coming from Southern California, Slayer wore they Iron Maiden and Judas Priest influences on thier sleeve for the first two albums ‘show no mercy’ and ‘Hell awaits’, before finding their voice with the over 1986 classic ‘Reign in blood’. While most metal bands died off in the 90s, Slayer continued doing what they do best -playing Brutallly heavy. Seasons in the abyss, ‘Diabilous in musica’ and ‘Divine intervention’ were all released during this time. Original drummer Dave Lombardo returned after ‘God hates us all’ for ‘Christ illusion’. Rumors persist of the next album being the last one- lets hope that isnt the case.
- Megadeth. After being fired from Metallica, Dave Mustaine put his anger and rage into his new band Megadeth. They released debut album ‘killing is my business and business is good’ in 1985, then much loved albums ‘peace sells’, ‘rust in peace’ amd countdown to extinction’. Megadeth have always had a revolving door policy, with the only constant being Dave Mustaine, who called it a day in 2002 after nerve damage in his hand left him unable to play guitar. But Mustaine undertook intensive pyshical therapy and re-formed Megadeth in 2004, releasing two albums -the system has failed and untied abominations.
- Anthrax. Anthrax came to being in 1981 with guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, releasing ‘fistful of metal’ in 1984, their only record with original vocalist Neil Turbin. Anthrax then bought in Joey Belladonna for the next 5 albums -including ‘spreading the disease’ and ‘Among the living’. After Belladonna left John Bush of Armored Saint joined the band. Anthrax were then pushed to the side on their new label until Nuclear Blast picked them up and gave us ‘we have come for you all’ in 2004. Anthrax later re-united with Joey Belladonna before he left again, bringing in unknown Dan Nelson. Can they survive another vocalist change? The new album will let us know.
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