Heavy metal branch
Thrash metal
Heavy metal › Thrash metal
- Emerged
- 1983
- Origin
- California / Germany
- Subgenres
- 4
NWOBHM plus hardcore punk: palm-muted riffs, brutal tempos and lyrics about war and society. The first truly extreme branch.
- Heaviness
- 8
- Speed
- 9
- Melody
- 6
Key acts
- Metallica
- Slayer
- Megadeth
- Kreator