Thirty years. Has it been that long? That’s often the first reaction you get when you mention that three of the most important albums in the history of metal, Metallica’s Master of Puppets, Slayer’s ...

Throughout heavy metal's dizzying evolution and splicing into countless subgenres (and subgrenres of subgenres), thrash metal's core DNA of high-tempo riffage, ripping solos and full-throttle, ...

One of the most important albums in thrash metal history, 1986’s Reign in Blood was the record that propelled Slayer into the big time, while throwing down a spiked gauntlet for all contemporary and ...

Back in 1986, death was in the air. India’s Bhopal gas leak disaster exposed half a million people to toxic fumes, scorching lungs and killing thousands. The nuclear reactor meltdown at Russia’s ...

Move over, thrash — these are the six best hair metal albums of 1986. As the Bay Area headbangers were catching fire and pioneering a subgenre based on full-speed-or-nothing brutality, a different ...

Happy anniversary to Kreator's Pleasure to Kill album! In 1985, Essen, Germany trio Tormentor changed their name to Kreator and released their debut Endless Pain, joining Sodom and Destruction as ...

There are a handful of essential thrash albums that every metalhead should own on vinyl. Thrash’s beginnings date back to the early 1980s, but by that point, cassette tapes were much more popular than ...

In 1986, the world of popular music was in an incredible state of flux. The industry was looking back in a serious way for the first time — in the US, the newly established Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...