Just wanted to name drop a few "new" thrash bands that I find extreamly cool. I keep hearing stuff about how "thrash is back" and that its going to kill the metal'core' trend soon. I have no idea how they know this unless these are industry (record labels) people that are going to be willing to invest money into these bands and promote them into commercial status... anyway some cool bands:

RAZOR FIST
WARBRINGER
GAMMA BOMB - "...lets thrash like its '86. Put on your bullet belt!" whoa
DEKAPITATOR
HYADES
DR. LIVINGDEAD
FUELED BY FIRE
MERCELESS DEATH
STRIKEMASTER
HELLISH CROSSFIRE
SUICIDAL ANGELS
ARBITRATOR
FLESH MADE SIN
MAZE OF TORRMENT
ABANDONED

the list goes on. i heard there are secret forums out there where you can "borrow" any band you desire. even stuff from the good ol days. i really hope a thrash scene becomes big and kicks this metal'core' perversion out of the water. sorry its not metal to my ears.

DEKAPITATOR i believe has members of exhumed and are on relapse records.

the whole thrash is back and here to stay moment sucks, and over the last couple of years someone says its here to stay.

thrash never went anywhere, you did you fuckin dolt.

so sick of hearing about this shit.

da chief said:

This sentence confuses my brain.

then my job here is done.

I think its cool that there has been a thrash resurgence but most of these young throwback bands sound veeery similar. I would be a lot more interested if they were trying to do something new in the thrash style but most seem content, or only capable of, ripping off the old classic bands.

anthony said:

damn you and your thought out sentences and facts and piecharts (mmm pie) yeah thats what i meant too

Also, RAMMING SPEED, an old school band that I feel brings something new to the table as well, couldn't even get one show in the Bay area in CA, even though according to Myspace that area is crawling with these thrash resurgence bands. Its easy to be a band on Myspace, harder to get stuff done in the real world.

pffft what do you know of this so called real world.

google will eat your soul, go check i bet it already did

I don't believe in souls

Rammer!

anthony said:

thats only cause yours was eaten like apple pie, mmm mmm mmm apple pie

HELLISH COSSFIRE

SKELETONWITCH

SAURON

watchmaker666 said:

Rammer is awesome. I love Rich Horror infinitely for showing me the light.

i have been out of the game since 1994. i'm an old man today wearing a suit the majority of my life but damn, i want to find my old denmin jacket and thrash like its 86 and blast this shit in my new 07 M5 like a wild hog.

Kinslayer said:

theyre tearing shit up right now.

olschool said:

Sorry dude, you're only allowed to listen to thrash in a car that has hubcaps. You'll have to keep the volume low, I'm afraid.

Remember Alf? Well, he's back. In pog form.

olschool said:

thrash in an 07 M5? thats like oil and water. thrash belongs in something like an 88 Caprice Classic or an 83 Ponitac Parisienne.

84 Subaru GL. You heard it here first.

http://www.myspace.com/blacktorment666

The Storm Before The Calm from Dekapitator is awesome

well the 07 M5 is my dream car and it took me a long time to afford it so... i don't know? Hey I'm old (38) and have 3 kids! When I listen to this stuff I really feel old but at the same time remember those crazy days of thrash in the 80's and how much fun I had before I became a corporate monkey. My wife says, "When are u gonna grow up and stop listening to this heavy metal!" heh, never... I'm going to expose my son to this! hahaha.

Yes Storm before the clam is sick as shit. Incredible stuff.

WITCHTRAP from Colombia. That is all.

olschool said:

Don't do that. It's almost a guarantee he'll listen to rap when he rebels as a teen.

ArrowHead likes Pie said:

now that i will NOT tolerate

thrash is the new thing, kinda like last year when it was super sloppy black metal and the year before that it was stoner/doom.

I like some of the new thrash shit and have liked a lot of it over the years but I can't be bothered with any hype surrounding a certain style.. When the hype is gone I'll still be here

SSS

I miss D.R.I., dead horse, Cryptic Slaughter, C.O.C. and The Fearless Iranians From Hell.

