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Thrash Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Thrash Metal
Thrash Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Thrash Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Détente, Destructor and Mordred.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreThrash Metal
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CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
United States · Thrash Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Widow's Walk1986 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 02Blood I Bleed1986 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 03Shatter2021 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 04Shut2021 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 05Matter of Attitude2022 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 06Tear Down the Heavens2007 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 07Storm of Steel (live)2007 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 08Storm of Steel (1990 Heavy Artillery version)2007 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 09Sonic Bullet (live)2007 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 10End of Infinity2011 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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