These mentioned here are among my favorite thrash metal artists of all time along with Testament, Death Angel, Dark Angel, Xentrix, Overkill, Exodus, Laaz Rockit, Razor, Coroner, early Annihilator as well as many more from my favorite era of metal, the 80's. ♥🤘🎸
thank's for CORONER man...🇨🇭 💯🤘💥... one of my favorite band... but my no.1 band is SEPULTURA...🇧🇷💥💀🔥 metal greetings from a 56 year old metalhead from 🇨🇭🤘
Great video and by all means, continue doing such videos like this as it's interesting to track the rise and fall other genre and to hear various opinions on how they came to be in the embryonic state.
let's not forget RAVEN, ANVIL and EXCITER. and there are the early hardcore and punk influences in varying degrees. Hanneman had that side project with Dave - PAP SMEAR.
@@claysmellRaven rules, for sure specific songs definitely sound like an influence on thrash such as Hard Ride, Take Control, Wiped Out, Inquisitor, and Faster than the Speed of Light
@@SaintMartins Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm 60 and played in 'hardcore' bands in the 80's. We went from Ramones punk kids in the 70's till we heard Bad Brains then everything exploded from there.
If you look hard enough it was British Punk that spawned thrash. It also spawned goth, new wave, and a host of other genres. Metal was already there before punk with bands like Uria Heap but it was probably punk bands like GBH, Crass, and The Exploited that kicked off thrash. I remember as I grew up through it.
The Shift from Speed Metal to Thrash Metal was a „Smooth“ One. The Band Riot, covering Al di Meola shows the Roots of Thrash Metal in Jazzrock. Playing „Lightning Fast“ Guitar goes back to John McLaughlin and Johnny Winter.
Me too..Fights kept breaking out in crowd, but this was at NYC show. Black & White crews kept fighting (amongst own races too). Next day, newpaper reported violence w/ article Member of Brooklyn's popular White gang "Kings highway Boys" stabs rival etc..
Exodus, Overkill, Testament and Death Angel are right on par with the Big 4. I don't think Kirk was as much an influence in Exodus as the band would become for the genre as a whole. This is only scratching the surface. You were spot on about the significance of NWOBHM which is worth covering also.
Overkill has been even more consistent than the big 4. And I say this every chance I get, Killbox 13 is one of the most overlooked thrash albums of all time, even on Overkill’s own discography.
Credit should probably go to Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Diamond Head and Venom as far as the first thrash songs go. Plenty of speed metal around before Venom but it was really an evolution rather than invention. Exodus's demo definitely had thrash songs on it pre-dating Kill Em All's official release, but the No Life Til Leather demo was also thrash, as well as a few other bands straddling the line between speed and thrash such as Metal Church. Great content, keep it up!
Nice vid. A couple of great documentaries to check out are Murder on the Front Row and Get Thrashed. Brilliant insights into the beginnings of the thrash scene in SF and its emergence in other countries!
Yes, this is a good format. I'd also like to see origin videos for death metal and black metal, maybe even the origin of the Gothenburg sound / New Wave of Swedish Death Metal (In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, etc).
This was cool. Loved it. When I was a kid in Orlando, we said "thrash" when talking of D.R.I, Anthrax, and the bands that the skate/punk kids liked. We metalheads listened to what we called "speed metal". It seems that we never said "thrash metal" until death metal got big in town.
When you think about it, it's crazy how rock went from Elvis Presley to these bands, decades later. I don't think you could jump a bigger gap than that.
I hate that Overkill always gets overlooked. I think they released their 20th album last year and are still touring. Bobby Gustafson was one hell of a guitarist on their early albums too.
I’d give it to Motörhead!They embodied everything that would become thrash/speed metal. Lemmy was the last true rock star the way he lived his life until the very end.
Yep, these are great! This is pretty accurate and I like how you made sure to explain that anti-establishment was a big part of the music. In that sense Thrash metal was similar to early punk and I think a lot of the "thrash metal" drum beats are the same drum beats as old school 1980's punk rock, with a little more aggression and kick drum and dynamics. Also, I am not sure you can even say the term "thrash metal" without mentioning Testament. If you are looking to go further into the topic chronologically, you can start with the band Sepultura and Death and go into heavier stuff from there, which was really started going down in the early 90's at the same time as grunge music.
