THRASH METAL
Metal music has multiple genres included in the culture, including thrash metal. Thrash metal is more fat riffs, drum beats and rage. This genre is all about having fast drum, guitars and loud singing. "The Big Four" created the thrash metal genre and the structure for thrash metal music songs. "The Big Four" include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer, these are the pioneers of thrash metal. These four bands are the creators of thrash metal music which was created in the late 1970's to early 1980's.
At the late 1970's and early 1980's, there was a huge wave of British heavy metal music was circling. This is what created a more aggressive and fast tempo of metal, coming off of punk rock and hardcore metal. Putting together more complex and long guitar solos, adding some deep distortion, double rick bass drums and aggressive vocals is thrash metal.
A common practice for thrash metal bands is having complex intros, solos and outros in their music. Shredding was one technique these bands would use when playing complex quick speed solos. Shredding used techniques like sweep picking, phrasing, tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs and tremolo. This new techniques and style of play was a great thing for the metal community.
Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill and Slayer all released albums in 1984 that opened up thrash metal music to society. Each of these bands brought something different to the table of being the heaviest and fastest in thrash metal. This began a new world in the metal community and opened the doors as a recognizable metal genre.
At the late 1970's and early 1980's, there was a huge wave of British heavy metal music was circling. This is what created a more aggressive and fast tempo of metal, coming off of punk rock and hardcore metal. Putting together more complex and long guitar solos, adding some deep distortion, double rick bass drums and aggressive vocals is thrash metal.
A common practice for thrash metal bands is having complex intros, solos and outros in their music. Shredding was one technique these bands would use when playing complex quick speed solos. Shredding used techniques like sweep picking, phrasing, tapping, hammer-ons, pull-offs and tremolo. This new techniques and style of play was a great thing for the metal community.
Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill and Slayer all released albums in 1984 that opened up thrash metal music to society. Each of these bands brought something different to the table of being the heaviest and fastest in thrash metal. This began a new world in the metal community and opened the doors as a recognizable metal genre.
Through the years and into the 1990's there was a change in music and bands. With bands changing their style of thrash metal and new age bands coming in, there was a change in thrash metal. Band slowing down and changing their styles brought Metallica's release of "Load" and "Reload." These two albums were more of a hard rock than a thrash metal. Not only did Metallica take a different route with their music, so did Megadeth. Megadeth's album "Countdown to Extinction" was a different style than their earlier releases.
Into to the year 2000 thrash metal has become very low in popularity. There are current bands that fit into this genre of metal music, Evile, Municipal Waste and Gama Bomb. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax still release new albums and still tour around the world, just a little different than what they were in the 70's and 80's. With popularity falling for thrash metal, it still isn't going anywhere anytime soon with "The Big Four" still rocking
Into to the year 2000 thrash metal has become very low in popularity. There are current bands that fit into this genre of metal music, Evile, Municipal Waste and Gama Bomb. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax still release new albums and still tour around the world, just a little different than what they were in the 70's and 80's. With popularity falling for thrash metal, it still isn't going anywhere anytime soon with "The Big Four" still rocking
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