Blazing out of the fires of heavy metal and adopting the pace and aggression of the burgeoning hardcore movement, thrash metal was the defining sound of heavy music in the 1980s. That entire ...

After firing many warning shots on their first two albums, Slayer perfected thrash metal in 1986 on Reign In Blood. Pushing the agenda to play faster, harder, and nastier than the other bands in ...

"Europe was a little bit behind with the kind of support from the media. Later on, we had Headbangers Ball too, but it never ...