I was into Los Angeles hardcore punk in 1980, then moved more into speed/thrash metal in ‘83 with the tape trading scene. It’s been a while, but I still remember fairly well how the transition was taking place. Any questions? Good times.
I’d love to see videos about the big 4’s contemporaries (overkill, exodus, annihilator, keratin, testament), as well as the end of thrash as the subgenre de jour and how they adapted
The US had their big four of thrash metal and in Canada we had our own big four of Thrash Metal. Annihilator , Razor , Sacrifice and Voivod plus Exciter .
I enjoyed this video! Judas Priest is not really a part of the NWOBHM since their first LP came out in 1974 and they had a bunch of records out by the time the "new wave" of bands emerged in 79/80. So really they are forerunners of the NWOBHM. I think because they had big albums during the NWOBHM and because they influenced it so immensely they sometimes get lumped in with Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, Tank, etc. But really they're from an "older" generation, which in a sense makes their relevance to the younger wave all the more impressive. Thanks for the videos!
Hey Sid! I am not sure what is your specialty in music, but you did a fine job here. Even though us true metal heads know this story, this was done nicely. What makes this mini doc cool is the archival footage and inserting political clips of the day in there. Well, done once again.
Driving around in my friends hyundai blasting Nuclear Assault, Kreator and Suicidal tapes along with the big four and several more! Sums up my early teenage years... more thrash and other metal stories always welcome! (The one where Anthrax snuck a fish into Slayers stage show comes to mind!)
LOL the only musicians I had chance encounters was Scott Ian and Kerry King. Scott I ran into at Disneyland, he was marrying my health teachers daughter Leavitt. Then Kerry used to come to our grocery store many times. In our section of town you didn't see ppl w tattoos on their head and a really eye catching woman on the side
Mr Bungle released a demo for a thrash album in 1986. So there is that. Im not saying they invented it, but they were very near its inception. This was great! Thank you!
@somethingelse04 oh yeah! Sorry everyone! Stop the discussion please. We have all finally been told what to believe thanks to this kind, generous soul rt here. Thank you sm for stopping the fucking madness 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol a lot of teens, including myself, made a Thrash music demo by 1986. I guess that means my short lived band was also pioneering & should get credit ?
Not the big thrash guy. BUT I do occasionally listen and respect that level of musicianship. Doesn't hurt to learn something new everyday. Keep going with it. I would appreciate it.
I grew up listing to these bands always anticipating their next albums. When Metallica released The Black Album essentially ending their tenure as a thrash metal band I was crushed. I felt betrayed. In my 20’s I gravitated more towards grunge but I was still a thrash metal head at heart.
Queen's Stone Cold Crazy from 1974 Sheer Heart Attack album is probably the earliest example of what would later be considered Thrash Metal (if you dont know the song, listen to it before replying shit, i recommend going straight to the live version at the Rainbow Theatre)
Thrash was originally called Speed Metal until Metal purists created a divide separating the scene b/c they hated the Punk influence in some bands. So Thrash was now Metal with Punk influence & Speed Metal was Metal with Early Metal influence. I joined the scene in 1984. My 1st Thrash purchases were Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Slayer - Haunting The Chapel ep, Destruction - Sentence Of Death ep, Metal Church - Self-Titled.
Lest we forget that the NWOBHM also included a group of teenagers with a 16 year old Thunder God drummer. Yeah Def Leppard. The first album On Through the Night. Then they became pop. I heard Rick Allen loaned his black Ludwig snare to Lars at some point.
While I enjoy most of your videos and am impressed with your research, there is a glaring omission here. German metal band, Accept, released the seminal track, "Fast as a Shark," in 1982, which was the template for most speed, thrash, and every other variation of adrenaline overdriven double bass metal. Accept were not a trash act, but sired the song that birthed MANY genres.
Exodus and Testament were big back then, but Metallica was the first of them to break out. And most of these bands are still creating amazing albums and touring still today. My favorite all time music!
