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The 10 best thrash metal albums: a buyers guide
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
Metallica and Anthrax pay tribute to Megaforce Records co-founder Marsha Zazula, dead at 68
Lars Ulrich salutes the ‘selfless matriarch’ of Megaforce Records, who helped launch Metallica’s career
The 10 best thrash metal solos ever
Havok guitarist Reece Scruggs picks the 10 greatest solos ever laid down in the name of thrash
The best metal albums of 2020 so far
Metallica, Trivium, Ozzy… 2020 hasn’t all been bad, as these brilliant albums prove
Bonded by blood: the birth of the Bay Area Thrash scene
In the early 80s, San Francisco became the epicenter of an extreme new scene. This is the story of the birth of thrash metal
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999
20 albums that soundtracked the end of metal’s most epic decade
The metal world reacts to Jon Zazula's death: "Metallica would not be who we are without Jon"
The music world reacts to the loss of Jon Zazula - the man who brought the world Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill (and so much more)
How the 1990s almost killed thrash metal
The 1990s was the decade that forced thrash to go underground or die. But it didn’t just survive - it prospered
