Overkill are an OG thrash band worth checking out - particularly songs of their incredible 1989 album The years of decay: Time to Kill, Elimination, I Hate (amazing guitar tone on these songs produced by Terry Date who would go on after to produce Pantera’s 90’s albums)
We saw overkill several years ago, they were talking shit on a few of the bands that were up before them… lost all respect for them as they forgot they weee once there too
I saw them live that year. They were on tour in europe. I didn't see them in Wacken....but that one is on youtube. Saw them live in Essen....small gig...awesome....
Exodus is arguably the first Thrash band, formed in 1979 by Tom Hunting and Kirk Hammett, that later took Mustaine's place in Metallica. One of the OG guitarists from Exodus, Gary Holt replaced Jeff Hanneman in Slayer
In US, while their demo sounds a lot like Angel Witch meets raven in 1982, i think the influences imported from Europe ( Venom, Mercyful Fate ...) translated by Metallica also inspired both Exodus and Slayer and also Anthrax to go more radical.
If you haven't watched the metal documentary called Murder in the Front Row, do it! its all about the early Bay Area scene...lots of Exodus and early Metallica
Yessss, Exodus is pure🔥. Thanks for react. From this album, I recommend "Blacklist" (you guys will like it, for sure). Other cool songs are "Blood in Blood Out", "Strike of The Beast", "The Toxic Waltz", "Children of a Worthless God" or, if you try some different stuff, their cover for "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", from ACDC
I was at this video shoot with my buddy Jack (bassist) it’s filmed on the USS Hornet in Oakland Ca, watch the movie Murder in the Front Row.. for the “OG” of thrash, it will answer all your questions!
I really like how this singer sounds SO similar to Bobby 'Blitz' Elsworth from Overkill. And from what I remember reading in several online articles the band's (Exodus) management AND record label had to get special permission to shoot the video 'on location' on an ACTUAL aircraft carrier. Granted, it WAS a decommissioned aircraft carrier, but it was STILL Naval property. And the song, including the title 'War is my Shepherd' is essentially about military personnel. They are TRAINED for combat, and WAR, and thus go where the combat (WAR) is. A PERFECT example is part of one line that says "praise the lord and pass the ammunition". But that's just my opinion about the song's meaning anyway. But regardless, great reaction video as always dudes.
Oh shit y'all did my request. Thank you and also commented on Patreon. My brother introduced me to this band when I was like 6 - hes over 10 years older than me so he had all the metal. Around the time Lessons in Violence came out (92).
I saw Exodus live back in 91. They were playing with Wehrmacht and Suicidal Tendencies. Unfortunately the concert was at the Memorial Coliseum, where they were used to hosting Michael Jackson concerts and basketball games, so (after forcing us to stay in our seats through Wehrmacht) when we all started moshing they thought that we were rioting and bouncers started chucking kids out one after another. I made it until the 2nd song from Exodus before getting booted out. By the end of the night there were riot cops on the rooftops and all around the building... and I never did get to see ST.
Bonded by Blood (Exodus first album) was supposed to me released before Kill' Em All (Metallica's first album), but there were problems with the record company so it was released not much longer than Kill Em All. Most thrash bands came out around the same time. The majority of them from California.
Great reaction to one of the best thrash metal bands ever. There was an issue with their record label and the release of their first album if I'm correct. But it totally fucked up their timing in the bay area scene. You guys should definitely check out Snooze Button by Snot.
Obviously you dudes haven't heard Fabulous Disaster. I recommend The Last Act of Defiance, or Cajun Hell. Oh and Gary Holt has been replacement for Jeff Hanneman in Slayer since his passing. Bat Gary is back with Exodus and newest album is Persona Non Grate 2021. If you have heard anything off of Fabulous Disaster my apologies.
Morning guys!!! Exodus is one of the original Bay Area thrash metal bands. Kirk Hammett from Metallica was the original guitarist for them. As you may know he replaced Dave Mustaine right before Metallica recorded their first album. Great reaction as always. Have a great day and please at some point react to more Volbeat. Their latest album is a metal lovers dream. Shotgun Blues is the killer track.
