Terrorizer's Secret Histories - Thrash Metal

Secret History of Thrash Metal:

Out NOW Terrorizer's Secret History of Thrash Metal tells the story of how Venom Hellhammer and a Danish tennis player helped bring about a whole new genre of heavy-as-fuck fast-as-lightning ballsy rock 'n' roll.

With a collection of features to have you dribbling radioactive drool we lead you on a denim-clad journey through the beginning of thrash itself with Venom look at the role of the Big 4 of Metallica Slayer Megadeth and Anthrax and Germany's own ass-kicking Big 3 of Sodom Destruction and Kreator as well as the gnarled beast that is black thrash metal. Plus we take a brief sojurn to the wacky side lifting the lid on Satan's trampolines ridiculous covers Bermuda shorts and why thrash wasn't always Armageddon and war. We get symbolic with DRI COC SSS and other three-letter bands that took punk and force-fed it speed and we also look forward and tell you how thrash lives on with a new breed bringing the noise.

With metal-thrashing memoirs from Venom Sabbat Kreator Max Cavalera Metallica Death Angel Acid Reign Nuclear Assault Sepultura Anthrax S.O.D. Slayer Overkill Testament and more we round things off with a genre-defining label-round-up 20 defining moments a look at the art of thrash the definitive A-Z of thrash and our list of ultimate thrash albums. There's a megatonne and-a-half of fantastic reading matter here on which to feast your eyes.