There were bands that had some thrashy moments prior to Metallica's first album. Mostly from the burgeoning hardcore scene. But the first thrash song from beginning to end was Venom's Witching Hour. Absolutely no one was doing music like that in 1981. Exciter might have had the first thrash album but I'd consider that more Speed Metal. But as far as a thrash album from beginning to end was Metallica's Kill 'em All.
@@BradfordWight I never said what they're doing was original, just that they were simply the first to have the most of their songs on their first album be thrash songs.
Anthrax also gave the guys from Metallica food on that first adventure on the East Coast, since they were basically broke at the time. Much respect for that.
I remember back in San Diego when i was in junior high school in 83 84 we knew Thrash metal as Punk metal. The name Thrash quickly became more well known so calling Punk metal faded away.
Yes please more Thrash Metal vids. Keep up the good work and thanks. Megadeth is my fav
Rust In Peace and Peace Sells are incredible and my top 2 Megadeth albums.
These mentioned here are among my favorite thrash metal artists of all time along with Testament, Death Angel, Dark Angel, Xentrix, Overkill, Exodus, Laaz Rockit, Razor, Coroner, early Annihilator as well as many more from my favorite era of metal, the 80's. ♥🤘🎸
thank's for CORONER man...🇨🇭 💯🤘💥... one of my favorite band...
but my no.1 band is SEPULTURA...🇧🇷💥💀🔥
metal greetings from a 56 year old metalhead from 🇨🇭🤘
@@rogercoroner3176 Yes definitely, Sepultura too. ❤️🤘🎸
Alice in Hell! Haha
You've got great taste 👍
@@robertobuatti7226 Beneath The Remains was the album that introduced me to Scott Burns. 🤘
Thanks! Keep going! You cover all the topics extremely well. You can do a video on Mongolian throat singing and you'll draw in a ton of views.
haha thanks.
Yes please continue this subject !! Thank you
Definitely. Agree 100%.
Great video and by all means, continue doing such videos like this as it's interesting to track the rise and fall other genre and to hear various opinions on how they came to be in the embryonic state.
Venom and moterhead definitely paved the way
GBH and Discharge too
"We loved punk, but there wasn't much musicianship to it, so we basically just added a little"
-James Hetfield about the origins of Thrash.
let's not forget RAVEN, ANVIL and EXCITER. and there are the early hardcore and punk influences in varying degrees. Hanneman had that side project with Dave - PAP SMEAR.
@@claysmellRaven rules, for sure specific songs definitely sound like an influence on thrash such as Hard Ride, Take Control, Wiped Out, Inquisitor, and Faster than the Speed of Light
Queen's Stone Cold Crazy from 1974 Sheer Heart Attack is probably the earliest example of what would later be considered Trash Metal
I liked the format you did on this video. Part two is intriguing.
Thrash started with the Bad Brains and their album 'Rock for Light'
Rock For Light came out in 1983, with many of the same songs as their Roir self-titled which came out in 1982
😃😃😆😆😜😜no.
@@SaintMartins Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm 60 and played in 'hardcore' bands in the 80's. We went from Ramones punk kids in the 70's till we heard Bad Brains then everything exploded from there.
Great video, the big four are some of my favourite bands especially Megadeth. I would love to see you make more videos about thrash metal. 😊
Mr.truestories, thank you for covering four of my favorite metal bands of all-time: Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and (last but not least) Metallica. 😊
you're welcome.
I would love for you to do more on the thrash topic.
Keep the stories coming
Every thrash video you put up, I will watch over and over again 🤘
Please do another one. Your videos never disappoint, but this one was over the top excellent excellent job.
If you look hard enough it was British Punk that spawned thrash. It also spawned goth, new wave, and a host of other genres. Metal was already there before punk with bands like Uria Heap but it was probably punk bands like GBH, Crass, and The Exploited that kicked off thrash. I remember as I grew up through it.
Thrash starts with some PUNK bands and BRITISH Heavy Metal. 🤟
100% mate
Speaking of Britain, Xentrix are a killer UK Thrash band. For Whose Advantage? is an all time classic 🤘
It was exodus tho
It was 70s heavy metal combined with the added speed and aggression of hardcore punk that created thrash. Many British bands to thank for that.
