Your 2nd favorite thrash group...

[Steiner]

Of the thrash groups out there still playing together and making new music, (and assuming Testament is number one), who get's the silver medal?

I'll throw my hat in for Darkane. I fucking dig almost everything these guys make. Expanding Senses was especially amazing. It's also cool how they pay respects to the pioneers of the genre from the Bay Area scene.

 

[one man]

Overkill is my number two, but I agree with everything you said about Darkane. I'm curious to see how their career will develop

 

[istari]

The Haunted... (who IMHO ties the first place with Testament)

 

[Jason Washburn]

SADUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS:hotjump:

 

[Sadistik]

Overkill....Killbox 13 is their best in YEARS....

 

[progmetalgod]

Order of preference:

Metallica (first 5 albums)
Megadeth
Testament
Overkill

 

[snickers]

I dont have a clear number 1 or 2 but some of my favs at the moment are: death angel, metallica, and megadeth.

 

[MindInsane]

SLAYER!!!!!!!


Overkill=honorable mention

 

[Deadly Embrace]

Vio-Lence.......Death Angel.........The Haunted..........(old) Slayer

 

[dom]

definitely death angel, they were perhaps even better than testament, live on that first no mercy date in london - well, they had an overall much better performance ( due to perfect sound mix and massive energy ), i think that you can't get much better than metallica's first 4 for thrash (and the black album is just awesome), Slayer (DUDES), i think Chimaira whatever their style - totally piss over slayer to be honest, but then again, some of slayer's earlier stuff is literally untouchable in its own way...
it's really hard to say, because all these bands are quite different in their own little ways...

 

[progmetalgod]

Can someone give more details about Death Angel as I've heard their name pop up quite a bit? I heard of the band years ago but no nothing about them.

 

[Larf03]

I really have a hard time answering this thread ... But I think it's either Overkill, Kreator, or Nuclear Assault... Oh and Death Angel comes fucking close too

 

[MindInsane]

Chimaria piss over Slayer?? OMG!!! Thanks for the added hillarity to the thread..Oh my side!!

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Megadeth's second for me, after Metallica...followed by Iced Earth's first three, then Overkill, Testament, Anthrax, and many more.

Death Angel was one of the later-blooming Bay Area Thrash bands, the five orginal members of whom are all related in one way or another. They started playing in their mid-teens, released three albums (The Ultra-Violence, Frolic Through the Park, and Act II), then broke up in the early 90s, with a couple members going on to form The Organization and later Swarm. They reuinted (minus guitarist Gus Pepa, with Organization member Ted Aguilar in his place) for Thrash of the Titans, then continued gigging since. They've opened for Anthrax, Halford, and others, played the Bay Area Thrash Festival (which was awesome), and are currently touring the East Coast with plans to release a new album soon.

Their first album, The Ultra-Violence, is generally hailed as their best, and is IMO one of the best thrash albums of all time. It's really hard to fin, but they're supposed to be re-releasing it with bonus tracks in October, so check it out.

 

[Brent]

I really like The Haunted. They are a brutal metal band, but why the hell do they keep being labeled as " thrash"? They have heavy thrash influences, yes, but not enough to be labeled as Honest to God Pure Thrash Metal. It's more Swedish Death with thrash influences. Let's not forget the vocalist sounds completely " un Bay Area" like.

 

[Atropos]

Hands down, Megadeth.

Specifically, Rust in Peace. As far as guitar work is concerned, that whole album is bulletproof.

 

[narcisco]

Overkill are still classic thrash.
The first 30 seconds of St. Anger thats all.
Heathen released a great album and apparently may release another one.

 

[Akumojo Dracula X3]

I really like The Haunted. They are a brutal metal band, but why the hell do they keep being labeled as " thrash"? They have heavy thrash influences, yes, but not enough to be labeled as Honest to God Pure Thrash Metal. It's more Swedish Death with thrash influences. Let's not forget the vocalist sounds completely " un Bay Area" like.

~Because when At the Gates broke up and The Haunted formed they wanted to play thrash. They said that openly in interviews. I remember when they were saying that they were going for a Slayer aggression meeting AC/DC catchiness sound. Well I guess we can throw that association out the window lol. But the new album One Kill Wonder is almost pure thrash, (Listening I hear Dark Angel, Slayer and Testament among others, there is no influence about it) even though Anders still writes At the Gates riffs that's hardly a bad thing. But what exactly is a bay area vocalist supposed to sound like? Bobby "Blitz" Ellesworth? Neil Turbin? Joey Belladonna? Eric AK? Mille Petrozza? Tom Araya? Max Cavalera? Chuck Schuldiner? Don Doty? Note the sarcasm in none of those vocalists being from SF yet all have been accused of helping in the development of thrash.

~My second favorite thrash band however has to be... Anthrax. Among the Living still destroys, Persistence and Spreading are great. A few songs on their new one are great too like Refuse to be Denied, Anyplace but Here, Black Dahlia, and WCFYA. By the way what does A.I.R. stand for?

 

[SOD]

Slayer and The Haunted
\m/

 

[Anneke]

Death Angel and Darkane
And they're gonna tour together.. :hotjump: