Heavy metal branch
Bay Area thrash
Heavy metal › Thrash metal › Bay Area thrash
- Emerged
- 1983
- Origin
- San Francisco, USA
- Subgenres
- None
The original epicentre: technical riffing, clearer production and a little more melody.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 9
- Melody
- 7
Key acts
- Metallica
- Exodus
- Testament
- Death Angel