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Press shot of Nervosa vocalist/guitarist Prika Amaral
"A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle."

By Rich Hobson Published

Nervosa's singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who've shaped her musical journey

Bands & Artists
Papa Roach/Employed To Serve/Nova Twins/Cradle of Filth/Electric Callboy
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: January 24 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy lead a stacked week of brilliant new metal singles. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Tracks & Singles
Machine Head/Poppy/Destruction/Vukovi/Lord Of The Lost
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 15 2024

By Rich Hobson Published

Machine Head, Poppy and Lord Of The Lost are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Tracks & Singles
Destruction holding guitars
“We just wanted to be filthy!”: the snarling, savage story of German thrash

By Dom Lawson Published

Metallica and Slayer grabbed the headlines, but they couldn’t match Germany’s Kreator, Sodom or Destruction for filthy viciousness

Biographies
Album covers by Slayer, Celtic Frost, Suicide Silence and Morbid Angel
10 metal bands who changed genre and immediately ruined everything

By Will Marshall Published

Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it

Albums
The album art for Metallica's St Anger, Slayer's Diabolus In Musica and Destruction's The Least Successful Human Cannonball
10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill Published

Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs

Albums
German 'Big Four' thrash festival poster
"Finally the big four will clash and thrash together!" The 'Big Four' of German thrash metal - Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard - announce first ever show together

By Metal Hammer Published

Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, the 'Big Four' of German thrash metal, are set to share a stage for the first time in 2024

Concerts & Shows
No Playback festival
This German metal festival has banned bands using backing tracks

By Metal Hammer Published

Does your band use pre-recorded music at gigs? Don’t bother turning up to Germany’s No Playback festival, because you won’t be allowed to play

Music Festivals
Best thrash metal albums of 2022: High Command/Vulcano/Kreator/Megadeth/Chemicide
The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2022

By Rich Hobson Published

From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022

Albums
Slayer
The 10 best thrash metal albums: a buyers guide

By Geoff Barton Last updated

The must-haves and should-haves from the genre that Metallica inspired in the early 1980s, as we pick the 10 best thrash metal albums

Albums
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