Various bands have played thrash metal at some point of their career. The genre evolved in the early 1980s from combining the drum beats of hardcore punk with the guitar style of the new wave of British heavy metal.[2] It emerged partially as a reaction to the more conventional and widely acceptable glam metal, a less aggressive, pop music-infused heavy metal subgenre which appeared simultaneously.[3]
Four American bands, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer, are credited with popularizing the genre, earning them the title of the "Big Four of Thrash".[4][5] In Germany, Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, and Tankard, led the Teutonic thrash metal scene, garnering the nickname "The Big Four of Teutonic Thrash".[6][7] The Clash of the Titans tour, which featured Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, and Suicidal Tendencies, is considered to be the genre's pinnacle, after which thrash metal saw a decline in popularity throughout the 1990s.[8] Thrash metal has seen a resurgence in recent times, with many of the older bands returning to their roots with their new releases.[9] A new generation of thrash metal bands emerged in the early 2000s, drawing lyrical and visual inspiration from the older groups.[10][11]
Thrash metal was an inspiration for later extreme genres such as death metal and black metal. This list also includes certain bands which belong to the first wave of black metal. These bands essentially played thrash metal with a heavy emphasis on Satanic and occult themes in the lyrics and imagery.[12] Over the years, thrash metal has developed a few subgenres of its own, such as crossover thrash and groove metal.[13]
0–9
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 Inches of Blood | 1999 | Canada | [14] |
A
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acid Drinkers | 1986 | Poland | [15] | |
Acid Reign | 1985 | United Kingdom | [16] | |
Aftermath | 1985 | United States | [17] | |
Agent Steel | 1984 | United States | [18] | |
Am I Blood | 1992 | Finland | [19] | |
Anacrusis | 1986 | United States | [20] | |
Angel Dust | 1984 | Germany | [21] | |
Angel of Sodom | 2009 | Finland | [22] | |
Angelus Apatrida | 2000 | Spain | [23] | |
Angkor Wat | 1986 | United States | [24] | |
A.N.I.M.A.L. | 1993 | Argentina | [25] | |
Annihilator | 1984 | Canada | [26] | |
Anthrax | 1981 | United States | [27] | |
Artillery | 1982 | Denmark | [28] | |
Atomkraft | 1979 | United Kingdom | [29] | |
Atrophy | 1986 | United States | [30] | |
Aura Noir | 1993 | Norway | [31] | |
Austrian Death Machine | 2008 | United States | [32] |
B
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bathory | 1983 | Sweden | [33] | ||
Battlecross | 2003 | United States | [34] | ||
Believer | 1986 | United States | [35] | ||
Bio-Cancer | 2010 | Greece | [36] | ||
Black Obelisk (Russian: Чёрный обелиск) | 1986 | Russia | [37] | ||
Black Tide | 2004 | United States | [38] | ||
Blind Illusion | 1979 | United States | [39] | ||
Blood Feast | 1985 | United States | [40] | ||
Blood Tsunami | 2004 | Norway | [41] | ||
Body Count | 1990 | United States | [42] | ||
Bonded by Blood | 2005 | United States | [43] | ||
Brotality | 2016 | United States | [44] | ||
Bulldozer | 1980 | Italy | [45] | ||
Bullet for My Valentine | 1998 | United Kingdom | [46] |
C
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carnal Forge | 1997 | Sweden | [47] | |
Carnivore | 1982 | United States | [48] | |
Celtic Frost | 1984 | Switzerland | [49] | |
Cerebral Fix | 1986 | United Kingdom | [50] | |
Coroner | 1983 | Switzerland | [51] | |
Crash | 1991 | South Korea | [52] | |
Criminal | 1991 | Chile | [53] | |
Cripper | 2005 | Germany | [54] | |
The Crucified | 1984 | United States | [55] | |
Crumbsuckers | 1982 | United States | [56] | |
Cryptic Shift | 2013 | United Kingdom | [57] | |
Cryptic Slaughter | 1984 | United States | [58] | |
Cyclone Temple | 1989 | United States | [59] |
D
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Darkane | 1998 | Sweden | [60] | |
Dark Angel | 1981 | United States | [61] | |
Dead Brain Cells | 1986 | Canada | [62] | |
Death Angel | 1982 | United States | [63] | |
Deceased | 1984 | United States | [64] | |
Defiance | 1985 | United States | [65] | |
Defleshed | 1991 | Sweden | [66] | |
Deliverance | 1985 | United States | [67] | |
Demiricous | 2001 | United States | [68] | |
Demolition Hammer | 1986 | United States | [69] | |