@@nemesisencounter2060I absolutely agree ❤
The Shift from Speed Metal to Thrash Metal was a „Smooth“ One.
The Band Riot, covering Al di Meola shows the Roots of Thrash Metal in Jazzrock.
Playing „Lightning Fast“ Guitar goes back to John McLaughlin and Johnny Winter.
I saw Anthrax vs Public Enemy at the Brixton Academy in the early 90s. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.
Me too..Fights kept breaking out in crowd, but this was at NYC show. Black & White crews kept fighting (amongst own races too). Next day, newpaper reported violence w/ article Member of Brooklyn's popular White gang "Kings highway Boys" stabs rival etc..
Definitely want to see more videos about thrash
Exodus, Overkill, Testament and Death Angel are right on par with the Big 4. I don't think Kirk was as much an influence in Exodus as the band would become for the genre as a whole. This is only scratching the surface. You were spot on about the significance of NWOBHM which is worth covering also.
Overkill has been even more consistent than the big 4. And I say this every chance I get, Killbox 13 is one of the most overlooked thrash albums of all time, even on Overkill’s own discography.
Everyone is forgetting Accept! You can argue their first album was the first speed metal album 🤟
@@danielevans9379 Fast As A Shark🤘
Flotsam
Credit should probably go to Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Diamond Head and Venom as far as the first thrash songs go. Plenty of speed metal around before Venom but it was really an evolution rather than invention. Exodus's demo definitely had thrash songs on it pre-dating Kill Em All's official release, but the No Life Til Leather demo was also thrash, as well as a few other bands straddling the line between speed and thrash such as Metal Church. Great content, keep it up!
You forget Motorhead.
Pantera and Sepultura kept metal alive during the grunge era.
They are the best
Keep doing what you do! Thanks for the post! 🤘🏻✌🏼😊
Great start. You should do an entire series. You can focus on different bands along the way
Nice vid. A couple of great documentaries to check out are Murder on the Front Row and Get Thrashed. Brilliant insights into the beginnings of the thrash scene in SF and its emergence in other countries!
Yes, this is a good format. I'd also like to see origin videos for death metal and black metal, maybe even the origin of the Gothenburg sound / New Wave of Swedish Death Metal (In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, etc).
This was cool. Loved it. When I was a kid in Orlando, we said "thrash" when talking of D.R.I, Anthrax, and the bands that the skate/punk kids liked. We metalheads listened to what we called "speed metal". It seems that we never said "thrash metal" until death metal got big in town.
That was a pretty good short overview, I am 50 and and was there in the 80's listening to metal.
Love the deep dive, and learned new info, please do more of these
When you think about it, it's crazy how rock went from Elvis Presley to these bands, decades later. I don't think you could jump a bigger gap than that.
I hate that Overkill always gets overlooked. I think they released their 20th album last year and are still touring. Bobby Gustafson was one hell of a guitarist on their early albums too.
A little brief, but good. A video on Stormtroopers of Death would be rad
I’d give it to Motörhead!They embodied everything that would become thrash/speed metal. Lemmy was the last true rock star the way he lived his life until the very end.
Yep, these are great! This is pretty accurate and I like how you made sure to explain that anti-establishment was a big part of the music. In that sense Thrash metal was similar to early punk and I think a lot of the "thrash metal" drum beats are the same drum beats as old school 1980's punk rock, with a little more aggression and kick drum and dynamics. Also, I am not sure you can even say the term "thrash metal" without mentioning Testament.
If you are looking to go further into the topic chronologically, you can start with the band Sepultura and Death and go into heavier stuff from there, which was really started going down in the early 90's at the same time as grunge music.
I was into Los Angeles hardcore punk in 1980, then moved more into speed/thrash metal in ‘83 with the tape trading scene. It’s been a while, but I still remember fairly well how the transition was taking place. Any questions? Good times.
Judas Priest not NWOBHM, they had 5 albums out before that wave started.
Yes, definitely more. Great video.
MOTORHEAD!! The only answer necessary!
Long Live Lemmy!
More thrash and less 90s one hit wonders!
