Homeboy needs to stop reading from the board 😂

"It all sounds the same to me" -Mom

It really looks awkward how the host tries to emote to the camera with his eyes firmly glued to the prompter/card below.

Didn't mention Megadeth or Slayer by name? Slayer's ties to punk are deeper than the other ones you mention.

Thrash metal kicks ass.

Wow... not a SINGLE mention of Motorhead? They were the first band that punks and metalheads would both listen to. Music organizers couldn't classify them. Even Lemmy didn't pick a genre, he just stuck with "We play rock'n'roll". East coast and west coast thrashers both worshiped Motorhead's speed and aggression. Metallica was basically a Motorhead cover band starting out. Overkill took their name from a Motorhead album. Max Cavalera got the name for his band Sepultura from the Portuguese translation of the Motorhead song "Dancing on your Grave". Add to this the influence of punk, whether pop or hardcore, and the flashy guitar style of other NWOBHM bands, and you have US thrash. German thrash bands looked and sounded more evil because, like Slayer, they took more of their ideas from the first Black Metal bands such as Venom, Mercyful Fate and Hellhammer/Celtic Frost. Listen to the vocals and lyrics of early Sodom, Destruction and Kreator and you can hear how much they were influenced by Venom, right down to the ridiculous assumed names. Tankard probably owes more to Motorhead and punk.

Step 1 - Blink Step 2 - lapel mic Step 3 - rule of thirds Step 4 - memorize your lines

Who else loves Exodus

Old Sepultura line up is the reason to love that thrash so much.

Thrash metal still the best metal , I don't care anyone says

Testament sounds nothing like Metallica, nor have they ever.

Its weird that Discharge wasn't brought up. All those bands listened to discharge and half of them have covered them.

Bobby "Blitz" has to be Brandon Small's inspiration for Murderface.

Because THRASH TILL DEATH!!! That's why

Good video, named some of the best. Here's some honorable mentions I'd add: Artillery Razor Vio-lence Violator Sadus Sacred Reich Demolition Hammer Nocturnal Toxic Holocaust Attomica Darkness Aura Noir

Why didn’t you mention anything about Canadian thrash? (Annihilator, Voivod, Sacrifice, Razor)

I grew up in California in the mid 80s. Saw Exodus open for Slayer and Venom. Exodus truly was and still is the best Bay Area thrash.

When I first heard thrash... I thought my ears had died, rotted off.. and went to heaven.

Slayer's Hell Awaits did it for me! Once I heard that beast I was hooked on thrash forever! Tom Araya's screams and growls on that album were insane compared to what was on the radio like Quiet Riot and Def Leppard. I still love Hell Awaits to this day.

They completely avoided Megadetb lmao

Dont forget the mighty Xentrix. More known than Sacrilege when it comes to british thrash

Without Charged GBH and Discharge there'd probably be no Thrash scene. At least not as it sounds today.

No mention of Megadeth who’s impact was great and who has endured the test of time. Bogus video!

When commenting about the UK scene, we again had a different style of punk (Discharge, The Exploited, GBH). Hence thrash here only made a short appearance before bands like Bolt Thrower, Carcass and Napalm Death moved things into more extreme territory.

Canada- Sacrifice, Southern USA- Exhorder, Swiss- Coroner ; all often overlooked killer thrash bands.

German thrash sounded so rough because they just came out of a war and grew up in bombed cities? LOOOOOOOOL.

I love thrash....but sound so different? With the exception of a few bands, to me thrash has always had such a recognizable sound to the point where barely any bands would break away from it or experiment with it. I mean are we really gonna act like early Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Anthrax and Overkill didn’t share a lotta similar traits & song structures? Hell, Chuck Billy & James Hetfield in their younger years sounded damn near identical. Listen to The New Order & Ride The Lightening and tell me how a first time listener wouldn’t mistake the lead singers are the same person

Really no mention of nyhc bands like agnostic front and cro mags like bruh they also helped crossover

If it came to talking about punk - why does everybody forget about one of the biggest extreme metal influences which came from British scene? You know what I am talking about - I'm talking about "Discharge". "Discharge" influenced so many bands of the main thrash metal scenes all over the world.

Are we just going to leave out the Canadian scene? Razor is incredibly heavy and Voivod is the most unique thrash band out there.

It took me so long to get into Overkill, and every metalhead I know says the same thing, "Bobby's voice sounds like if elmo was a 50 year old smoker who sang in a death metal band for 20 years." But I'm so glad I did. I own every single album. Blitz seems like such a cool dude.

I'm in love with the Exodus, Suicidal Tendencies, and Pantera poster just off the guy's left shoulder. Fond memories of that show in Milwaukee.

The host completely creeped me tf out, the way he never blinks and trying to enthusiastically read the script board like Ron Burgundy I couldn't watch.

Cool video, I really enjoyed it! One thing wasn't mentioned, tho: scenes used to develop regionally because we had no internet / world wide web. The music you heard, and the other bands you played shows with, they were all literally sharing the same geographic environment. Musicians were jamming in each other's garages, influencing each other directly, and bands were competing with each other in different ways. Now, anyone can listen to any subgenre from anywhere in the world! Which has its pros and cons.