Exodus is a great OG Thrash band, but not my favorite. I much prefer Overkill over Exodus, but that's just a matter of personal taste. Some other OG Thrash bands that should be considered in the Big 4 are TestAmenT, Demolition Hammer, Sodom (Germany), Kreator (Germany), Sepultura (Brazil), Mortal Sin (Australia), and Hobbs Angel Of Death (Australia). The Big 4 is American bands only, but there was some amazing Thrash bands abroad in those days that should definitely be recognized at the same level as the Big 4.
Agreed, there is something special about Overkill, definitely make up part of a 2nd big four: Overkill, Testament, Exodus and (either Nuclear Assault or Kreator) in my opinion
Greetings gentz! always damn skippy to see one of my favorite genres in my rappers react alerts.. so I'm going to feed the algorithm here a bit by making a comment and drop a little history because I was around for this particular era. Exodus are definitely OG, especially considering that Kirk Hammett from Metallica co-founded Exodus before he was in Metallica, and the vocalist here... Steve "Zetro" Souza was the vocalist for Testament early in their career when they were called The Legacy. Sousa replaced original Exodus vocalist Paul Baloff (R.I.P.) on the second Exodus LP "Peasures of the flesh." I've seen Exodus a bunch of times back in the day and they never cease to deliver... now that thrash is starting to Boom again, with young bands playing in that old school style, Exodus has had a whole resurgence and they've been putting out killer records non-stop for 35 years now. You are going to get dick- smacked with requests for a song called "The Toxic Waltz" here in the comment section and with very good reason. it is a thrash metal anthem highly recommended. cheers gents and have a great day.
Exodus goes hard. They were the band that Kirk Hammett of Metalica started in. Their guitarist Gary Holt later went on to tour with Slayer after Jeff Hanneman passed away. I highly recommend the first track off the album Fabulous Disaster, "The Last Act Of Defiance". Deep song that tells the true story of one of America's worst prison riots. Oh, and singer Zetro has an AC/DC cover band on the side called AC/DZ.
Exodus is the OG of Thrash, they were the kings of the Bay Area Thrash scene. Metallica came into their territory and took Kirk from them, then picked up Cliff in The Bay. Exodus shaped the sound and image. Paul Baloff is the true GOAT.
Venom was that band you need to check out if you want to understand what was the influence and the catalystic explosion of creation as package what black metal, thrash and death metal beign born as branches of the three. Witching hour, Bloodlust ( maybe the video of Ep 1982 including both video clips) Red Light Fever, 1 thousand days in sodom, black metal, bursting out, countess bathory, don't burn the witch, buried alive along At War with Satan, Rip Ride, 7 gates of hell, Warhead are tracks among others to listen and react. A lot of bands, from Metallica, Exodus, Slayer, Destruction, Sodom, Possessed, Kreator, Running Wild, Hellhammer - Celtic Frost, Death( called Mantas in 1984, stage name of Venom s og guitarist), Morbid Angel, Sepultura, Vulcano, Bathory ( even not admitted openly) etc...were influenced by Venom.
You've never done Testament, at least that I can find, and that needs to be corrected. I'd say start with Trial by Fire but that may be just me. There's also Practice What You Preach, Into the Pit, Disciples of the Watch, Native Blood...
Love Exodus. But I'm still pushing GWAR. Never mind just watching a little video though, what you really need to watch (to get the true 80s GWAR experience) is GWAR - 'Live from Antarctica' and, I hate to play the C card but please don't take too long because I have pancreatic cancer and odds are, I'm seeing my last summer.
I think Machinehead should be in the conversation. You guys haven't done a Feuerschwanz or Alestorm reaction in a while. Try Feuerschwanz "Ding" featuring Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum or Alestorm "Tortuga" to catch you up on both. I think those would be great reactions.
Now that's some proper thrash metal!! Time to get back to some old school masters, like Sacred Reich ("The American Way", "Independent"), Overkill ("Elimination", "Bring Me the Night", "Armorist"), Testament ("Low", "D.N.R", "Murky Waters"), and my favorite Exodus album! ("Impact is Imminent", "Only Death Decides", "Heads They Win, Tails You Lose").
