Is thrash metal dead?

[Dazed and Brutal]

THRASH NOT DEAD.

Here's some newer thrash or thrashy bands that rule. I'm sure Necuratul or someone could produce an even longer list.

Alastor
Bestial Mockery
Buried God
The Crown
Crucified Mortals
Death Beast
Deathrider
Dekapitator
Desaster
Destroyer 666
Enforcer
Gama Bomb
Gospel of the Horns
Hammerwhore
Hatework
Hypnosia
Nocturnal
Oppression
ReDimoni
Sauron
Toxic Holocaust
Usurper
Vindicator

Ok, so they're all not "pure" thrash, but they are thrash at their core.

Well You proved me wrong lol. The Crown broke up BTW and they're more melo-death with heavy thrash influence (if you want to get technical)

 

[Matt]

THRASH NOT DEAD.

Here's some newer thrash or thrashy bands that rule. I'm sure Necuratul or someone could produce an even longer list.

Alastor
Bestial Mockery
Buried God
The Crown
Crucified Mortals
Death Beast
Deathrider
Dekapitator
Desaster
Destroyer 666
Enforcer
Gama Bomb
Gospel of the Horns
Hammerwhore
Hatework
Hypnosia
Nocturnal
Oppression
ReDimoni
Sauron
Toxic Holocaust
Usurper
Vindicator

Ok, so they're all not "pure" thrash, but they are thrash at their core.

Intresting. Thrash dead in my opinion howevah.

 

[metal paddy]

I LIKE THIS BAND http://evile.co.uk/main.htm

 

[Carcassian]

There's still plenty of good thrash.

 

[Death Animal]

There is still some good old thrash band left.
And no thrash never dies.
And check scourger for christ sake http://www.myspace.com/thescourger

 

[Stormwatch]

Are there any thrash bands left, apart from Overkill? Bands like The Haunted aren't thrash - and they suck big willies anyway.

 

[audiophileguy]

rainbow - live in munich 1976
sonata arctica - for the sake of revenge
sodom - sodom

 

[Hell Mike]

Just in Sweden we have a few (Recent though some defunct now):

Incinerator
Lethal
Corrupt
Caustic Strike
Slavator
The Law
Hypnosia
Enforcer
Certain Death
Oppression

AND MORE!

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Are there any thrash bands left, apart from Overkill? Bands like The Haunted aren't thrash - and they suck big willies anyway.

The post like a few above you lists a LOT.

 

[Impudent]

Just in Sweden we have a few (Recent though some defunct now):

Incinerator
Lethal
Corrupt
Caustic Strike
Slavator
The Law
Hypnosia
Enforcer
Certain Death
Oppression

AND MORE!

Lethal, ftw.

 

[skeptik]

I like how the only fucking people saying it's dead are the people that don't listen to it/don't know shit about it.

 

[Impudent]

Just goes to show...

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Dead.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I think good thrash metal is dead. Now we've just got a bunch of shitty thrash-influenced metalcore that makes the formula unbearable. Oh, and the fact that the most influential thrash band ever is the epitome of selling out is pretty discouraging.

 

[genocide roach]

one word...

demiricous

ok.. two words. add dekapitator
~gR~

 

[skeptik]

I like how, despite multiple people listing 30 or so currently active quality truly THRASH bands, people are still saying that it's dead. Granted that there is very little room for innovation, but that is inherent in the form.

 

[Necro Joe]

I voted yes because the thrash "scene" these days is pretty much a tribute to what it was twenty years ago.

Edit: At least based on the bands that I've heard.

 

[Johanna]

Lethal, ftw.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7342807401944340280&q=lethal+thrash

 

[Killbot]

Lethal -

 

[Impudent]

WOULD YOU GUYS CALL VADER THRASH

There is some thrash influence, but they are more death metal than anything.