Merciless Death is great! I HIGHLY recommend EVILE...they just got signed to Earache and are excellent! Obviously, Municipal Waste is leading this charge and I couldn't be happier...so many bands out there have got the sound and vibe down right! it's great to see and hopefully it will see the popularity it once had

I've been living in the bay area for the last year, and there is definitely a big "thrash is back!" buzz going on over there. Problem is almost all of the bands sound the same, no originality and nothing to make them stand out when the trend passes. Merciless Death, Warbringer Fueled by Fire and all them come play all the time, and it's boring as fuck all. Lots of 16 year olds in high tops and patched up denim, who somehow think they're better than scene kids. Dekapitator actually are pretty sick. If you're a fan of them, check out Matt Harvey's new outfit, Scarecrow. I don't know if they have any recordings yet but they sound AWESOME live. Also I gotta plug my personal favorite young bay area thrash band, Hatchet - http://www.myspace.com/hatchet2006 although I'm pretty sure everything they have on there still sounds awful, so I'm not doing them much of a service :P

Here is some drum machine thrash:

Betrayal

MASlayer said:

+2

Demo is great.

i have every single band on classicthrash.com on my macpro and would love to just put it up for anyone to have. it would be an "educational" upload. but i do agree that these 'new' thrash acts do not bring anything new to the table BUT i guess for me its the nostalgia behind it all. i was watching a bunch of vids on utube with those bands and i'm thinkin, where the hell did they get their jean jackets? what is up with the wardrobe. i really felt like i was back in high school (god that was ages ago) but seeing 16 year olds wearing the stuff... nah, that is just not right. its like halloween.

I did check out Scarecrow and Hatchet, both very good. I actually was able to DL some of their songs.

but i do appreciate the new bands trying to keep it real

Dar nli said:

Exactly why, even though I am a huge fan of thrash, I couldnt be bothered with most of these new throwback bands. (Although there are definitely some bands that are just straight up awesome). If I need new thrash to listen to, I'd rather dig deeper into finding demo recordings of my favorite old bands than listen to people with no originality. These kids need to come up with their own style, not rip off a carbon copy of what happened twenty years ago.

olschool said:

You have mp3s of everything on classic thrash? Dude.. I need to get some of that. Do you have aim?

I can't believe not one of you thrash geeks mentioned Nocturnal from Germany, talk about actually good modern thrash without being gay like the pizza-party thrash garbage.

hey dont you talk badly about pizza parties

da chief said:

PIZZA JIHAD IS GO

LALALALALALALALALALALALALALA

Yeah, Nocturnal kick ass! Arrival of the Carnivore!

da chief said:

Your'e not the boss of me

C.dead said:

arent i though, arent i

you may be his boss but I'm his bitch.


SNOODLE DOODLE DOO!

snoochie boochie.....?

Snoodle TOODLE do brah!!1!

i do not have AIM but to be honest, I have no idea how to well u know, get stuff to you.

is there a certain band you are desiring from "back in the day"?

Lemme check out all the shit on classicthrash.com again and I'll let you know. I know there is stuff on there I've seen and wanted very badly, but been unable to find. Do you have email? Mine is revocationband AT gmail DOT com. Send me a message there so I can get your address and I'll be in touch.

i'm at work now but i will tonight. i'll try to help you out!

Thanks alot man! I share all my music so I will definitely help to propgate the classic shit! There really is no way to get some stuff unless you are willing to spend big $$ on eBay.

no way man, do not spend your hard earned loot on eBay cds. i think its such a rip off, unless you really want the physical CD for your collection. I will email you later.

C.dead said:

you know with all this free time you could be burning a church

Don't forget VIOLATOR from Brazil.

