There are few more influential thrash metal albums than Metallica’s debut release Kill ‘Em All. Effectively serving as a shot across the bow back in 1983, it was the world’s introduction to Metallica ...

Mustaine formed Megadeth in 1983 after being fired from Metallica by Lars Ulrich and J ames Hetfield due to personality ...

Certain American cities have an undeniable connection to musical movements. New Orleans has a history with Jazz, Los Angeles was the mecca of Hair Metal, and New York City was integral to the new and ...

Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine has set a particularly high bar when it comes to setting the scene for his ideal final show ...

"Thrash was the pinnacle of metal," says filmmaker and rabid thrasher Rick Ernst. "It was the fastest, heaviest, coolest stuff you could find." Ernst's documentary, Get Thrashed, is currently making ...

Steve Souza and Tom Hunting of Exodus remember the beginnings of the thrash metal scene in the San Francisco Bay Area. Credit: Screen Grab/MetalRock Films Maybe it was something in the water, but the ...

Metallica recorded the songs that Mustaine worked on for Kill' Em All —"The Four Horsemen," "Jump In The Fire," "Phantom Lord," and "Metal Militia"—with their new lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett.

Legendary rockers Queen popularized many things, such as art rock, stadium rock and symphonic rock. According to guitarist Brian May, numerous fans feel that thrash metal deserves a place on that list ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Normally, you wouldn't expect to see a band of fully costumed ninja assassins enjoying a meal of light snacks and warm sake in the back room of the cocktail lounge at the upscale Hotel Lucia. But ...

There's a warring energy on the single, which flips from too-cool and low-key to two-stepping and highly catchy. Dinosaur Pile-Up's slightly sarcastic, snotty attitude has a lot of charm and is ...

The Chinese thrash band Punisher — recently featured on MetalSucks as one of the Big Four thrash bands of China — have had all of their music removed from the country’s biggest streaming platforms.