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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  But historically, in the 80's when the albums 'Metal Church,' 'The Dark' and 'Blessing in Disguise' were released, they were part of the second wave of Thrash metal, alongside banks such as Testament, Exodus, Overkill and Vio-Lence |
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs Of those you mentioned above Testament (First album 1987) and Vio-Lence (1988) were second wave.
Overkill (1st album 1985), Exodus (1985) and Metal Church (1984) were definitely first wave along with Slayer (1983) |
As I have noted previously on this thread, back in the day, there was no such thing as 'thrash metal'. It was all heavy metal, which covered everything from Marillion to Venom
Taking 1983 as 'year zero'. the 'big four' of Thrash were were 'Tallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer
Being pedantic (which is something I hate doing), the 'first wave' of thrash bands that were inspired by them included Death Angel, Destruction, Annihilator, Exciter, Exodus, Kreator, Vio-lence, Possessed, Raven, Sabbat, Onslaught, Testament (who are arguable the fifth band in the big four), Sacred Reich, Sanctity, Tankard, Xentrix
By the time we get to the mid 80's, thrash no longer existed - instead it had splintered into various sub-genres including Black Metal, Speed Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Sooty Metal, Bag of Chips Metal, Binky Metal not forgetting Uncle Tom Cobley and All Metal!
But at the end of the day, it is all hard rock music and should stand proudly alongside Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, The Who, The Kinks, Iron Maiden etc