Thrash Metal
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Take a look at these song titles for a second . . . "Metal Militia", "Slaves of Pain", "Shellshock". They embody the balls-to-the-wall bent of thrash metal, the worldwide underground movement of extreme rock that broke new ground during the '80s and early '90s. While thrash acts took some creative cues from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they mostly existed on another plane entirely — one marked by palm-muted guitar leads (Megadeth's "Wake Up Dead"), inhuman rhythms ("Bodily Dismemberment"), and labyrinthine song passages ("Thrown to the Wolves"). Get to know your Megadeth, and brace yourself for an ale injection from Tankard, in Next Steps.
£20.15 The Basics
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Metal Militia Metallica 5:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Angel of Death Slayer 4:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wake Up Dead Megadeth 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Metal Thrashing Mad Anthrax 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Slaves of Pain Sepultura 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Without Conclusion As I Lay Dying 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Punishment Biohazard 4:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Revolution Korzus 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Of Men and Tyrants Angelus Apatrida 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Into the Crypts of Rays Celtic Frost 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 666 Anvil 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Heavy Metal Maniac Exciter 3:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Over the Wall Testament 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Trash 'til Death Destruction 4:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Hammerhead Flotsam and Jetsam 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Voivod Voivod 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Napalm In the Morning Sodom 5:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Deathamphetamine Exodus 8:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Take No Prisoners Laaz Rockit 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Thrown to the Wolves Death Angel 7:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Maximum Satan Annihilator 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 ExplicitWar Is Hell Toxic Holocaust 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Shellshock Onslaught 6:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Die With a Beer In Your Hand Tankard 5:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Only the Strong Will Survive Obsession 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
You probably know the band names — especially the Ms and Ss of metal: Metallica and Megadeth, Slayer and Sepultura — but do you know the defining songs of thrash metal's most popular acts? As in the fan favourites that came before everyone's mainstream moment, like the dizzying mid-tempo melodies of Megadeth's "Hangar 18". When it comes to niche outfits, don't forget to raise a flagon to Germany's Tankard, who willingly sold their souls to Gambrinus, patron saint of beer, and gave us bier-keller stormers like "Die With a Beer in Your Hand" from 2004's Beasts of Bourbon. The roots of thrash extend to English soil, in Deep Cuts.
£19.95 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Tombs of the Dead Merciless Death 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Unchained Angel Nasty Savage 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Life Sentence Razor 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Killing Machine Living Death 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Jesus Hitler Carnivore 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Unholy War Atheist 2:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Crucifiction Hobb's Angel Of Death 4:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Baptized In Blood Helstar 4:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 NO TRACE of SHAME6 ULYSSES SIREN 5:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Kill Yourself S.O.D.: Stormtroopers Of Death 2:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Rise from the Ashes Nuclear Assault 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Current of Death Holy Moses 2:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Slaughter In the Vatican Exhorder 7:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Enemy Attack Avenger of Blood 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 F Subzero Saros 9:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Trip At the Brain Suicidal Tendencies 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Officer Nice Violence 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Power of One Sadus 3:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Bats In the Belfry Overkill 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Born to Party Municipal Waste 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Immortal Life Bonded By Blood 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Bullet Belt Gama Bomb 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Mistress from Hell Enforcer 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 One By One Mantic Ritual 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 The Beast S.S.S. 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Many fans thought Jason Newsted was crazy for quitting Metallica in 2001. The bassist knew exactly what he was doing, however — coming full circle in his career by joining Voivod, a childhood favourite that (unlike the modern rock-leaning Metallica) was still playing venom-infused thrash metal. In other words, Newsted still wanted to play songs with real speed, like "Warriors of Ice". Here, you'll also find throwback killers by the likes of Sodom (the Slayer-calibre "I Am the War"), and for a keen blast of English proto-thrash, cue up the total metal of Atomkraft ("Rich Bitch").
£18.77 Deep Cuts
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Hangar 18 Megadeth 5:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Thrasher Evile 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Mind Over Metal Raven 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 ExplicitMaggots In Your Coffin Repulsion 1:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 I Am Immortal Mortal Sin 4:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Brutal Warfare Mortification 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Ride the Lightning Metallica 6:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Deathwish Ultimatum 5:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Hell Have Fury Whiplash 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitDeath of Heaven Infernal Majesty 6:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Reanimation Sacrifice 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 To Mosh F.K.Ü. 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Infernal Final Carnage Blood Tsunami 5:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Blood Money Guillotine 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Beneath the Remains Sepultura 5:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Dystopia Kreator 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Fast As a Shark Accept 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Eromantic Vertigo Nasty Savage 5:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 ExplicitBalls On Bread M.O.D. 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Die By the Sword Slayer 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Violence & Force Exciter 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Bodily Dismemberment Rigor Mortis 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 ExplicitThe Clerical Conspiracy Sabbat 5:37 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
The thrash metal scene was off to the races from the moment Metallica released its frantic debut, Kill 'Em All. A heavy metal classic of the highest order, it was also Dave Mustaine's indirect inspiration for forming Megadeth, thrash metal's other major act outside of Slayer. (Metallica booted Mustaine just before recording their breakthrough, which prompted him to announce he'd form a band that was "bigger than Metallica"). Outside of all that Metallica/Mustaine drama, thrash metal was a worldwide phenomenon, united by the pursuit of all things heavy, hard and fast, from the Bay Area (Metallica, Exodus, Testament) to Germany, where the "Teutonic thrash" of bands like Kreator and Sodom was upping the brutality factor and inadvertently inventing death metal.
