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Thrash metal

A subgenre of metal music, considered by many to be the original extreme metal genre. It essentially began as a derivative of speed metal, played by bands like Motorhead and Overkill. Thrash metal took the high speed aspect of such bands, and added NWOBHM influenced melodies, and more progressive elements to the music.

Thrash metal's origins trace back to the early 1980's, and San Fransisco is considered the birthplace of most of the thrash greats. Thrash metal bands include Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Exodus, Kreator, etc. It has proved to be very influential to almost every metal style that has come about since it's inception, and has experienced somewhat of a popularity revival in recent years.
Dude 1: *Slayer playing in the background* Man, Thrash metal fucking owns! what the hell happened to bands like this?

Dude 2: Uh, I'm going to go see Megadeth in 2 weeks..

Dude 1: ...You bastard!
by FlightofIcarus April 10, 2010
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thrash kicks nu metal's little boy scrotum into its mouth
dont forget Testament, Exodus, and Megadeth
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Thrash Metal

A Sub-Genre of Metal made popular during the 80's originally by bands such as Motorhead and Venom. Metallica then took the style and made it into a more popular and prominent style. Other bands through the Thrash ages are Overkill, Exodus, Testament, Megadeth, Sepultura, Vio-Lence, Dark Angel, Death Angel, Kreator and so forth.

Basically Thrash is a fast paced Metal style that usually includes lots of Palm Muting on the top E string and mega fast solo's.
"Did you see Overkill play last night"

"Yeah, they were Thrashy as fuck!"
by ThrashMaster March 17, 2004
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Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. The origins of thrash metal are generally traced to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when a number of heavy metal bands began incorporating speed metal's extreme speed into traditional metal melody and riffs.
Thrash metal bands include:
* Megadeth
* Metallica
* Anthrax
* Sepultura
* Slayer
* Testament
* Death Angel
by DJ-BILLZ August 10, 2005
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Thrasher

A magazine company who also sell expensive clothing, meant to be worn by only the gnarliest of skaters however it is mostly worn
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Thrash Metal is not Speed Metal. Many confuse the two genres. Thrash Metal started in the early 80's with bands like Metallica and Overkill. Thrash has a strong hardcore punk influence, while Speed Metal is mainly a faster version of traditional heavy metal. I read somewhere someone was saying Megadeth is speed metal. Not True! They are Thrash. Thrash Metal and Speed Metal are two completely different genres. Thrash has had influence on the more extreme genres and didn't show up until quite a few years after Speed Metal which started to surface in the late 70's.
Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill, thrash metal
by heavy metal machine July 24, 2010
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