Compendium of Heavy Metal
Metal Albums
Metal Music Genre – Thrash Metal
In the metal community there is another genre called thrash metal. It fits under the category for fat riffs, beats and aggression. This genre is all about having fast drum, guitars and loud singing. “The Big Four” created the thrash metal genre. “The Big Four” include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer, these are the pioneers of thrash metal. These four bands are the fathers of thrash metal and began their journey in the 1970′s and early 80′s.
For the start of thrash metal, there was a wall of British Metal Music Bands that thrash metal had to get around. Thrash Metal was created to be a more aggressive and fast tempo of metal music. This was coming off of a punk and hardcore type of metal. This introduced a more distortion guitar, complex riffs, long guitar solos, double kick bass drums and loud vocals.
A common practice for Thrash Metal Bands is having complex intros, solos and outros in their music. Their high speed solos were often called shredding. Shredding is a way to play notes quickly during your solos. Using techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. For the metal community and having these new styles being played was a great movement for the typical styles.
Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill and Slayer all released albums in 1984 that opened up thrash metal music to society. All of these different bands brought something new to trash metal, usually competing in making the heaviest and fastest music. Thrash Metal was on the rise after this, the metal community had brought it in and it started to grow.
Into the 1990′s there was a change in the style of music and how the bands kept on releasing albums. With bands changing their style of thrash metal and new age bands coming in, there was a change in thrash metal. Band slowing down and changing their styles brought Metallica’s release of “Load” and “Reload.” These two albums were more of a hard rock than a thrash metal. Not only did Metallica take a different route with their music, so did Megadeth. Megadeth’s album “Countdown to Extinction” was a different style than their earlier releases.
Into to the year 2000 thrash metal has become very low in popularity. Gama Bomb, Municipal Waste and Evile are some bands that are still pumping out the thrash metal. Other than that The Big Four still release new albums, but not like what they were in 1970′s. With popularity falling for thrash metal, it still isn’t going anywhere anytime soon with “The Big Four” still rocking.
Additional Reference
Metal Music News
Black Metal Music
About the Author
If your looking for more information about Metal Music Bands visit Metal Call-Out. Or come post on our Ultimate Metal Forum.
Top 20 Metal Albums Of 2009!!! (Plus other stuff)
|
|
Umbra PortoChef Loose-Leaf Recipe Easel $28.99 Organize up to 52 recipe cards, magazine clippings, and online recipes with this versatile recipe album from Umbra. Made from imitation leather with metal rings for effortlessly flipping, this easel style album is is designed to be free-standing and utilizes top-loading sleeves so its easy to use…. |
|
|
ELVIS 14 FL OZ Flared Hi-Ball Pilsner Glasses – SET Of TWO $10.99 Add a little style to your drinks with this set of two red rhinestone ” Elvis” flared pilsner glasses. This item is a modern twist on an old fashioned favorite yet still offers the glitz and glam that Elvis Presley was known for. The bottom of these glasses have a glamorous gold tint…. |
|
|
Lazy Susan Metal Feather Frame Metal Feather Frame, 4×6… |
|
|
Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains the Same [Blu-ray] $8.87 Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/26/2008 Run time: 138 minutes Rating: Pg… |
|
|
Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax: The Big 4 – Live from Sofia, Bulgaria [Blu-ray] $24.35 Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/02/2010… |
|
|
Metalocalypse: Season 2 $14.99 METALOCALYPSE:SEASON TWO – DVD Movie… |
|
|
12 PACK MILITARY MEDAL MARINE CORPS Papercraft, Scrapbooking (Source Book) $40.82 12 PACK MILITARY MEDAL MARINE CORPS PIONEER® Self-Adhesive Metal Military MedallionsEach card has a 2″ medallion. Sold by the each…. |
|
|
Iomega 33223 40GB Portable External Hard Drive USB An extremely portable hard drive that doesn’t require an external power supply / 40GB Capacity / USB 2.0 interface for data & power / Metal Enclosure Requires – Windows Me, 2000 Pro, XP, or Mac OS 8.6 and above Unit Dimensions – 5.075 (l) x 2.93 (w) x. 50 (h) Unit Weight – 0.36 lbs…. |
|
|
School Bus Photo Frame – Style 35239 $11.94 This pewter-finish school bus has enough windows to frame all of your child’s wallet-sized class photos from K thru 12. A charming way to remember all their school days. 12 1/2” x 1/2” x 7 1/2” high…. |
|
|
Fender Guitars and Amps Playing Cards $4.99 (3×4) Fender Guitar Playing Cards… |