I think the title of this thread is hilarious..."Thrash is back". Did it ever really go anywhere??

well in a way i think thrash did "go away". when you think of all the bands that formed back in 1986-1992. that whole time period of thrash metal was really incredible. from the production to the actual writing of the songs. its one of a kind. i mean i see what ur saying but that true thrash did go away. now its a perversion of Killswitch Is Gay. I really feel this type of band (metalcore) is a perversion of metal. They are nothing more than business tools, industry products. You mine as well say Green Day = Killswitch Engage. Same principles.

Although these new 'retro' thrash bands do not bring anything new its just the "thought" of it that counts.

I personally think that Nu-Metal is about to come back in a big way.

C.dead said:

I know that we'll get through this because we are such good friends
LETS HAVE SOME PIZZA PIE
CUZ WE'RE JUST A PACK OF GOOFS
LETS STOP THE FIGHTING AND HOLD HANDS
TOGETHER LETS HAVE SOME FUUUUUUUUUUN

if this turns into another genre debate i'm officially blowing up the internetz.

" know that we'll get through this because we are such good friends
LETS HAVE SOME PIZZA PIE
CUZ WE'RE JUST A PACK OF GOOFS "

Dude, i think we are best friends and we don't even know it. Tom Goes to Mayor is probably my favorite show ever! Thats one of the best epsiodes!

Cuz were just a pack of goofs, holy shit, hahaha, that kills me!

Rick a tick tick tick tock tock, RIIIIICKKKK ring a ding ding ring
Rimm RImmmm Rimmmmmmmmmmmmmm

"you know with all this free time you could be burning a church "

Or just the church signs, but lets just say i never did that.

C.DEAD said:

you know whats also fun not to do, get really really really high and drive around hopkinton and steal virgin mary's from peoples front lawn.

not that i know anyone who would do such a thing, just saying it sounds fun.

"steal virgin mary's from peoples front lawn. "

Hahaha, that is pretty great. I always wanted to corpse paint one but leave it exactly where it is. I think the person would get way more offended.

I'd rather cut a hole in the statues eye socket and make sweet love to it...

C.DEAD said:

Michael Ian Black and the Mayor is the ultimate crime fighting duo

Kinslayer said:

that would just hurt really bad

According to Blabbermouth, thrash is only back for spics.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo....aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=78216

Just wanted to name drop a few "new" thrash bands that I find extreamly cool. I keep hearing stuff about how "thrash is back" and that its going to kill the metal'core' trend soon. I have no idea how they know this unless these are industry (record labels) people that are going to be willing to invest money into these bands and promote them into commercial status... anyway some cool bands:

RAZOR FIST
WARBRINGER
GAMMA BOMB - "...lets thrash like its '86. Put on your bullet belt!" whoa
DEKAPITATOR
HYADES
DR. LIVINGDEAD
FUELED BY FIRE
POSTMORTEM (Mexico) www.myspace.com/sonicsoldiersofdeath
MERCELESS DEATH
STRIKEMASTER
HELLISH CROSSFIRE
SUICIDAL ANGELS
ARBITRATOR
FLESH MADE SIN
MAZE OF TORRMENT
ABANDONED

Has this thread just lapped itself?

I forgot the sheer greatness of this thread. Thrash, snoodling, and holy statue desecrating.

What's not to like?

the bands coming out today may not be the most original but they are at least thrash unlike bands like...say...Trivium...who are lauded as such...i'll take a copy cat any day over that garbage

who are the current Boston thrash bands?

13 Winters
Wretched Asylum
Asystole

fixed

er.. that stuff was 'Crap', not 'Thrash Metal'

no, seriously? who are the Boston thrash bands?

It's back. Kinda. Not in MA though.
MA can be lame sometimes.

Revocation

I'm going to be a dick and say they are not really Thrash. or atleast not "oldschool". The Thrash I want to came back I feel should have the old feel to it.

I also don't like how hipster punks wear municipal waste shirts cause it's cool to be oldschool ish. Asses.

Merciless death and Nocturnal=Thrash.

That's because they're not teenage Mexicans in 25 year old Reeboks. No one will think you are truely thrash in Bay area CA otherwise.