Everybody always talks about the Big 4, right? ANTHRAX, METALLICA, MEGADETH, and SLAYER, right? Well, to be honest, it should have been the Big 10. The other 6 include EXODUS, OVERKILL, TESTAMENT, FLOTSAM & JETSAM, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, and DEATH ANGEL. The whole Big 4 thing came about because of how early those bands got started in the Thrash Metal arena. All of them, but Megadeth got started in 1983, to then which they debuted in 1985. But then both Exodus and OverKill debuted in 1985 as well. Flotsam and Nuclear Assault came out in 1986. Then Testament and Death Angel came out in 1987. So you're only looking at a period of like 4 years (1983 to 1987) where the entire 80s Thrash Metal scene was pretty much set. There were a few other bands that popped up here and there, but none as big as those 10. And I would classify those as big because of the amount of Merch they had. If you didn't have Merch, nobody but the die-hard Metal fans had ever heard of you. Like there's this one band, whose album cover I kinda remember, but I can't recall who it was. I wanna say ASSASSIN, but in couldn't swear to to. But anyway...like yeah, in those days, where people wore Merch T-shirts like crazy...I mean you could not walk the halls of your school without seeing dozens of band T-shirts. If 80s fashion was anything, it was band T-shirts. All the crazy spandex and neon-colored shit you see now for 80s Night is total BS. Nobody wore that shit back then. At least not in my small town. Maybe in Hip coastal cities like L.A. or S.F. but not in the Midwest. But anyway...the first wave of Thrash was very cool. It was the anti-culture of the time. As it was a bit more extreme than the Hair or Glam Metal stuff that dominated the total culture, which helped with the collapse of the Rock scene in 1992 with the onset of Grunge. God I hated that shit. Thank God it only lasted about 5 or 6 years at most. NuMetal hit the scene in like 1998, 99...but Power Metal came back hard around 1997. Then Thrash Metal had a revival in 2007. Never thought I'd see a vibrant heavy metal scene again after the GAWD AWFUL DECADE of the 90s. MY God did I hate the Music industry in the 90s. They replaced cool and fun music with boring, cheesey mellow music.
Absolutely positively do Evile! Best songs: Thrasher, Enter the grave, killer from the deep, we who are about to die, outsider, xaraya, man against machine
Past wars in ancient times were generally speaking, over different religious views. All the great empires/world leaders like ancient Greece, Rome, Babylon, etc... were divided in to two opposing parties within their own empires/countries and they eventually fell to the ground due to all these leading events. As people say history really does repeat itself. There are other countries in recent history that met the same conclusion as these ancient civilizations did.
Hey guys. Would it be possible for you to react to Drink With The Living Dead by a band called Ghoultown? Also, love watching your stuff. Keep up the good work.
oh yea, this was Kirk from Metallica's old band! nice. hold up tho, when yal gonna do Filthy Friday?? Slipknot's catalouge is big? See Cradle's catalogue going back to 1991! 😵 Won't dissapoint. plus i have some stories personal to CoF.
Hardcore is Hardcore Punk rock, thrash bands don't consider themselves punk rock. Thrash and Hardcore Punk rock is called crossover. With bands like DRI, Cryptic Slaughter, SOD, and the Crumbsuckers🤘
dude motorhead is the OG of thrash then all the rest morphed into the speed metal and Hard thrash but Yeah MOTORHEAD!!!!!!!!! Lemi Bad ass... as a matter of fact Motorhead does an intro to a famous wrestler smokey what's up????
Both bands released their first demos in 82. Listening to both I would say Metallica was more thrashy and had quite a few more songs on theirs. Exodus first album got delayed a year, but even without that delay Metallica still recorded 2 full albums before exodus. Both awesome bands either way
Exodus should have damn well been in there their record company screwed around releasing their album it would have been out before Metallica's and Kirk Hammett was the guitar player and Exodus and then went to Slayer
Bonded by blood was delayed for sure but kill ‘em all and ride the lighting were both recorded before bonded by blood was ever recorded so theirs no way it would have came out first. Great bands either way
I love Kirk hammet, but he has not made riffs and solos this fire and that go this hard in a long time, especially not when this album came out in 2004. Also Kirk was never on an exodus album
Whenever someone defends the fact that Metallica has gotten slower and watered down over the years, by saying: "Well, they're a lot older now", I only have one word for them: Fu*king EXODUS!! They've been at it just as long. In fact, Kirk Hammett was a founding member of Exodus before he quit to join Metallica.