£58.87 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Metal Militia Metallica 5:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Angel of Death Slayer 4:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Wake Up Dead Megadeth 3:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Metal Thrashing Mad Anthrax 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Slaves of Pain Sepultura 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Without Conclusion As I Lay Dying 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Punishment Biohazard 4:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Revolution Korzus 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Of Men and Tyrants Angelus Apatrida 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Into the Crypts of Rays Celtic Frost 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 666 Anvil 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Heavy Metal Maniac Exciter 3:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Over the Wall Testament 4:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Trash 'til Death Destruction 4:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Hammerhead Flotsam and Jetsam 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Voivod Voivod 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Napalm In the Morning Sodom 5:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Deathamphetamine Exodus 8:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Take No Prisoners Laaz Rockit 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Thrown to the Wolves Death Angel 7:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Maximum Satan Annihilator 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 ExplicitWar Is Hell Toxic Holocaust 3:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Shellshock Onslaught 6:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Die With a Beer In Your Hand Tankard 5:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Only the Strong Will Survive Obsession 3:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Tombs of the Dead Merciless Death 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Unchained Angel Nasty Savage 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Life Sentence Razor 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Killing Machine Living Death 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 Jesus Hitler Carnivore 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Unholy War Atheist 2:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Crucifiction Hobb's Angel Of Death 4:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Baptized In Blood Helstar 4:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 NO TRACE of SHAME6 ULYSSES SIREN 5:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Kill Yourself S.O.D.: Stormtroopers Of Death 2:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Rise from the Ashes Nuclear Assault 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Current of Death Holy Moses 2:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Slaughter In the Vatican Exhorder 7:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Enemy Attack Avenger of Blood 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 F Subzero Saros 9:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Trip At the Brain Suicidal Tendencies 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Officer Nice Violence 5:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Power of One Sadus 3:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Bats In the Belfry Overkill 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 Born to Party Municipal Waste 4:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Immortal Life Bonded By Blood 2:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Bullet Belt Gama Bomb 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Mistress from Hell Enforcer 3:16 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 One By One Mantic Ritual 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 The Beast S.S.S. 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Hangar 18 Megadeth 5:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 Thrasher Evile 3:09 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Mind Over Metal Raven 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 ExplicitMaggots In Your Coffin Repulsion 1:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 I Am Immortal Mortal Sin 4:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Brutal Warfare Mortification 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 Ride the Lightning Metallica 6:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 58 Deathwish Ultimatum 5:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Hell Have Fury Whiplash 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 ExplicitDeath of Heaven Infernal Majesty 6:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Reanimation Sacrifice 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 To Mosh F.K.Ü. 4:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Infernal Final Carnage Blood Tsunami 5:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Blood Money Guillotine 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Beneath the Remains Sepultura 5:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Dystopia Kreator 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Fast As a Shark Accept 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 Eromantic Vertigo Nasty Savage 5:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 ExplicitBalls On Bread M.O.D. 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Die By the Sword Slayer 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 71 Violence & Force Exciter 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 72 Bodily Dismemberment Rigor Mortis 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 73 ExplicitThe Clerical Conspiracy Sabbat 5:37 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 73 Songs
Customer Reviews
Thrash Essentials?
For the 25% of this list that is Thrash metal i agree, it's brilliant. However for the other 75% of this list (god help me if i ever find who made it) is utter rubbish. Not only is full of songs and artists that are not Thrash artists, or even sound remotely Thrashy, but iTunes has those other genres covered so why not put them there?
As I Lay Crying on a Thrash list? I wont say how bad that pityful excuse for a band is because thats fairly obvious but putting them on the Thrash list? You might as well put Slayer on a Light Jazz List, Metallica on Dubstep and Anthrax as a Disney channel show. Itunes clearly needs to either employ someone who actually listens to Thrash to do this list or even just get me to do it? I'd give you a better list if i had no ears!