I love that Loudwire are making analysis videos now

Man I was so amazed by the thrash metal genre. It was so modern. The drumming was so punk, the guitar was so agressive and it was really really brutal genre in the 80's.

Did Bobby entirely skip the NYHC scene that was rising at the same time as the rise of the thrash scene?

thrash bands all had something different about them, there was a uniqueness, there were hooks, and subtleties, was not always fast aggression, not to mention a lot of really good voices joey belladonna, and bobby blitz to name a few, can't really say the same about the subgenres of metal that followed

Thankfully, Testament is still THRASHING!

Lars Ulrich make a good job playing bass at Infant Annihilator. Master of puppet always my favourite Anthrax album

I love Thrash Metal from all over the globe BUT! The Bay Area Thrash Scene still holds true to my heart. Exodus was the very first band i ever heard and became my all time favorite band till this day.

It’s so obvious this guys reading something behind the camera😂 he’s not even making eye contact with the camera lmao

West Coast /Bay Area had two MAJOR misses: 1) the omission of Death Angel, who were kids that didn't push the musical envelope, they cut it to pieces. Also Vio-lence and Metal Church deserved a mention, given their influence. Props on knowing the Gene Hoglan lead Dark Angel, also speed tip of the cap to Exodus, and I always thought that of the historical big four that they had the best guitar riffs. 2) to discuss the developmentally embryonic stages and, and then the erupting onto the scene, rather than emerging, or birthing, of, Death Metal without highlighting major pioneers of the genre, Possessed, who were progenitors lyrically, vocally, rhythmically, particularly harmonically and melodically, embracing the metal tradition of atonal and dissonant sounds. Honorable mention omissions to Voivod, Flotsam and Jetsam, Merciful Fate, Morbid Angel, Celtic Frost, and possibly the band who influenced more subgenres than any other, beginning with Death Metal, Chuck Schuldiner, and a handful of some of metals greatest musicians, in the band Death. I was surprised to see a quick discussion on the much overblown, and musically completely inaccurate, comparisons between Metallica and Testament, referencing Testament as being so very similar to Metallica. Chuck Billy had a much more powerful voice with a dramatically wider range available to him it is voice, in comparisons to James Hetfield, the lead guitar Oreck of Alex skolnick, and the application of Music Theory in Alex school next playing, and in the bands writing, was also a step up from what Metallica was capable of doing. Drumming between the two bands was pretty similar with do use of straight beats, double bass beats, skank Beats, and both fans exploring off time Beats before it was commonplace. We're Metallica had the clear Advantage was in Cliff Burton as a bassist, and as a songwriter, in terms of his ability to construct songs, construct music, construct overall themes, and even write lyrics.

I always stuck Exodus, Testament and Suicidal into the Anthrax wing of thrash, where they ham up the partying, the moshing and the skating, and downplay the killing, the maiming and the Devil.

The origin of Iron Maidens 'tumbling sound' being of course Led Zeppelin's JOHN BONHAM's drumming. See 'Achilles Last Stand' the song Iron Maiden themselves says gave them the idea of having that be their signature Rhythm. Just as Sabbath's Ozzy, Geezer, Deep Purple and Judas Priest say Led Zeppelin I was the intense drum powered LP that at the start of 1969 gave them all the example that would inspire THEIR new direction. Metal! Zeppelin the Beatles of 1969 to 1974. Who like the Beatles inspired so much; head banging like 'immigrant Song', Punk intensity with 'Good Times Bad Times' and dark chords later Sabbathized with Dazed and Confused and even Hippie metal folk music.

How is flotsam and jetsam not on here

maaaaan i'm really proud to see brazil being influent to the world in that way. seeing people around the world talking about brazilian bands always put a smile on my face

Good to see Sabbat get at least a mention. Best thrash band ever!

Brazilian Thrash Metal was the rawest, heaviest and most extreme Thrash Metal scene in the world! 🇧🇷🤘

The old school Canadian thrash scene deserves a lot more credit than it gets, had some of the most brutal and aggressive thrash releases of the 80s and early 90s🤘🏻🇨🇦

Thrash metal rules!! It's been my favorite style of metal since I was teen in the early 90s and remains so to this very day!

Suicidal tendencies man 1981, punk, hardcore, Rocky George man the most unsung hero ever. Slayer, Testament also is actually way above Hammet/Ulrich

Onslaught have been going forever in different firms and really deserved to be bigger! I still love them with all their lineup changes.

Great series. One of the best things I've seen on this channel.

Kreator is incredible live

I live in San Francisco and I am 44 and still love Thrash Metal.

First thrash song i've ever listened to was angel of death and that was more than enough for me to fully become a "metalhead" after only listening to classic rock Metal rules

Why didnt you bring up xentrix when you talked about UK thrash? They were pretty big at one point and they were even opening for slayer at some shows

I’ve always thought that west coast thrash was more heavy metal based, while east coast thrash leaned more punk.