The Real Thrash Metal Big Four is 1 - Slayer; 2 - Testament; 3 - Exodus; 4 - Overkill /,,/ Metallica is to much pop now a days and Anthrax sucks, I don't like them. P.S.: Listen to Clickbait from Exodus!
Kirk Hammett started Exodus in 1979 and left the band and joined Metallica in 1983 before Exodus released their first album Bonded By Blood in 1985 so Kirk Hammett isn't on any of Exodus's albums. Even though Exodus didn't release their first album until 1985 they were around as a band when Metallica and Slayer were first starting out. The big four should be the big five and include Exodus. some people say that Testament should be included, but they were formed in 1987 so they weren't around when thrash was first coming out.
Tempo of the Damned is one of the best comeback albums and overall albums in all of thrash metal.
Overkill are an OG thrash band worth checking out - particularly songs of their incredible 1989 album The years of decay: Time to Kill, Elimination, I Hate (amazing guitar tone on these songs produced by Terry Date who would go on after to produce Pantera’s 90’s albums)
We saw overkill several years ago, they were talking shit on a few of the bands that were up before them… lost all respect for them as they forgot they weee once there too
Great song. Top riff, drummer was bananas and proper thrash vocals. The riff change up out the first solo was 🔥
"Children of a worthless God" is another killer track. (Watch them live at Wacken 2008)
God yes!
I saw them live that year. They were on tour in europe. I didn't see them in Wacken....but that one is on youtube. Saw them live in Essen....small gig...awesome....
Awesome...I've been waiting for this for a long time...!! Thanks guys.!!
Need to hear Funeral Hymn. It’s by far my favorite Exodus song and riff from them.
Kirk Hammett used to be in Exodus
before he was in Metallica ...
👋🏻😸✌🏻
Yes, and his student has surpassed his master 10 fold
Exodus is arguably the first Thrash band, formed in 1979 by Tom Hunting and Kirk Hammett, that later took Mustaine's place in Metallica. One of the OG guitarists from Exodus, Gary Holt replaced Jeff Hanneman in Slayer
In US, while their demo sounds a lot like Angel Witch meets raven in 1982, i think the influences imported from Europe ( Venom, Mercyful Fate ...) translated by Metallica also inspired both Exodus and Slayer and also Anthrax to go more radical.
Yes!!!!!!!!! What a band!
I don't usually comment. But to answer your first question. This is the OG thrash band.
🙏🙏🙏
If you haven't watched the metal documentary called Murder in the Front Row, do it! its all about the early Bay Area scene...lots of Exodus and early Metallica
Exodus, Metallica, and Slayer were essentially the birth of thrash metal as it is known. Fucking legendary, all of em 🤘
Umm mustaine is the godfather of thrash exodus is the father.
Absolutely @@morri5rich515
Yessss, Exodus is pure🔥. Thanks for react. From this album, I recommend "Blacklist" (you guys will like it, for sure). Other cool songs are "Blood in Blood Out", "Strike of The Beast", "The Toxic Waltz", "Children of a Worthless God" or, if you try some different stuff, their cover for "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", from ACDC
Slayer and Exodus are the definition of Thrash Metal!
My favourite 2 anyway. 🤘🤘
add Sodom to that list and damn !
@@ovulaattori you're quite right sir. 🤘
still one of my fav live albums is ANOTHER LESSON IN VIOLENCE
I was there on the guest list, thanks to Jack
My favorite thrash metal band ever, tks guys for this review!! Greetings from Brazil.
Thrash metal on the nuclear style
Holy hell the snare kick is so brutal
I was at this video shoot with my buddy Jack (bassist) it’s filmed on the USS Hornet in Oakland Ca, watch the movie Murder in the Front Row.. for the “OG” of thrash, it will answer all your questions!
