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Thrash metal is possibly the most popular subgenre of metal among metalheads. Basically, it's a fusion of Hardcore Punk and the music of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM; you know, Iron Maiden). In slightly more detail, thrash metal, also known as "thrash", features very fast guitar playing, often with a signature "chugging" sound, and very fast drumming. Seriously, the drumming is impossibly fast... unless you're an actual thrash metal drummer, in which case, it's not.

Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularized mainly by the "Big Four" (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.

Fellow metal genres Death Metal, Groove Metal and arguably Black Metal evolved directly from thrash. Thrash metal evolved from Speed Metal, and was instrumental in the creation of Power Metal

Bands typically described as thrash metal include:

Old Guard

American West Coast

Dark Angel
Death Angel
Exodus
Forbidden
Heathen
Hirax
Lääz Rockit
Megadeth
Metallica
Sadus
Slayer
Testament
Tourniquet (also Progressive Metal and Christian Metal)
Torture
Vio-lence

American East Coast

Anthrax
Carnivore
D.R.I (later)
Demolition Hammer
Hallows Eve
Iced Earth (later became Power Metal)
M.O.D
Nuclear Assault
Overkill
S.O.D
Toxik (also Progressive Metal)
Whiplash
Watchtower (also Progressive Metal)

Misc. American

Exhorder (Mixed with Groove Metal)

Teutonic (German)

Assassin
Angel Dust (later became Power Metal)
Destruction
Despair
Exumer
Holy Moses
Kreator
Living Death
Mekong Delta
Paradox, beginning with Heresy (formerly Speed Metal)
Protector
SDI
Sodom
Tankard
Violent Force

Brazilian

Attomica
Dorsal Atlantica
Executer
Explicit Hate
Holocausto
Korzus
Mutilator
MX
Sarcófago (Mixed with Black Metal and Death Metal)
Sepultura before Chaos AD (later became Groove Metal; they brought back the thrash/death influence starting with Dante XXI)
Soulfly, beginning with Dark Ages

Canadian

3 Inches of Blood (also Power Metal)
Annihilator (fused with Speed Metal and Progressive Metal; later material mixed with Groove Metal as well)
Anvil (YMMV, has more in common with Heavy Metal with Power Metal touches)
Infernäl Mäjesty
Razor
Sacrifice
Voivod (also Progressive Metal)

Misc.

Hobbs Angel Of Death (Australian)
Mortal Sin (Australian)
Sabbat (British)
Onslaught (British)
Coroner (Swiss)

New Blood

Barbatos
Bodycount
Bonded By Blood
Demiricous
Diamond Plate
Evile
Fueled By Fire
Gama Bomb
God Forbid
Havok
The Haunted
Hexen
Lazarus AD
Lich King
Machine Head, beginning with The Blackening (formerly Groove Metal)
Mantic Ritual
Merciless Death
Municipal Waste
Razormaze
Revocation
The Showdown (recent material, Started out somewhere in between Death Metal and Metalcore)
Susperia
Toxic Holocaust
Vektor
Warbringer

Tropes common in this genre are

Darker and Edgier: Compared to its direct progenitor Speed Metal.
Gorn: Not used as much as death metal, but still occasionally used, most famously by Slayer.
Harsh Vocals: occasionally employed, doing it to much leads to confusion with Death Metal.
Metal Scream: Often more of the operatic or snarling variety.
Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness: Generally ranges from 8-10 (ten being more rare).

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 '''Thrash metal''' is possibly the most popular subgenre of metal among metalheads. Basically, it's a fusion of [[Hardcore Punk]] and the music of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM; you know, [[Iron Maiden]]). In slightly more detail, thrash metal, also known as "thrash", features very fast guitar playing, often with a signature "chugging" sound, and very fast drumming. Seriously, the drumming is impossibly fast... unless you're an actual thrash metal drummer, in which case, it's not.
-Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularized mainly by the "Big Four" ([[Metallica]], [[Megadeth]], [[Slayer]] and [[Anthrax]]) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June of 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.
+Thrash metal began in the early eighties, and was popularized mainly by the "Big Four" ([[Metallica]], [[Megadeth]], [[Slayer]] and [[Anthrax]]) as well as the three main bands of the Teutonic thrash metal scene in Germany (Sodom, Kreator, Destruction). Nowadays it's a bit old-fashioned, but still sufficiently popular that it has seen a "revival" of sorts in the 2000s (see the "New Blood" section). In June 2010, the Big Four of thrash metal played together on one stage for the first time ever in a historic concert tour in Europe.
 Fellow metal genres [[Death Metal]], [[Groove Metal]] and arguably [[Black Metal]] evolved directly from thrash. Thrash metal evolved from [[Speed Metal]], and was instrumental in the creation of [[Power Metal]]
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 * [[Darker and Edgier]]: Compared to its direct progenitor [[Speed Metal]].
 * [[Gorn]]: Not used as much as death metal, but still occasionally used, most famously by Slayer.
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