26-01-2010, 15:19
About Thrash. I think the matter is complicated by the huge range of stuff that's called thrash metal.
Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth are aguably not all that extreme. It's basically like Iron Maiden but faster and with those muted chords.
But stuff like Slayer and Kreator is a lot harder and a lot darker and it influenced Death metal and Black metal. I'd argue that this harder, darker form of thrash is a form of extreme metal.
Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth are aguably not all that extreme. It's basically like Iron Maiden but faster and with those muted chords.
But stuff like Slayer and Kreator is a lot harder and a lot darker and it influenced Death metal and Black metal. I'd argue that this harder, darker form of thrash is a form of extreme metal.