Real thrash metal 🤘😈🤘
Tom Hunt on drums. What a machine.
For Testament check out their song "The Ballad".
Great song. Can't wait to here this. Smoke beranger!!! Gooood moring yoooozers
Guys, react to The Death of Piece of Mind from the band Bad Omens! You will not be disappointed. 🤘🏻
I really like how this singer sounds SO similar to Bobby 'Blitz' Elsworth from Overkill.
And from what I remember reading in several online articles the band's (Exodus) management AND record label had to get special permission to shoot the video 'on location' on an ACTUAL aircraft carrier. Granted, it WAS a decommissioned aircraft carrier, but it was STILL Naval property.
And the song, including the title 'War is my Shepherd' is essentially about military personnel. They are TRAINED for combat, and WAR, and thus go where the combat (WAR) is. A PERFECT example is part of one line that says "praise the lord and pass the ammunition".
But that's just my opinion about the song's meaning anyway.
But regardless, great reaction video as always dudes.
I think you are cool. You feel it. Thanks for your reaction video!
Oh shit y'all did my request. Thank you and also commented on Patreon. My brother introduced me to this band when I was like 6 - hes over 10 years older than me so he had all the metal. Around the time Lessons in Violence came out (92).
Gary Holt is a riffmachine 🤘🏻
Forgot how good this song and entire album is👊
Wow I was going to ask about doing another Exodus song. You should give Nanking a try. It's a 100% factual history lesson.
I saw Exodus live back in 91. They were playing with Wehrmacht and Suicidal Tendencies. Unfortunately the concert was at the Memorial Coliseum, where they were used to hosting Michael Jackson concerts and basketball games, so (after forcing us to stay in our seats through Wehrmacht) when we all started moshing they thought that we were rioting and bouncers started chucking kids out one after another. I made it until the 2nd song from Exodus before getting booted out. By the end of the night there were riot cops on the rooftops and all around the building... and I never did get to see ST.
Seen them twice back in the 80s St Louis
When I first started watching them back in the 80s there's no way in hell they would play the song the radio
Funny how Exodus and Testament have been consistently better than the top 2 of the big 4. 😜 this is pure thrash fire 🔥 🤘🤘🤘
My favorite exodus Track is Fabulous disaster love the lyrics and the Riffs and drums on that song are just nasty af man love that song so bad
Bonded by Blood (Exodus first album) was supposed to me released before Kill' Em All (Metallica's first album), but there were problems with the record company so it was released not much longer than Kill Em All. Most thrash bands came out around the same time. The majority of them from California.
Im seeing Exodus , death angel and testament tonight in NYC
Great reaction to one of the best thrash metal bands ever. There was an issue with their record label and the release of their first album if I'm correct. But it totally fucked up their timing in the bay area scene.
You guys should definitely check out Snooze Button by Snot.
Holt is a riff machine. 🤘
Exodus > Anthrax
Obviously you dudes haven't heard Fabulous Disaster. I recommend The Last Act of Defiance, or Cajun Hell. Oh and Gary Holt has been replacement for Jeff Hanneman in Slayer since his passing. Bat Gary is back with Exodus and newest album is Persona Non Grate 2021. If you have heard anything off of Fabulous Disaster my apologies.
Children of a Worthless God is a must do
Morning guys!!! Exodus is one of the original Bay Area thrash metal bands. Kirk Hammett from Metallica was the original guitarist for them. As you may know he replaced Dave Mustaine right before Metallica recorded their first album. Great reaction as always. Have a great day and please at some point react to more Volbeat. Their latest album is a metal lovers dream. Shotgun Blues is the killer track.
Hey TTs. Ghost just released a brand new video and oh my are you going to love it! 😍
Exodus is a great OG Thrash band, but not my favorite. I much prefer Overkill over Exodus, but that's just a matter of personal taste. Some other OG Thrash bands that should be considered in the Big 4 are TestAmenT, Demolition Hammer, Sodom (Germany), Kreator (Germany), Sepultura (Brazil), Mortal Sin (Australia), and Hobbs Angel Of Death (Australia).