Deströyer 666 | 1994 | Australia | [70] | |
Destruction | 1982 | Germany | [6] | |
Dorsal Atlântica | 1981 | Brazil | [71] | |
Dorso | 1984 | Chile | [72] | |
D.R.I. | 1982 | United States | [73] |
E
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Early Man | 2003 | United States | [74] | |
Embodyment | 1993 | United States | [75] | |
Epidemic | 1986 | United States | [76] | |
Eudoxis | 1984 | Canada | ||
Evildead | 1987 | United States | [77] | |
Evile | 2004 | United Kingdom | [78] | |
Exciter | 1978 | Canada | [79] | |
Exhorder | 1985 | United States | [80] | |
Exodus | 1979 | United States | [81] | |
The Exploited | 1978 | United Kingdom | [82] | |
Extol | 1993 | Norway | [83] | |
Extrema | 1986 | Italy | [84] | |
Exumer | 1985 | Germany | [85] |
F
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fallout | 1979 | United States | ||
Flotsam and Jetsam | 1981 | United States | [86] | |
Forbidden | 1985 | United States | [87] | |
Forced Entry | 1983 | United States | [88] |
G
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gama Bomb | 2002 | Northern Ireland | [89] | |
Generation Kill | 2008 | United States | [90] | |
God Forbid | 1996 | United States | [91] | |
Grinder | 1987 | Germany | [92] | |
Gwar | 1984 | United States | [93] |
H
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hämatom | 2004 | Germany | [94] | |
Hand of Fire | 2010 | United States | [95] | |
Hatesphere | 1998 | Denmark | [96] | |
The Haunted | 1996 | Sweden | [97] | |
Hatchet | 2006 | United States | [98] | |
Havok | 2004 | United States | [99] | |
Heathen | 1984 | United States | [100] | |
Hellhammer | 1981 | Switzerland | [101] | |
Helstar | 1982 | United States | [102] | |
Hermética | 1987 | Argentina | [103] | |
Hirax | 1982 | United States | [104] | |
Hobbs' Angel of Death | 1987 | Australia | [105] | |
Holocausto | 1985 | Brazil | [106] | |
Holy Moses | 1980 | Germany | [107] | |
Horcas | 1988 | Argentina | [108] | |
Hyades | 1996 | Italy | [109] |
I
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Iced Earth | 1984 | United States | [110] | |
Infernäl Mäjesty | 1986 | Canada | [111] | |
Intruder | 1987 | United States | [112] | |
Iron Angel | 1983 | Germany | [113] |
K
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kayser | 2004 | Sweden | [114] | |
Kekal | 1995 | Indonesia | [115] | |
Korrozia Metalla | 1984 | Russia | [116] | |
Korzus | 1983 | Brazil | [117] | |
Kreator | 1982 | Germany | [118] | |
Kraptor | 2007 | Venezuela | ||
Kryptos | 1998 | India | [119] |
L
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lȧȧz Rockit | 1982 | United States | [120] | |
Lair of the Minotaur | 2003 | United States | [121] | |
Lamb of God | 1994 | United States | [122] | |
Lawnmower Deth | 1987 | United Kingdom | [123] | |
Lazarus A.D. | 2005 | United States | [124] | |
Legion of the Damned | 2004 | Netherlands | [125] | |
Lethal | 1988 | Argentina | [126] | |
Liege Lord | 1984 | United States | [127] | |
Living Death | 1980 | Germany | [128] | |
Living Sacrifice | 1989 | United States | [129] | |
Loudblast | 1986 | France | [130] | |
Lost Society | 2010 | Finland | [130] | |
Lyzanxia | 1996 | France | [131] | |
Lich King | 2004 | United States | [132] |
M
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine Head | 1991 | United States | [133] | ||
Malefice | 2003 | United Kingdom | [134] | ||
Mantic Ritual | 2004 | United States | [135] | ||
Massakre | 1982 | Chile | [136] | ||
Master | 1987 | Russia | [137] | ||
Megadeth | 1983 | United States | [138] | ||
Mekong Delta | 1985 | Germany | [139] | ||
Meliah Rage | 1986 | United States | [140] | ||
Messiah | 1984 | Switzerland | [141] | ||
Metal Allegiance | 2014 | United States | [142] | ||
Metal Church | 1980 | United States | [143] | ||
Metallica | 1981 | United States | [1] | ||
M.O.D. | 1986 | United States | [144] | ||
Mokoma | 1996 | Finland | [145] | ||
Morbid Saint | 1982 | United States | [146] | ||
Mordred | 1984 | United States | [147] | ||
Mortal Sin | 1985 | Australia | [148] | ||
Mortification | 1987 | Australia | [149] | ||
Municipal Waste | 2001 | United States | [150] | ||
Mutilator | 1985 | Brazil | [151] |
N
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nailbomb | 1994 | United States | [152] | |
Nasty Savage | 1983 | United States | [153] | |
Necrodeath | 1985 | Italy | [154] | |
Necronomicon | 1983 | Germany | [155] | |
Nevermore | 1991 | United States | [156] | |
