2012: Awesome year so far for thrash/good metal

[jamesr7790]

Here's why:

First, new albums!

Saint Vitus - Lillie F-65 (Spring 2012)

Fear Factory - The Industrialist (Spring 2012)

Testament - Dark Roots of Earth (Spring 2012)

Kreator - Phantom Antichrist (6/5/12)

Overkill - The Electric Age (3/27/12)

Plus Slayer and TOOL are expected to have new albums out by year's end. I'm sure I'm missing some but these are just the bands and albums I'm most stoked about. Fuck the bullshit Sabbath reunion now that Bill Ward is out.

Secondly: Anthrax is on their second leg w/Testament on the Earth on Hell Tour, Megadeth is touring w/ Motorhead on the Gigantour, and we've got Slayer and Anthrax on Mayhem Festival this summer. Overkill is touring in May in support of their new record. Kreator is supposed to be announcing a tour. Ringworm is playing 3 shows at SXSW.

So a lot of cool shit happening soon, gonna catch every show I can. What upcoming albums are YOU looking forward to most?

 

[timmyc]

Yeah, Testament and Kreator are my 2 biggies, as well as hopefully Slayer at some point later in the year. Lamb of God's new one is an absolute cracker as well for me, maybe their best yet.

 

[the Medication]

Fucking americans. Don't they realise the world is made up of two hemispheres thus 'spring' is meaningless. And Tool is not thrash obviously. Neither is Lamb of God.

 

[Anthrax_Mosher]

New Shadows Fall album this year?

 

[Anthrax_Mosher]

Fucking americans. Don't they realise the world is made up of two hemispheres thus 'spring' is meaningless. And Tool is not thrash obviously. Neither is Lamb of God.

2012: Awesome year so far for thrash/good metal

 

[the Medication]

^ Well that still doesn't explain why tool is there

 

[timmyc]

And Tool is not thrash obviously. Neither is Lamb of God.

Who said LoG WERE thrash?

 

[kirkland]

The new Van Halen is fucking amazing

 

[jamesr7790]

I think The Medication forgot to take their medication.

 

[Darth Ridiculous]

Here's some great 2012 thrash for y'all: Nekromantheon!

 

[astream]

Testament is the biggest one for me.

Hope to catch them live one day.

 

[astream]

and of course "The Law" from Sweden. Think they are planning to release a new album this year. In the meantime, we can listen to their earlier stuff:

 

[classical_thrasher]

Here's some great 2012 thrash for y'all: Nekromantheon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkBMMwMn7wI

Great Thrash indeed. Thanks for sharing that-I had never heard of them before.

Fast Thrash will always be to me the best of its kind. Faster is Gooder, as Gama Bomb used to say. :{D