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Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, Dropping another top ten list seemed a tad redundant, given that I've picked out a "Big Four" for each quarter of the year. Put those together and you effectively have a "Top 16" of 2020.... Read More...

Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid

December 16, 2019

Best of 2019, Into the Pit

Happy holidays, fellow moshers! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of the year. A calendar is about to get thrown out just to be replaced by another one with a new number on it. But what a year it was! 20... Read More...

Into the Pit – Best of Q2

Pete Williams

July 8, 2019

Into the Pit

Good day to you all, fellow thrashers! Have you missed me? I’ve certainly missed all of you. However, there are only so many topics to discuss with thrash metal these days still. That being said, we are gettin... Read More...

Death’s Door – May 2019

Jonathan Adams

June 7, 2019

Death's Door

Welcome, Hellions, to Death’s Door. It seems that the fog of mediocrity has finally begun to lift from Satan’s most prized genre. Spring is here, and with it a slew of fantastic records that bury the rest of t... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 5/10/19

Scott Murphy

May 10, 2019

Release Day Roundup

Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of... Read More...

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

Pete Williams

February 26, 2019

Into the Pit

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...

Half-Life – Napalm Death, Pt. 1

Jonathan Adams

July 27, 2018

Half-Life

There are very few bands in extreme metal that can be rightly considered significant influencers in the formation and development of multiple subgenres. Napalm Death are one of them. From their inception in Bir... Read More...

Into the Pit – A Thrashy Introduction

Pete Williams

July 18, 2018

Into the Pit

Editor's Note: Pete has a simple goal with this column - keep thrash metal alive. He'll explore key bands. albums and movements in the scene every month. To kick things off, he'll take a look back at thrash's h... Read More...

The Metal Explosion: 1985 – 1987

Andrew Hatch

October 6, 2017

Deep Dive

If the story of 1980 to 1984 was how NWOBHM (and more specifically, Iron Maiden) awoke metal from its dormancy to tear the boundaries of popular music, then 1985 - 1987 is about the coronation of thrash metal atop the metal throne, and the subsequent underground rumblings of a closely linked cousin, a blood brother faster, more brutal, and more astonishing -- death metal.

Kvlt Kolvmn // August 2017

Jonathan Adams

September 8, 2017

Kvlt Kolvmn

Welcome to the latest installment of Kvlt Kolvmn! Another amazing month, another installment attempting to capture it all. Our apologies for most assuredly failing in this regard. Nevertheless, a fairly large amount of black metal blasted through our ear holes since our last installment, and we are here to share our favorites with you. Believe you me, there were some good ones.

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