Nervosa | 2010 | Brazil | [157] | |
Nocturnal Breed | 1996 | Norway | [158] | |
Nuclear | 1998 | Chile | [159] | |
Nuclear Assault | 1984 | United States | [160] |
O
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
One Bad Pig | 1985 | United States | [161] | |
Onslaught | 1983 | United Kingdom | [162] | |
Outrage | 1982 | Japan | [163] | |
Overkill | 1980 | United States | [164] |
P
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pantera | 1981 | United States | [165] | |
Paradox | 1986 | Germany | [166] | |
Pentagram Chile | 1985 | Chile | [167] | |
Pestilence | 1986 | Netherlands | [168] | |
Possessed | 1983 | United States | [169] | |
Prong | 1986 | United States | [170] | |
Prototype | 1994 | United States | [171] |
R
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rage | 1984 | Germany | [172] | |
RAMP | 1989 | Portugal | [173] | |
Ratos de Porão | 1981 | Brazil | [174] | |
Raven | 1974 | United Kingdom | [175] | |
Razor | 1984 | Canada | [176] | |
Recon | 1986 | United States | [177] | |
Revocation | 2006 | United States | [178] | |
Rigor Mortis | 1983 | United States | [179] | |
Ruin | 2005 | United States | [180] |
S
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
S7N | 2009 | Mexico | [181] | |
Sabbat | 1985 | United Kingdom | [182] | |
Sabbat | 1983 | Japan | ||
Sacrament | 1989 | United States | [183] | |
Sacred Oath | 1984 | United States | [184] | |
Sacred Reich | 1985 | United States | [185] | |
Sacrifice | 1983 | Canada | [186] | |
Sadus | 1984 | United States | [187] | |
Sarcófago | 1985 | Brazil | [188] | |
Sanatorium | 1987 | Macedonia | [189] | |
Sepultura | 1984 | Brazil | [190] | |
Seventh Angel | 1987 | United Kingdom | [191] | |
Sex Machineguns | 1989 | Japan | [192] | |
Shadows Fall | 1995 | United States | [193] | |
Short Sharp Shock | 2005 | United Kingdom | [194] | |
Skeletonwitch | 2003 | United States | [195] | |
Skin Chamber | 1991 | United States | [196] | |
Skrew | 1990 | United States | [197] | |
Slayer | 1981 | United States | [198] | |
Sodom | 1981 | Germany | [199] | |
Soulfly | 1997 | United States | [200] | |
Stam1na | 1996 | Finland | [201] | |
Stone | 1985 | Finland | [202] | |
Stormtroopers of Death | 1985 | United States | [203] | |
Sturmgeist | 2002 | Norway | ||
Suicidal Angels | 2001 | Greece | [204] | |
Suicidal Tendencies | 1981 | United States | [205] | |
Susperia | 1998 | Norway | [206] | |
Swashbuckle | 2005 | United States | [207] | |
Sylosis | 2000 | United Kingdom | [208] |
T
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tankard | 1982 | Germany | [209] | ||
Terror 2000 | 1999 | Sweden | [210] | ||
Testament | 1983 | United States | [211] | ||
Thanatos | 1984 | Netherlands | [212] | ||
Tonic Breed | 2006 | Norway | [213] | ||
Tourniquet | 1989 | United States | [214] | ||
Torturer | 1989 | Chile | [215] | ||
Toxic Holocaust | 1999 | United States | [216] | ||
Toxik | 1985 | United States | [217] | ||
Transmetal | 1987 | Mexico | [218] | ||
Tremonti | 2011 | United States | [219] | ||
Trivium | 2000 | United States | [220] |
U
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note |
---|---|---|---|
Ultimatum | 1992 | United States | [221] |
United | 1981 | Japan | [222] |
Unlocking the Truth | 2007 | United States | [223] |
V
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vader | 1983 | Poland | ||
Vektor | 2002 | United States | [224] | |
Vengeance Rising | 1987 | United States | [225] | |
Venom | 1979 | United Kingdom | [226] | |
Venom Inc. | 2015 | United Kingdom | [227] | |
Violator | 2002 | Brazil | [228] | |
Vio-lence | 1985 | United States | [229] | |
Virus | 1986 | United Kingdom | [230] | |
Voivod | 1982 | Canada | [231] | |
Vulcano | 1981 | Brazil | [232] |
W
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Warbringer | 2004 | United States | [233] | |
Watchtower | 1982 | United States | [234] | |
Whiplash | 1984 | United States | [235] | |
Witchery | 1997 | Sweden | [236] | |
Wrust | 2000 | Botswana | [237] |
X
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Xentrix | 1985 | United Kingdom | [238] |
Y
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note |
---|---|---|---|
Yyrkoon | 1995 | France | [239] |
Z
editBand | Formed | Origin | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Znöwhite | 1982 | United States | ||
Zoetrope | 1978 | United States | [240] |
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