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unusual facts about thrash metal



A Mounting Crisis...As Their Fury Got Released

A Mounting Crisis...As Their Fury Got Released, released on February 19, 2008 through Prosthetic Records, is a full-length album by thrash metal band Grief of War.

Agnostic Front

The band began playing hardcore punk similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before incorporating thrash metal elements into their music.

Alice in Hell

Alice in Hell is the debut album by the Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator, released in 1989.

All That I Need Is to Be Loved

In the UK it was only released as a promotional 12" single. A much shorter version, a thrash metal-techno hybrid sometimes called the "House of Suffering" or "H.O.S" mix, was then featured on his 1995 studio album Everything Is Wrong.

Brazilian thrash metal

The European and North American heavy metal and hardcore have been a great influence on all these bands, but the first thrash metal (or speed metal) album released officially in Brazil was a split album between two bands in 1984.

Cult of Death

Cult of Death is the third studio release by death/thrash metal band Deathchain.

Damage Incorporated

The title of this game was taken from a song named Damage, Inc., a thrash metal song by Metallica off from their 1986 album Master of Puppets.

Dan Biggin

Dan Biggin/Danny B is a guitarist and bassist performing with Chilean thrash band Criminal, Chilean death metal band Pentagram Chile and also involved in his own side projects Takoma Star (punk rock) and Flight 19 (instrumental – avant garde).

Destruction Derby 2

The soundtrack for the game was mostly performed by the unsigned Thrash metal band Jug (of Sunderland, UK) and Tuscan.

Downtown Hades

Downtown Hades is the second album of the Norwegian thrash metal band Infernö.

End Ever

End Ever is the debut album released in 2009 by the Brazilian thrash metal band Astafix.

Fortified Zone

Survival of the Fastest, the debut album of Irish thrash metal band Gama Bomb features the song 'Fortified Zone' based on the game.

Hank Moody

Interestingly, three of Hank's novels, South Of Heaven, Seasons In The Abyss and God Hates Us All are named after the albums by the American thrash metal band, Slayer.

Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming

Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming is the independently released debut album by the Houston, Texas based death/thrash metal band Dead Horse.

Jean Delville

Swedish Thrash Metal band Hexenhaus used this painting for the cover of their album A Tribute to Insanity (1988), while American death metal group Morbid Angel used this painting also for the cover of their second album, Blessed Are the Sick (1991).

Kerrang!

The term "Thrash Metal" was first referred to in the music press by Kerrang journalist Malcolm Dome while making a reference to the Anthrax song "Metal Thrashing Mad" in issue number 62, page 8 published on 23 February 1984.

Live ....From The Depths of The Underworld

From The Depths of The Underworld is the third Steamhammer Records release from the Los Angeles, California based thrash metal band Evildead.

Magane

This combines black metal, death metal and thrash metal elements with traditional Japanese influences, not only musically but also lyrically, especially with references to gods in Japanese mythology such as Izanagi and Izanami, and also the Japanese version of Hell known as Yomi.

Matt Bachand

He has very strong death metal and thrash metal influences and he is also a backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Shadows Fall.

Matt Drake

Matthew Spencer "Matt" Drake is the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist in the English thrash metal group Evile.

Monsters of Rock Tour 1987

Monsters of Rock Tour 1987 was the festival tour of Europe by the American thrash metal band Metallica.

Mutantes e Seus Cometas no País do Baurets

"A Hora e a Vez do Cabelo Nascer" was covered by thrash metal band Sepultura and was released on the re-release of the band's album Beneath the Remains.

Perzonal War

Perzonal War is a power metal/thrash metal band from Troisdorf, Germany which was founded in 1996 under the name Personal War.

Ride the Lightning Tour

Ride the Lightning was the second concert tour by the American thrash metal band Metallica.

Rotten Authorities

Rotten Authorities is the debut album from the thrash metal band Executer.

Simon Bass

Directed by Laurence Boswell, this production featured aggressive drum and bass and thrash metal music and was loved and hated by audiences alike.

Stacked Up

The political background in Britain, and the impending passing of the Criminal Justice Act into statute paved the way for a series of politically influenced artists such as The Levellers, The Prodigy, Dreadzone, and Pop Will Eat Itself, and Senser fit into that group with a blend of aggressive hip-hop, thrash metal and psychedelic ambience.

Stormtroopers of Death

The album, titled Speak English or Die, was recorded and mixed over three days and has since been hailed as a landmark album that was among the first to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal.

The Treasures Within

The Treasures Within is the second album by Swedish death/thrash metal band Merciless.