The Big 4 is American bands only, but there was some amazing Thrash bands abroad in those days that should definitely be recognized at the same level as the Big 4.
Agreed, there is something special about Overkill, definitely make up part of a 2nd big four: Overkill, Testament, Exodus and (either Nuclear Assault or Kreator) in my opinion
@@Power-jx1gt Sepultura
I'll throw ONSLAUGHT into the ring! 😉
Greetings gentz! always damn skippy to see one of my favorite genres in my rappers react alerts.. so I'm going to feed the algorithm here a bit by making a comment and drop a little history because I was around for this particular era. Exodus are definitely OG, especially considering that Kirk Hammett from Metallica co-founded Exodus before he was in Metallica, and the vocalist here... Steve "Zetro" Souza was the vocalist for Testament early in their career when they were called The Legacy. Sousa replaced original Exodus vocalist Paul Baloff (R.I.P.) on the second Exodus LP "Peasures of the flesh." I've seen Exodus a bunch of times back in the day and they never cease to deliver... now that thrash is starting to Boom again, with young bands playing in that old school style, Exodus has had a whole resurgence and they've been putting out killer records non-stop for 35 years now. You are going to get dick- smacked with requests for a song called "The Toxic Waltz" here in the comment section and with very good reason. it is a thrash metal anthem highly recommended. cheers gents and have a great day.
Filmed out near the Port of Oakland
Was there
Hi guys. Was hoping maybe Friday we could see that reaction of Collapse. Fear Factory Fridays. It's gonna catch on...lol. The ball is in ur court...😁
Exodus goes hard. They were the band that Kirk Hammett of Metalica started in. Their guitarist Gary Holt later went on to tour with Slayer after Jeff Hanneman passed away.
I highly recommend the first track off the album Fabulous Disaster, "The Last Act Of Defiance". Deep song that tells the true story of one of America's worst prison riots.
Oh, and singer Zetro has an AC/DC cover band on the side called AC/DZ.
Exodus is the OG of Thrash, they were the kings of the Bay Area Thrash scene. Metallica came into their territory and took Kirk from them, then picked up Cliff in The Bay. Exodus shaped the sound and image. Paul Baloff is the true GOAT.
Exodus is the OG Gary Holt is the Godfather of Thrash.
Exodus Funeral Hymn just saying it is amazing
Guys Try Forbidden chalice of blood...or through eyes of glass.🤘
Venom was that band you need to check out if you want to understand what was the influence and the catalystic explosion of creation as package what black metal, thrash and death metal beign born as branches of the three.
Witching hour, Bloodlust ( maybe the video of Ep 1982 including both video clips) Red Light Fever, 1 thousand days in sodom, black metal, bursting out, countess bathory, don't burn the witch, buried alive along At War with Satan, Rip Ride, 7 gates of hell, Warhead are tracks among others to listen and react.
A lot of bands, from Metallica, Exodus, Slayer, Destruction, Sodom, Possessed, Kreator, Running Wild, Hellhammer - Celtic Frost, Death( called Mantas in 1984, stage name of Venom s og guitarist), Morbid Angel, Sepultura, Vulcano, Bathory ( even not admitted openly) etc...were influenced by Venom.
So Tier#2 of Thrash for sure is. Testament. Exodus. Overkill and Kreator.
Exodus was first
@@bayareathrasher666 yea they were first. BUT over all thats my version of it
Blacklist is a awesome track
I'd have to say Motorhead is one of the OGs that influenced the sound for sure
You've never done Testament, at least that I can find, and that needs to be corrected. I'd say start with Trial by Fire but that may be just me. There's also Practice What You Preach, Into the Pit, Disciples of the Watch, Native Blood...
Love Exodus. But I'm still pushing GWAR. Never mind just watching a little video though, what you really need to watch (to get the true 80s GWAR experience) is GWAR - 'Live from Antarctica' and, I hate to play the C card but please don't take too long because I have pancreatic cancer and odds are, I'm seeing my last summer.