Yes! 🤘🏽
I’d love to see videos about the big 4’s contemporaries (overkill, exodus, annihilator, keratin, testament), as well as the end of thrash as the subgenre de jour and how they adapted
Yes, please make more metal videos!!! I'd love to see a video on German Thrash.
Evildead - Annihilation Of Civilization is a Thrash classic 🤘
Love the topic! Definitely can't wait to hear more! I love metallica and megadeth, but Pantera was always my favorite of the early 90's era!
The US had their big four of thrash metal and in Canada we had our own big four of Thrash Metal. Annihilator , Razor , Sacrifice and Voivod plus Exciter .
I enjoyed this video! Judas Priest is not really a part of the NWOBHM since their first LP came out in 1974 and they had a bunch of records out by the time the "new wave" of bands emerged in 79/80. So really they are forerunners of the NWOBHM. I think because they had big albums during the NWOBHM and because they influenced it so immensely they sometimes get lumped in with Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, Tank, etc. But really they're from an "older" generation, which in a sense makes their relevance to the younger wave all the more impressive. Thanks for the videos!
Hey Sid! I am not sure what is your specialty in music, but you did a fine job here. Even though us true metal heads know this story, this was done nicely. What makes this mini doc cool is the archival footage and inserting political clips of the day in there. Well, done once again.
By the way, Danny in Anthrax's last name is "Lilker" not "Liker".
Love this Topic❤ keep them coming!
Jason Newsted, in his Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame induction speech says Flotsam & Jetsam invented it.😅
😂
Surprised that D.R.I. suddenly appeared from out of nowhere 4:50 👔
Crank Gone too long whenever I need a good pick me up
Driving around in my friends hyundai blasting Nuclear Assault, Kreator and Suicidal tapes along with the big four and several more! Sums up my early teenage years... more thrash and other metal stories always welcome! (The one where Anthrax snuck a fish into Slayers stage show comes to mind!)
Yeah wicked idea for videos series. You could other genres too like punk rock, other types of metal, hard rock etc etc
LOL the only musicians I had chance encounters was Scott Ian and Kerry King. Scott I ran into at Disneyland, he was marrying my health teachers daughter Leavitt. Then Kerry used to come to our grocery store many times. In our section of town you didn't see ppl w tattoos on their head and a really eye catching woman on the side
Mr Bungle released a demo for a thrash album in 1986. So there is that. Im not saying they invented it, but they were very near its inception.
This was great! Thank you!
Mustaine invented thrash metal whether you agree or not its a fact
@somethingelse04 oh yeah! Sorry everyone! Stop the discussion please. We have all finally been told what to believe thanks to this kind, generous soul rt here. Thank you sm for stopping the fucking madness 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol a lot of teens, including myself, made a Thrash music demo by 1986. I guess that means my short lived band was also pioneering & should get credit ?
@@SaintMartins well mister if thrash didnt exist at the time bc it wasnt "discovered" by Dave Mustaine then pray tell, how did you do that?!
Thx great Vid...Overkill always paved the way as well as the Big 4...
All great Bands...
🤘🤘💪😎💚💚
Great topic ~ I'm up for some more of them 🤩
ThrasH Till Death 🤘💥💫
You should do a video about Siege from Weymouth, MA. Massive MASSIVE influence on a lot of "faster" bands, that's understating it too.
Love it...absolutely want more ❤
Not the big thrash guy. BUT I do occasionally listen and respect that level of musicianship. Doesn't hurt to learn something new everyday. Keep going with it. I would appreciate it.
YES!! Keep doing videos like this!!!
Uncle Slam - Will Work For Food is a Crossover gem 🤘💎
I like the 'scene genesis' type story, keep em coming!
I grew up listing to these bands always anticipating their next albums. When Metallica released The Black Album essentially ending their tenure as a thrash metal band I was crushed. I felt betrayed. In my 20’s I gravitated more towards grunge but I was still a thrash metal head at heart.
Everyone sounded like a NWOBHM guitarist until Dave Mustaine played and changed everything
Hi Dave!
