Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music.

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See also List of Thrash Metal bands.

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Often considered the four most important bands in this genre (especially in the US, and generally called the "Big Four Of Thrash") are:

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• Anthrax
• Megadeth
• Metallica
• Slayer

Before Slayer released its album Reign in Blood in 1986, Testament was in the "Big Four Of Thrash," as these four influential thrash metal bands are often called.

Related Topics:
Slayer - Reign in Blood - 1986 - Testament

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As well as the "Big Four Of Thrash," the three most important bands in Teutonic Thrash, are:

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• Destruction
• Kreator
• Sodom

Other crucial thrash metal bands include:

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• Annihilator
• Artillery
• Coroner
• Dark Angel
• Death Angel
• Exodus
• Nuclear Assault
• Overkill
• Sadus
• Sepultura
• Stormtroopers Of Death
• Testament
• Vio-lence
• Voivod