On that note, you should also check out the Subhumans song 'Cancer' ... sums up how it feels to find out that you have cancer amazingly well.
I think Machinehead should be in the conversation.
You guys haven't done a Feuerschwanz or Alestorm reaction in a while.
Try Feuerschwanz "Ding" featuring Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum or Alestorm "Tortuga" to catch you up on both. I think those would be great reactions.
You guys need to react to spillways by Ghost
Hellyeah i got my lip busted to this song in the pit!!! 🤘☠🖤
Gary Holt is a top shelf guitarist. Exodus is the best thrash band ever!!!!!
Exodus - " Salt the wound"
Now that's some proper thrash metal!! Time to get back to some old school masters, like Sacred Reich ("The American Way", "Independent"), Overkill ("Elimination", "Bring Me the Night", "Armorist"), Testament ("Low", "D.N.R", "Murky Waters"), and my favorite Exodus album! ("Impact is Imminent", "Only Death Decides", "Heads They Win, Tails You Lose").
Yeah Feel the Fire by Overkill!
Everybody always talks about the Big 4, right? ANTHRAX, METALLICA, MEGADETH, and SLAYER, right? Well, to be honest, it should have been the Big 10. The other 6 include EXODUS, OVERKILL, TESTAMENT, FLOTSAM & JETSAM, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, and DEATH ANGEL. The whole Big 4 thing came about because of how early those bands got started in the Thrash Metal arena. All of them, but Megadeth got started in 1983, to then which they debuted in 1985. But then both Exodus and OverKill debuted in 1985 as well. Flotsam and Nuclear Assault came out in 1986. Then Testament and Death Angel came out in 1987. So you're only looking at a period of like 4 years (1983 to 1987) where the entire 80s Thrash Metal scene was pretty much set. There were a few other bands that popped up here and there, but none as big as those 10. And I would classify those as big because of the amount of Merch they had. If you didn't have Merch, nobody but the die-hard Metal fans had ever heard of you. Like there's this one band, whose album cover I kinda remember, but I can't recall who it was. I wanna say ASSASSIN, but in couldn't swear to to. But anyway...like yeah, in those days, where people wore Merch T-shirts like crazy...I mean you could not walk the halls of your school without seeing dozens of band T-shirts. If 80s fashion was anything, it was band T-shirts. All the crazy spandex and neon-colored shit you see now for 80s Night is total BS. Nobody wore that shit back then. At least not in my small town. Maybe in Hip coastal cities like L.A. or S.F. but not in the Midwest. But anyway...the first wave of Thrash was very cool. It was the anti-culture of the time. As it was a bit more extreme than the Hair or Glam Metal stuff that dominated the total culture, which helped with the collapse of the Rock scene in 1992 with the onset of Grunge. God I hated that shit. Thank God it only lasted about 5 or 6 years at most. NuMetal hit the scene in like 1998, 99...but Power Metal came back hard around 1997. Then Thrash Metal had a revival in 2007. Never thought I'd see a vibrant heavy metal scene again after the GAWD AWFUL DECADE of the 90s. MY God did I hate the Music industry in the 90s. They replaced cool and fun music with boring, cheesey mellow music.
Absolutely positively do Evile! Best songs: Thrasher, Enter the grave, killer from the deep, we who are about to die, outsider, xaraya, man against machine
4ARM-Raise A Fist is some Killa thrash.
thrash bands to check out:
Municipal Waste
Iron Reagan
Lich King
Power Trip
Space Chaser
Agreed, I also mentioned Stormtroopers of Death and Municipal Waste on Patreon.
Morning! Great song! I lovvve the guitars in this one! I like overkill too! Good band. Check them out! Thanks guys!🤓
Past wars in ancient times were generally speaking, over different religious views. All the great empires/world leaders like ancient Greece, Rome, Babylon, etc... were divided in to two opposing parties within their own empires/countries and they eventually fell to the ground due to all these leading events. As people say history really does repeat itself. There are other countries in recent history that met the same conclusion as these ancient civilizations did.