@@vratyasvakyas6022 Facts son
That's not true. Dave was exactly the same until Lars showed Venoms welcome to Hell to them all
@@imagereflection4826go talk BS somewhere else. Mustaine invented thrash metal whether you agree or not its a fact
@@somethingelse04 Lol delusion at its finest 🤣
Love Thrash so great to see this.
Motörhead for me was one of the biggest influences and they had both metal and punk fans so liked by all.
Accept “Fast as a Shark” from Restless & Wild (1982)
Yes, this. This channel isn't doing its job very well.
Love the 80's metal keep it coming. Mercyful Fate/King Diamond would be a good one to do.
would love to hear more
Venom was the band that really got me into faster harder metal.
I'd love to hear more
Queen's Stone Cold Crazy from 1974 Sheer Heart Attack album is probably the earliest example of what would later be considered Thrash Metal (if you dont know the song, listen to it before replying shit, i recommend going straight to the live version at the Rainbow Theatre)
Thrash was originally called Speed Metal until Metal purists created a divide separating the scene b/c they hated the Punk influence in some bands. So Thrash was now Metal with Punk influence & Speed Metal was Metal with Early Metal influence. I joined the scene in 1984. My 1st Thrash purchases were Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Slayer - Haunting The Chapel ep, Destruction - Sentence Of Death ep, Metal Church - Self-Titled.
Yes!!! More on Thrash, please.
Dude, thrash metal is the best metal genre ever! Keep it up! 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Lest we forget that the NWOBHM also included a group of teenagers with a 16 year old Thunder God drummer. Yeah Def Leppard. The first album On Through the Night. Then they became pop. I heard Rick Allen loaned his black Ludwig snare to Lars at some point.
More please!
Thanks again, Rock-'n'-roll feller
I do like this video format. But this is definitely a topic that will bring out the "experts"
While I enjoy most of your videos and am impressed with your research, there is a glaring omission here.
German metal band, Accept, released the seminal track, "Fast as a Shark," in 1982, which was the template for most speed, thrash, and every other variation of adrenaline overdriven double bass metal.
Accept were not a trash act, but sired the song that birthed MANY genres.
I have never been a fan of thrash metal. But my step dad, that was his favorite genre. That's how I got into Metallica. They were the only exception.
I’d keep watching this 🔥
In San Francisco is where metal started with Blue cheer back in 1968
Exodus and Testament were big back then, but Metallica was the first of them to break out. And most of these bands are still creating amazing albums and touring still today. My favorite all time music!
Its the big 3 and anthrax. Even testament is bigger than anthrax lol
Well done. More, yes please
🤟 keep on headbanging 🤟 Greetings from the Netherlands
Can you do a video on the East Coast thrash scene please?🤘🤘
Overkill 🤘
THRASH METAL FOREVER!!!
There were bands that had some thrashy moments prior to Metallica's first album. Mostly from the burgeoning hardcore scene. But the first thrash song from beginning to end was Venom's Witching Hour. Absolutely no one was doing music like that in 1981. Exciter might have had the first thrash album but I'd consider that more Speed Metal. But as far as a thrash album from beginning to end was Metallica's Kill 'em All.
IDK how to tell you this but Metallica wasn't very original. They were just copying nwobhm bands
@@BradfordWight I never said what they're doing was original, just that they were simply the first to have the most of their songs on their first album be thrash songs.
Sabbath, Symptom of the Universe
Queen, Stone Cold Crazy
Deep Purple - In Rock.. Its all there. Even the galloping bass and rhythms so beloved of Iron Maiden.
Kerry King dropped a new single yesterday
Great video.
I am so glad somebody finally explained this.😂😂😂
How many times has this been told???
I would watch more videos about metal 🤘
Anthrax also gave the guys from Metallica food on that first adventure on the East Coast, since they were basically broke at the time. Much respect for that.
Can you do one about the "Big Teutonic Four" (aka "German Big Four" - Kreator, Destruction, Sodom and Tankard)? Please?
I remember back in San Diego when i was in junior high school in 83 84 we knew Thrash metal as Punk metal. The name Thrash quickly became more well known so calling Punk metal faded away.
FYI Dan from Anthrax 's last name is Lilker, not Liker...
Make more like this please!:)
Overkill started on the east coast at the same time is Exodus