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debrewguy 
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 Posted: April 23 2008 at 12:02 |
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Accept & Raven, two far too overlooked bands. Accept at least the good fortune to have Balls to the Wall & Metal Heart garner some attention in the States. Raven, however, went limp once "rewarded" with a record deal with a major label. Stay Hard killed any momentum they had rightly built up with All for One.
In brief, Restless & Wild & All for One should be in every Trash Metaller's collection.
P.S. Raven - their later album - Life's a Bitch should have been the follow-up to All for One. It was a strong return to form, unfortunately, much too late to regain the lost ground.
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 04:48 |
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luckily we had Ron Quintana's fledgling Metal Mania available around town, which featured the important acts in the early 80s, it's where I heard about Venom, Accept, Sweet Savage, Raven and the better releases from Saxon, Motorhead and Fate
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Certif1ed
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 04:41 |
All Hail Priest - inventors of thrash... and Randy Rhoades, who wasn't far behind (in terms of rhythm...).
I was completely smitten by all the different flavours of thrash when it burst through in the UK - spearheaded by the band beginning with M that we don't mention, with Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth hot on their tails.
The bands that came through after that were no less amazing at the time; Kreator, Testament, Death, Possessed, Dark Angel, Celtic Frost, Exodus, Napalm Death, Tankard, Whiplash, Helloween, Lawnmower Deth - all exploited the thrash style and I'm not going to go down the subgenre trap - they were all amazing and had unique styles. That's what really got me about it - how very different each interpretation was.
The first 3 albums in the Speed Kills compilation series were like doors into the good stuff - while the only 2 metal mags of the time, Kerrang! and Metal Hammer concentrated on coverage that was almost blind (everything was good as long as it was thrashed, according to Metal Hammer). I bought albums by every band that featured on the first Speed Kills compilation.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 19:07 |
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proto-Thrashers Raven a favorite.. just reviewed Colin Marston's Indricothere which has considerable Thrash leanings
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The T
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 19:02 |
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yeah I forgot Sepultura... but i consider their classic albums more death than pure thrash...
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BroSpence
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 18:57 |
The "classic" 4 are/were good. The third and fourth Sepultura albums are fantastic thrash (first two were fantastic death metal!) Death Angel I like Testament, but they were relatively inconsistent. Viking - Man of Straw
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The T
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 00:49 |
Pure Thrash like in early Megadeth and early (really early, like their first album only) Metallica and Anthrax is not my favorite metal... I much prefer progressive metal which has lots of thrash elements (starting with Metalllica's masterpieces) and also death and black metal. I don't care much for the vocal style of thrash nor for the tone... I prefer the darker tones of more sinister genres.. 
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 21:11 |
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I like Megadeth or Slayer every now and again, I suppose. Doesn't drive me particularly wild, but its occasionally rather fun.
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laplace
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 17:14 |
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Yes, them! What a wonderful band :) I always loved their fretless/stick-style bass playing.
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Horror Bull
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 17:12 |
I love Doom, I mean this one: http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=24606 
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laplace
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 17:09 |
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I used to, too, two or three years ago. I paid most attention to Voivod, Carnivore and Doom (perhaps we mean the same band here), which is why I ended up on these boards instead of metal-archives ones. *giggles*
I think Watchtower are included here, and I always found them interesting too.
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Padraic
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 17:06 |
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Used to be into it more in my youth - my favorite all-time thrash album would have to be Rust in Peace.
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Horror Bull
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Posted: April 21 2008 at 17:04 |
so.... does anyone here listen to thrash?  IMO, the more obscure the band the better I like stuff like: Morbid Saint Kreator Doom Megadeth Watchtower Artillery Destruction Sadus etc...
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