The "new" thrash scene is so redic. Fueled By Fire sucks, first of all. Merciless Death is meh. Dekapitator and Violator are pretty good. Fog of War. Cross Examination. Crucifier. SSS. Warbringer. These are bands I would want to watch.

i agree with you about revocation. if they were just pure old school thrash, i probably wouldn't like them as much as i do. they bring other elements into their sound. they have a lot of progressive stuff and some death elements. i think they are pretty unique and really talented at songwriting as well as their instruments.

Thanks for mentioning Revocation but yeah we're not a thrash metal band. Thrash metal is at the base of our sound but there is a ton of other shit going on beyond straight up thrash. I feel like people who enjoy thrash could get alot out of our music though.

Um... I know of a band...

http://www.myspace.com/descentma

I saw most of those bands a lot in the last year and i agree with this guy. I'm surprised you know who fog of war are! unless you live around there, I guess

you should all check out my new band razormaze. we are from MA http://myspace.com/razormazethrash

thrash isnt "back" it never went anywhere. certainly there are a whole lot of bands coming out of the woodwork these days and i totally welcome it. in my opinion evile is the best new big thrash band out there, even if they do sound maybe a little too much like slayer.

i have a few less well known bands i can add to this list:

Lich King (MA)
Savage Messiah (UK)
Minthorn (CO)
Fatal (FL)
Hyades (Italy)
Havok (CO)
Trasher (PA)
Horrifier (NJ)

HOSPITAL OF DEATH. free music online and the lyrics are a joke but musically its thrash in the vein of old Anthrax yet reminds me sometimes of Hammerfall/Helloween to old metallica. Their power ballad is hilarious, "I love you so much I can't shit and that aint no joke"

Space Eater is another cool "old school" sounding back with Forbidden/Belladonna vocals.

Negligence is really cool with Dark Angel'ish style vox

Meltdown from PA is real kill em all sounding

Witchburner from Germany is old school sounding with carcass style vox

Nocturnal Breed bordering on dmetal though but still thrashy

Destructor from OH

lots of thrash is out there today. I'm so tired of Killswitch and stuff like that.

i thought witchburner was done?

Hospital of Death is really good shit, please check them out. The music is free. They even re-do that Lion song Transformers from 1986, come on!

LOL. All bands are business tools from the low independent labels to the major market pushers. Do you honestly think thrash metal is any different from metalcore or even ponk (pop-punk) music? Metal Blade are signing bands like Fueled By Fire and Warbringer because they make Brian Slagel a fat rich bastard, not because they're "metal". There are agents out there who scout different scenes every three or four years to find the next big trend. That's all 'thrash is back' is. It's a cultural trend that is going to make record companies and the fashion industry money just like every other style has for decades. In two years you will hear all of these "true/non-corporate" bands on ten o clock radio and everyone will be listening to old Megadeth albums and people will say just as they did twenty years ago "Man. Remember the glory days back in '03 when thrash was underground and pure?" Mark my words.

who gives a fuck? anything to get more people to appreciate the awesomeness of thrash.

and yet, demolition hammer still reigns supreme.

NEEDS MOAR SONGS ABOUT SHARKS AND HOW THEY ATTACK.

WHY ARE ALL SUCCESSFUL METAL PRODUCERS FAT?
WHITE PEOPLE, I TELL YA

ORIGINAL SPEED METAL AND THRASH DID HAVE INTEGRITY
THIS RETRO SHIT NOW IS A CASH-IN

BLACK POWER!

dont want to participate in any of your niggardom.

this happens at least once a year. a buncha cheap ass college kids who don't support any metal shows go to a basement or "secret" show that happens to have a keg-a couple of retards assemble in a large group, then a few people convince themselves that "THRASH IS FUCKING BACK DUDE, THE BOSTON SCENE IS FUCKING AMAZING RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE AN ELITIST IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT".

words are marked, it's 2 years later, and you failed.

Truth. You can also replace cheap ass college kids with posi-pseudo punk dorks.

Pizza thrash is the future of music.

unfortunate truth



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