The Truth of What Will Be

The Truth of What Will Be is the debut album of the Thrash Metal band Epidemic.

Thrash Anthems

Thrash Anthems is a compilation album released by thrash metal band Destruction in 2007.

Voices of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective

Voices Of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective is a compilation album by German thrash metal band Kreator.

Voodoocult

The project was especially notable for the reputation of the participating musicians, such as Chuck Schuldiner (of Death fame), Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, and Mille Petrozza of the German thrash metal band Kreator.

War Is All We Know

This track puts emphasis on the thrash metal style GWAR had been developing for about 5 years previous to Beyond Hell and features fast paced riffing by Balsac the Jaws of Death and Flattus Maximus as well as barked vocals by Oderus Urungus.

Wisconsin Death Trip

The book inspired a number of musical works, including the opera Black River by Conrad Susa, which was composed in 1975 and revised 1981; the "dramatic cantata" Songs of Madness and Sorrow by Daron Hagen, composed in 1996, a song by the Bethel, Maine-based thrash metal band Theory of Negativity on their 1994 self-titled album; and the 1999 album Wisconsin Death Trip by the band Static-X.

Wrecking Everything

Wrecking Everything is a 2002 live album by thrash metal band Overkill which is the counterpart to Wrecking Everything – An Evening in Asbury Park VHS/DVD.

Xentrix

The rest of 1991 saw Xentrix headlining a United Kingdom tour, taking out the new band Skyclad and a return to Hammersmith, this time opening for Brazilian Thrash metal band Sepultura.


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Brazilian thrash metal

The last thrash metal albums to represent the "old-school" style of thrash in Brazil were Mass Illusion by Korzus (1991), Arise by Sepultura (1991), Rotten Authorities by Executer (1991), and The Laws of Scourge by Sarcófago (1991).

Carburetor Dung

During this hiatus, drummer Ollie joined Kuala Lumpur's ska band Gerhana Skacinta, singer Lee appeared playing didgeridoo with local surfer groups while Fendi and Joe Kidd restarted their project band from 1994, The Shitworkers with Bullet (of pioneering thrash metal bands of the mid-80s Nemesis, Punisher).

Carlos E. Vela

Musically, he is mostly influenced by drummers Bobby Jarzombek, Vinnie Paul and Phil Collins and by bands like Necrophagist, Spastic Ink, Bottled Science and Megadeth defining his style as mixture between Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal and Progressive Rock.

Chris Needham

Chris Needham is best known for his 1992 BBC Teenage Video Diary In Bed With Chris Needham in which he and his school friends formed a thrash metal band called 'Manslaughter' (later Manslorter).

Claudio O'Connor

Claudio Alberto Castro, also known as Claudio O'Connor (born April 28, 1963 in Llavallol, Buenos Aires Province) is a thrash metal, groove metal and hard rock vocalist from Argentina.

In Bed With Chris Needham

In Bed With Chris Needham is a 1992 Teenage Video Diary from the BBC about a Loughborough teen and thrash metal fan, Chris Needham, and his friends as they establish their own band and build up to their first proper 'gig'.

Invocator

The band played numerous shows in support of the demo, supporting the Danish thrash metal act Artillery, among others.

Leonard Lake

The thrash metal band Exodus has a song titled "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles", written about Lake and Ng, on their 2010 album, Exhibit B: The Human Condition.

Mike D'Antonio

D'Antonio's writing influences include old New York Hardcore bands like Cro-Mags, Leeway, Madball and Agnostic Front, and he cites Cliff Burton of thrash metal band Metallica and Harley Flanagan of the Cro-Mags as personal influences.

Solano Avenue

Various live bands, most local, have played sets at the Stroll, with notable past musicians including RatDog drummer/Primus co-founder Jay Lane (with jam side project Alphabet Soup) and Marc Biedermann (founder of Blind Illusion, and former bassist for thrash metal band Heathen).

Space Truckin'

American thrash metal band Vengeance Rising covered the song on their 1990 album Once Dead.

The Torment

The album established the band as "one of England's leading thrash metal bands" by The Daily Telegraph.

Under One Flag

Under One Flag bought the rights to a number of previously released thrash metal albums, among which a significant part of the catalogue of Combat Records.

Utter Hell

The music and lyrics are often inspired by German thrash metal bands such as Kreator and Destruction.

Utter Hell is the first album of the Norwegian retro thrash metal band Infernö.

Vio-lence

Phil Demmel, Deen Dell, Ray Vega and Mark Hernandez formed a groove/thrash metal band called Torque which disbanded after releasing a studio album and playing several live shows.