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

Forty-two years ago today, Metallica released their debut album. The release would play a major part in shaping thrash metal.

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, ...

Released in 1996, Load emerged in a time that wasn’t particularly good to the thrash sub-genre. Alt-rock, grunge, and nu-metal were dominating the charts and Metallica were forced to adapt.

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, ...

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 ...

Kirk Hammett played Gibson’s one-off CEO4 SG at Black Sabbath’s tribute show—soon heading to auction to benefit Gibson Gives.

"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 ...

[Laughs] I listen to fucking thrash metal, speed metal records on vinyl and play guitar. It’s what I do. I never really grew out of it. It’s a bit of a sad story, really. [Laughs]” Not a bad way to ...

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 ...

The band, performing Saturday at Bobby's Place, plays bracing explosions of thrash-metal and old-school punk with jackhammer riffs, gruff vocals and lyrics that often draw on horror themes ...