I would say Exodus. They are what are the first to come out
Food For The Worms is a super fast Extra track
Exodus - " Blacklist"
can y’all react to ghost walking by lamb of god
If you want some newer Thrash bands, check out Municipal Waste and Death Angel
100% Pure Bay Area
Yeah, you got the Big Four. But above them, you got the Even Bigger Two - Testament and Exodus.
Overkill -Horrorscope
💖✌🤘🖤
Slayer
👍🏻🖤
Overkill! The OG's of Thrash. Check out Armorist off White Devil Armory or Where it Hurts!!!!
Overkill
Listen to Exodus Toxic Waltz awesome
Hey guys. Would it be possible for you to react to Drink With The Living Dead by a band called Ghoultown? Also, love watching your stuff. Keep up the good work.
Great song and band.
oh yea, this was Kirk from Metallica's old band! nice.
hold up tho, when yal gonna do Filthy Friday??
Slipknot's catalouge is big? See Cradle's catalogue going back to 1991! 😵
Won't dissapoint. plus i have some stories personal to CoF.
Hardcore is Hardcore Punk rock, thrash bands don't consider themselves punk rock. Thrash and Hardcore Punk rock is called crossover. With bands like DRI, Cryptic Slaughter, SOD, and the Crumbsuckers🤘
...Pro Pain now 😉
Lorna Shore has new music check it out asap
The real origins of thrash is VENOM,the O.G. of thrash.
dude motorhead is the OG of thrash then all the rest morphed into the speed metal and Hard thrash but Yeah MOTORHEAD!!!!!!!!! Lemi Bad ass...
as a matter of fact Motorhead does an intro to a famous wrestler smokey what's up????
Both bands released their first demos in 82. Listening to both I would say Metallica was more thrashy and had quite a few more songs on theirs. Exodus first album got delayed a year, but even without that delay Metallica still recorded 2 full albums before exodus. Both awesome bands either way
Exodus should have damn well been in there their record company screwed around releasing their album it would have been out before Metallica's and Kirk Hammett was the guitar player and Exodus and then went to Slayer
Bonded by blood was delayed for sure but kill ‘em all and ride the lighting were both recorded before bonded by blood was ever recorded so theirs no way it would have came out first. Great bands either way
I love Kirk hammet, but he has not made riffs and solos this fire and that go this hard in a long time, especially not when this album came out in 2004. Also Kirk was never on an exodus album
I would do a lesson in violence from bonded by blood I'm an old ass head metal head that is and will die one
yeah, Metallica and Exodus were basically the same time. As far as being formed, I think Exodus came one year before Metallica
Check out children of a worthless god, that’s my fave by them
Whenever someone defends the fact that Metallica has gotten slower and watered down over the years, by saying: "Well, they're a lot older now", I only have one word for them: Fu*king EXODUS!! They've been at it just as long. In fact, Kirk Hammett was a founding member of Exodus before he quit to join Metallica.
the true top 4..... not in this order though...Metallica , Exodus, Slayer, Overkill.
Exodus shit on 3 of the top 4, and i ain't refering to Megadeth.
React to death Angel kill as one or humanicide or exodus raze dark Angel darkness descends razor band atrophy band socialized hate
Exodus imo never gets there proper respect. Also Hitler was an occultist or rather heavenly influenced by germanic occult ideas.
The Real Thrash Metal Big Four is 1 - Slayer; 2 - Testament; 3 - Exodus; 4 - Overkill /,,/ Metallica is to much pop now a days and Anthrax sucks, I don't like them.
P.S.: Listen to Clickbait from Exodus!
Kirk Hammett started Exodus in 1979 and left the band and joined Metallica in 1983 before Exodus released their first album Bonded By Blood in 1985 so Kirk Hammett isn't on any of Exodus's albums. Even though Exodus didn't release their first album until 1985 they were around as a band when Metallica and Slayer were first starting out. The big four should be the big five and include Exodus. some people say that Testament should be included, but they were formed in 1987 so they weren't around when thrash was first coming out.
Absolutely agree.
i got three words for yall: BONDED BY BLOOD
Well this was outta nowhere, underrated band (yes I know they’re not THAT underrated). Especially didn’t expect to see this track! Fuck yeah!