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A montage of debut albums from the 1980s
The best rock debut album from every year of the 1980s

By Classic Rock Published

A decade of classic debut albums, year by year

Bands & Artists
James Hetfield performing onstage with metallica in 1986, with a logo that says HAMMER DEBATE in-set
Debate: who are the greatest thrash metal band of all time?

By Metal Hammer Published

Whether it’s Metallica, Slayer or any other gaggle of speed freaks, we want to know your pick for the best of the thrash metal bunch

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Bands & Artists
Gary Holt and Rick Hunolt performing on stage
Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

With Metallica's Black album bringing them a huge new audience, Exodus clambered aboard the experimental bandwagon

Albums
Gary Holt onstage with Slayer in 2019
Exodus used to cut glam metal shirts with knives during 80s concerts

By Matt Mills Published

Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken

Interviews
Gary Holt onstage with Slayer in 2019
Slayer guitarist Gary Holt names the two thrash bands who deserve more credit

By Matt Mills Published

“They were ripping these albums apart and killing it before these other bands!”

Bands & Artists
Metallica live 1980s
How 1984 became the year that thrash metal broke big

By Dave Everley Published

From Anthrax's Fistfull Of Metal to Exodus's Bonded By Blood and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, 1984 was the year thrash broke big

Culture
Exodus' Jack Gibson
Exodus' Jack Gibson says the music business no longer exists

By Liz Scarlett Published

Exodus bassist laments the shortfalls of a music industry now only concerned with bands going viral

Bands & Artists
Exodus on stage in the 80s
Exodus' new live album gives us a rowdy glimpse into the golden age of thrash

By Matt Mills Published

New Exodus live album British Disaster: The Battle Of '89 offers no surprises but plenty of thrashing good fun

Albums
Metallica in 1984
“We’d play a song in a certain tempo. Three weeks later, it would be twice as fast”: who invented thrash metal? Kirk Hammett has a theory

By Metal Hammer Published

Kirk Hammett was there at the birth of thrash with his original band Exodus, so he should know more than anyone who invented the genre

Albums
Metal heroes
The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024

By Paul Travers Published

From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year

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