During this week's Gear Factor episode, we have a compilation of thrash musicians playing their favorite riffs. Riffs are one of the most important elements of thrash metal. They're big, they're fast ...

Formed in the mid-’80s, these brawling Germans seemed poised for the big time after the release of their 1987 debut, Product Of Imagination. Though owing a clear debt to early Metallica, Paradox ...

The following list of the nine best thrash metal songs over nine minutes long proves that the genre had way more going for it than brevity and untamed aggression. Of course, ever since Metallica ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. But beyond its hallowed contents, Rust In Peace is a seminal work because it completely upgraded ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Revocation frontman Dave Davidson joins Loudwire’s Gear Factor to play his favorite riffs. The tech death master traverses genres from hard rock to classic metal before getting into Revocation’s own ...

Fans of classic thrash metal, get ready. Testament, one of the defining bands of the 1980s Bay Area thrash scene, just announced their Thrash of the Titans North America tour for 2026. The 20-city ...

Heavy metal has a rich history, filled to the brim with quality albums that have been delighting the headbanging masses of Planet Earth for decades. These are heavy metal albums that are ...