[Feel The Darkness]

THRASH BAND LIST & DISCUSSION THREAD

What is Thrash Metal/Crossover?

Thrash metal was started with bands such as Slayer, Metallica,
Heathen, and Exodus in the Bay Area music scene, and bands like
Nuclear Assault and Anthrax ripping it up over on the East coast in
New York City. These bands took the metal that was around at the time
(Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, etc.) and fused
it with the raw sound of punk rock. They took the hard-hitting
instruments of bands like Sabbath and added the speed and aggression
from punk music. They also took away majority of the lyrics based on
mythology and replaced them with angry, quick lyrics about violence
and discontent. Not to mention singing them in much the same way
hardcore punk bands did, they sang them loud, fast and barely audible.

Around the same time that the Bay Area/NYC thrash metal scenes was
flourishing, another, more raw, scene was culminating in Houston, TX's
punk scene. Crossover Thrash came from punks who were tired of the
same old tunes at the same speed. Bands such as DRI (Dirty Rotten
Imbeciles) and Verbal Abuse pioneered the genre. DRI was actually a
major influence to many thrash metal bands of the time. [NOTE: Dave
Lambardo of Slayer was quoted to have been heavily influenced by them
and is seen wearing their shirt in several live videos.] They infused
the same style that thrash metal was using but stuck to their punk
roots more. Thus the music was, majority of the time, faster, angrier
and rawer. Throughout the 80's NYC also gained a hold of the genre
with such bands as Crumbsuckers and Ludichrist. The genre still
continues to strive with the originals, DRI and Verbal Abuse, and
bands like Municipal Waste and Cross Examination leading the pack of
new bands to keep the genre alive.

What are some Thrash Metal/Crossover band?

17th Class
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/antichristdemoncore"]ACxDC[/url]
[url="http://www.splatterrock.com/"]the Accused[/url]
Aggression
Angkor Wat
[url=http://www.anthrax.com]Anthrax (US)[/url]***
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/aas"]Asshole Assassination Squad[/url]
Asshole Parade
Attitude Adjustment
[URL=http://www.myspace.com/bandanos]Bandanos[/url]
Bloody Pheonix
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/brokenneedle"]Broken Needle[/url]
Brutal Death
Burn Your Bridges
Capitalist Casualties**
Case Of Emergency
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/chainsawtotheface"]Chainsaw to the Face[/url]**
Charles Bronson
[url=http://www.condemnedunit.com]Condemned Unit[/url]
Coroner***
[url=http://www.coc.com/]Corrosion of Conformity[/url]
[url=http://www.myspace.com/crossexamination]CrossxExamination[/url]
Crossed Out**
Crucial Section
[url=http://www.crucialunit.com/]Crucial Unit[/url]
[url=http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/crum.htm]Crumbsuckers[/url]
Cryptic Slaughter
D.F.A.
[url=http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/]D.R.I.[/url](***)
Death Side
[url=http://darkangelmusic.com/]Dark Angel[/url]***
[URL="http://www.karaterex.com/DEADFALL/"]Deadfall[/url]
[url=http://www.destruction.de/]Destruction[/url]***
Devastation***
Dr. Know(***)
[url=http://myspace.com/drwest]Dr. West[/url]
Dropdead**
ExTxA
[url=http://www.exodusattack.com/]Exodus[/url]***
Find Him And Kill Him
[url=http://www.myspace.com/forthyeerfreshman]Forth Yeer Freshman[/url]
[URL="http://www.creepsylvania.com"]Ghoul[/url] (***)[URL="http://www.myspace.com/gravediggerpv"]
Grave Digger, Like the Monster Truck[/url] **
Haymaker
Heathen***
[url=http://www.sound-pollution.com/Hellnation.htm]Hellnation[/url]**
Hellthrasher
[url=http://www.hirax.org/]Hirax[/url] (more along with speed-metal, but oh well)***
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/hitmeback"]Hit Me Back[/url]
Holier Than Thou?
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/youthgrenade"]Hostile Takeover[/url]
[url=http://www.impnaz.com]Impaled Nazarene[/url]***
Jellyroll Rockhead
[url=http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/]Kreator[/url]***
Left for Dead**
Living Death***
Look Back and Laugh
Lunatics Without Skateboards, Inc.***
[url=http://www.geocities.com/toomanydead/machinegunromantics.html]Machine Gun Romantics[/url]**
Man is the Bastard**
[url=http://www.maydaythrash.com]Mayday[/url]
[url=http://www.megadeth.com/]Megadeth[/url]***
[url=http://www.metallica.com/]Metallica[/url] (pre-1990)***
Mind Eraser**
Minkus
[URL="http://www.pcmdusa.com/ms/"]Morbid Saint[/url]***
[url=http://www.earache.com/bands/municipal_waste/municipal_waste.html]Municipal Waste[/url]
Neanderthal**
[URL="http://www.necronomicon-online.de/"]Necronomicon[/url]***
Necropolis***
No Comment**
[url=http://www.nuclearassault.us/]Nuclear Assault[/url]***
Ohuzaru
[url=http://wreckingcrew.com]Overkill[/url]***
Poser Disposer
Possessed***
[url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5681/ph.html]PrÄparAtion-H[/url]**
[url=http://www.myspace.com/killrampage]Rampage[/url]
Reproach
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/rigormortis"]Rigor Mortis[/url]***
S.M.D.
Sabbat (UK)***
Sacred Reich***
[url=http://www.geocities.com/scholasticdeth/]Scholastic Deth[/url]
[URL="http://www.myspace.com/suburbangangstaz"]Second Opinion[/url]
Siege**
Sindrome***
[url=http://www.slayer.net]Slayer[/url]***
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~Fakor/]Spazz[/url]**
[url=http://sodomized.info/]Sodom[/url]***
Suicidal Tendencies (***)
[url=http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/sod.htm]Stormtroopers of Death[/url]
Summon***
Tankard***
[url=http://www.testamentlegions.com/]Testament[/url]***
Torture***
[url=http://www.geocities.com/toxicholocaust/]Toxic Holocaust[/url]***
Uzi Suicide
Vendetta***
[url=http://www.vio-lence.com/]Vio-lence[/url]***
[url=http://vivisick.nobody.jp/]Vivisick[/url]
Wargasm***
Warmonger***
[url=http://warsquad.angrypunk.com/]WarSquad[/url]
Watchtower***
[url=http://www.karlhill.com/wehrmacht/]Wehrmacht[/url]
[url=http://www.yourmother.com/whn]What Happens Next?[/url]
Whiplash***
[url=http://www.venomslegions.com/]Venom[/url]***
[url=http://www.karaterex.com/VOETSEK/]Voetsek[/url]

** PowerViolence
*** Thrash Metal
(***) Either they're on the verge of both, or they've done both in their careers.

post more, and ill add em, discuss thrash of all sorts and nationalities.

oh by the way...
IT'S CONDEMED UNIT

http://www.condemnedunit.com

hailing out of Austin, TX. these ATX thrashers have recently added my friend, and guitarist for another ATX thrash band (Mayday) to play bass for them. on the site they have a rough mix of their entire album, which includes an awesome cover of the song Slow Death, from the kings of splatter rock, The Accused. with rage galore, blood gushers and intense guitar solos, this shit'll have ye thrashing around yer room for days on end.

And during the weekend of Chaos in Tejas, since i was staying with Justin Mayday, i tagged along to goto their practice space, and damn, they make a damn good soundtrack to the movie, 28 Days Later.

KEEP IT THRASHIN!