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What thrash metals ‘big four’ have been upto
May 1st, 2009
Thrash metal has had something of a revival of late -Lets look at thrash’s ‘big four’ -Metallica, Slayer, Meagdeth 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 technicality of ‘And justice for all’, Metallica were catapulted into rock stardom with the ‘black’ album, which cause many to level claims of ’sell out’ at the band. 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. A step back in the right direction? We’ll see.
- Slayer. From California, Slayer started out sounding very Judas Priest/ Iron maiden-ish with their first two albums ‘Show no mercy’ and ‘Hell awaits’, then came their classic thrash album ‘reign in blood’ in 1986, bringing in more speed, aggression and balls to the wall brutality. When the 90s killed off most metal bands Slayer continued to survive, flying the flag for metal. 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 all his anger into Meagdeth. 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’. Megadeths one constant has alwasy been Mustaine, with a revolving door policy on the other band members. Mustaine called a close to Megadeth in 2002 after being left with nerve damage in one of his arms. Intensive pyshical therapy repaired my hand and Meagdeth were up and running again in 2004, releasing the system has failed and united abominations.
- Anthrax. Formed in mind 1981 by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, Anthrax gave us ‘Fistful of metal’ in 1984, the only album to feature 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 then seem to disapear from view, being ‘forgotten’ on their new label, until they moved onto Nuclear Blast and released ‘we have come for you all’ in 2004. The band later re-united with Joey Belladonna before he to jumped ship- and Anthrax have now drafted in Dan Nelson and are currently writing new materal.
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Did we really love 80s metal that much?
April 30th, 2009
The world has been going 80s retro mad for the past few years -why?
Time blurs and clouds our memories -and styles and objects which were ridiculed at the time are now ‘cool’. Acts from the 80s are beginning to reform and release new albums, proving they can show the youngsters how its done.
The thrash metal scene, which was prevalent during the 80s and peaked with the 1986 releases of Metallica’s ‘Master of puppets’ and Slayer’s ‘Reign in blood’ albums (let the flaming begin) has had a revival, with newer bands such as Municipal Waste and Evile flying the flag for thrash metal. The original thrash bands such as Exodus, Kreator and Testament are recieving the credit they deserve and have taken the time to give us more albums and tours. Iron Maiden returned to top form again, much like their 80s haydays and the Darkness shone the spotlight on glam rock. Anthrax brought back Joey Belladonna, only for him to leave again afew months later, with Anthrax then searching for yet another singer. Dave Mustaine called it a day on Megadeth due to a hand injury, only to recover and release new albums -expect another new one this year. Kreator spent the 90s moving away from the thrash sound they help develop with 1986’s ‘a pleasure to kill’, only to return to the well with 2001’s ‘Violent revolution’, 2005’s ‘Enemy of god’ and their recent effort ‘Hordes of chaos’ has seen the German group return to their glory days.
Thrash is again very much alive and well, but does this mean these bands will be chucked out into the cold for a resurgance in ‘britpop’ and 90s retro?
Lets hope this isnt the case.
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