Yes someone finally mentioned the accused and cryptic slaughter

guy explaining the harsher vocals in german bands like it's because of some sort of trauma while i'm over here gurgling into a microphone over deathcore and death metal for no reason

Not to dis Bobby here but Dead Boys were from Cleveland, not NYC. They were a CBGBs staple though

thrash was the rebellion against popular music that was needed after the punk revolution

What about Italian Necrodeath, Schizo and Bulldozer? Taking Slayer/Venom sound to the limit, they had a big influence on 90's Northern Europe Black Metal!

California had thousands of bands and the best bands of the world meanwhile in Brazil we had 2 dozens of bands and 3 good bands.

Lol a Loudwire video that's not a WatchMojo top 10 list? Colour me devastated. Jk great vid

Uh, there isn't much thrash in the UK because nobody wants to get compared to Motorhead. Also, glad to see Testament get a little spotlight for a change.

If it wasn’t for late 70’s punk and classic rock bands from late 60’s and early 70’s, thrash and speed metal bands like Slayer, Sodom, Sepultura, Metallica, Venom and many others would never have existed. As a metalhead, I owe it to late 70’s punk and many of those classic rock bands from the late 60’s and early 70’s.

the lack of megadeath in this video is giving me coronavirus

Priest was never nwobhm. They came couple of years before the movement. Maiden, Saxon are nwobhm.

1:12 : I didn't know that " Don Ramón" from "El Chavo del Ocho" could do Trash Metal !

Very cool that you gave some of the other thrash bands some shine.

Actually I think than Germán Thrash is Better Than than Usa Thrash But thats Only My opinión.

this guy cant memorize a 20 word script for a scene lol

Also like to put Metal Church on the honorable mention list

I loved the way he said Tankard haha

Thrash is my favorite, anyone else?

Where's megadeth

Other bands worth mentioning from the German scene , are Assassin, Deathrow, Mekong Delta , Protector , and Exumer ( although their sound was somewhat closer to the American one)

Thanks! That was great. Nice to have music history that isn't all blues or country all the time. Not that I don't appreciate ALL genres of talent! I do. Keep up the great work!

When I first listened to Slayer's Angel of Death, I felt like a massive ship was crashing through my window amidst a great earthquake. I love Anthrax's collaboration with Public Enemy. Megadeth I don't know about yet, and Metallica is great, but I wish I don't exist the more I listen to Sad But True and Enter Sandman. Those 2 songs get on my nerves while the first 5 seconds of Enter Sandman make me cringe since it brings back painful memories of a friend I once had who loved Metallica

For me, the best Thrash Metal is the American Thrash Metal

just a footnote to german thrash though: it was destinctively working class. those bands grew out of the most mining heavy areas of germany, highly industrialized, and not only were guys like Sodom literally working in the pits, they grew out of generations of blue collar culture which is quite distinct in that area ("ruhrpott" or just "pott" which means something akin to english pot) - and those bands grew out of a time when those mines and heavy industry started letting masses of people off so rampant unemployment and poverty throughout rough communities of heavy drinking physical workers. Tom Angelripper actually spoke at length about his days in the mines and how it was when he first started only living off of music. For a german, thats the most distinct about these guys, also because their dialects are very closely associated to those ruhr workering class people. It was partly even seen by german media as basically a political or socioeconomic expression of the circumstances of that area in that time. somewhat akin to the original british skinhead subculture maybe.

Surprised Motörhead never was mentioned they had like one of the biggest influences on the creation of Thrash They also were ones of the first ones uniting Punks and Metalheads

what tf is he looking at

THE ALMIGHTY TESTAMENT 🤟🏽

Simple answer, they were all talented, they wrote their own music not influenced by money or pandering to a crowd. They bothered to learn their instruments. The played live with a real passion, not some fake angst.

the way this guy reads the prompter cracks me up

Don't burn the witch - Venom 👌

Cryptic slaughter stream of consciousness best great shout out

Varying levels of hardcore punk and NWOBHM influence. East coast tends to.lean toward hardcore and be heavily rhythmic. West Coast is very NWOBHM influenced and keeps more melody and guitar acrobatics. I'm not being critical of either, I tend to lean more to the East Coast sound myself, being a punk guy, but those Bay bands can't be denied.

6:13 Looks like the host had been staring at the prompter so long that he fell in :D

"from proverty and harship arose Sepultura"... mate, Cavalera's father was an employee of the Italian Consulate in Belo Horizonte (a city with a high HDI), nothing poor about it...

Loudwire there a part where the video and audio cut out from 4:23 to 4:29

The UK was innovating in the extreme genres while 80s thrash was peeking. They kind of circumvented thrash and went straight to napalm death, bolt thrower, carcass, cathedral. The mighty Brits were still innovating just not in the thrash genre as much. I would argue they were innovating more as thrash was well defined by the mid 80s. The brits were taking things further.

Great Video man Thanx!!

Ugh.....no mention of Death Angel, who was totally part of the big eight from the Bay Area....pffft

Please, look at the camera. Otherwise great stuff

There are 4 major metal music types I listen to: Thrash, death metal, black metal and industrial. Never gets old, metal is for life. Punk is more of acceptance in my eyes than most other genres out there in existence.

Because talented musicians who know how to play. Horns up till i'm in the ground.