A Phrygian mode (rhythm guitar riff) Here’s another minor Latin style progression using Am7, Bmaj7 and Gm7 chords within the Phrygian mode. The muted strings imitate the sound of the guiro ...

Known for his fast, aggressive, and chaotic guitar playing, he helped shape the thrash metal genre. Most Influential Work: Slayer’s album “Reign in Blood” is considered a seminal work in thrash metal, ...

If you love Metallica’s hit album Master of Puppets, then you will love these records that share similar styles to it, in ...

We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a short, ...

“Thrash was just what they called ‘faster hardcore,’ because you literally thrashed around when you were either playing it or reacting to it,” Lilker explained (via Ultimate Guitar).

If anyone knows about creating a successful thrash band, it’s Dave Mustaine. As you are probably well aware since he never stops talking about it, Mustaine is one of the founding members of Metallica, ...

Three legendary local thrash-metal bands bring their "The Bay Strikes Back" show to the South Bay Saturday as Testament, Exodus and Death Angel share the San Jose Civic stage.

Queen, “Stone Cold Crazy” Best Thrash Debuts of the Last 10 Years (2013-2022) by Extinction A.D.'s Rick Jiminez Filed Under: Brian May, Queen Categories: Metal, News, Rock ...

Formed in 1982 by a group of Filipino cousins living in Daly City, the band featuring Rob Cavestany (lead guitar, backing vocals), Dennis Pepa (lead vocals, bass), Gus Pepa (rhythm guitar), and ...

In a time when many thrash metal pioneers were disappearing from the metal scene, Warbeast released three studio albums — Krush The Enemy (2010), Destroy (2013) and Enter the Arena (2017 ...

"I am looking to check out more thrash. I’m a big fan of death and black metal from the late '80s and early '90s so I’m hoping for some recommendations that might ease me in based off that ...