Tagged Exodus

Howdy headbangers! Josh here, I'm officially taking over Into the Pit while Pete's off trying to make the world a better place and whatnot. This means two things: a) it's gonna get a whole lot groovier around h... Read More...

Hazzerd – Delirium

January 22, 2020

There are few things in the metal world that range as wide as thrash metal. Thrash runs the gamut from the serious to the silly. Progressive and technical thrash bands write sprawling epics about deep emotiona... Read More...

Into the Pit: Thrash Metal Mailbag

August 8, 2019

Hello fellow pit-sters! This month, I thought we could do something a little different. You all know I’ve been playing fast and loose with the schedule of this column, and August will be no different! Fellow t... Read More...

Death Angel – Humanicide

Bill Fetty

May 17, 2019

Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel have returned bringing us Humanicide, an album endeavoring to lay out a portrait of a decaying world in all its forms. The band are one of those veteran groups who once stoo... Read More...

Into the Pit – Let’s Remember Some Other Bay Area Bands

February 26, 2019

So far on this column, I’ve referred to a lot of the heavy hitters of the subgenre. I personally have a lot more thoughts about them because there’s just a lot more material to go through with them. It’s the s... Read More...

Overkill – The Wings of War

Joshua Bulleid

February 14, 2019

No band have waved the flag for traditional thrash metal harder and higher than Overkill. Whether they invented the genre or not is debatable, but the New Yorkers appear assured in their position its single gr... Read More...

Into the Pit – Exodus, the Historian’s Big 5 Band

January 29, 2019

Let’s start 2019 by negating a column! Well, that’s not entirely what we’re doing here, but stay with me. Last year, I wrote a piece about how Testament should be considered a Big 4 band. To me, their sound fi... Read More...

Artillery – The Face of Fear

Joshua Bulleid

November 29, 2018