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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: January 24 2025
Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy lead a stacked week of brilliant new metal singles. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: November 15 2024
Machine Head, Poppy and Lord Of The Lost are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
“We just wanted to be filthy!”: the snarling, savage story of German thrash
Metallica and Slayer grabbed the headlines, but they couldn’t match Germany’s Kreator, Sodom or Destruction for filthy viciousness
10 metal bands who changed genre and immediately ruined everything
Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it
10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song
Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs
"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
Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, the 'Big Four' of German thrash metal, are set to share a stage for the first time in 2024
This German metal festival has banned bands using backing tracks
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
The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2022
From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022
