ANTHRAX Fistful of Metal
After Metallica came screaming out of the gates with their new brand of thrash, Anthrax obviously thought it it was time to “one up” them and put out this one.…
METALLICA Ride the Lightning
Metallica Ride the lightning was the second outing for this American band. After the Success of their first album Kill em all, and the subsequent touring it was time for…
MEGADETH Killing is my Business… And Business is Good!
MEGADETH Killing is my Business… And Business is Good! Is the debut album from the American thrashers. After Mustaine was ejected from his previous band Metallica he immediately set about…
DESTRUCTION
Destruction is one of the most iconic bands in the German thrash metal scene. As part of the “Teutonic Big Three”—alongside Kreator and Sodom—Destruction helped define a raw, aggressive style…
POSSESSED
The Birth of Possessed: Forging the Path for Death Metal In the early 1980s, when heavy metal was becoming more extreme, a group of teenagers from the San Francisco Bay…
SLAYER Show No Mercy
Slayer Show No Mercy is one of my all-time favourite records. It’s not quite the slayer they grew into by the time Hell Awaits came out, but to me this…
ANTHRAX Armed and Dangerous
I have to be honest and say a lot of what Anthrax did over the years really lost me. This is their next EP after their first album and armed…
METALLICA Kill Em All
Ok, most (if not all of you guys) will be familiar with this one, it’s Metallica’s first record Kill em All. This album marked the start of what would become…
MEGADETH
Dave Mustaine’s Departure from Metallica Again I’m sure we all know the back story of Dave Mustaine getting kicked out of Metallica. Megadeth’s story begins with Dave Mustaine, a guitarist…
ANTHRAX
Formation and Early Lineup (1981-1983) Anthrax was founded in 1981 in Queens, New York, by guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. The duo, both avid fans of heavy metal…