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Photo by Michel Linssen/Redferns Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ Nearly Had a Much More Unsettling Theme That Could’ve Cost Them a Hit Single
Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” originally had a much darker theme to counterbalance what James Hetfield thought was too catchy a riff.
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Photo by Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo/Getty Images Metal Icon Pitches ‘Big Four’ of Modern Thrash, but Says It ‘Wouldn’t Be a Young Generation’
Dave Mustaine’s picks for a new Big Four don’t exactly represent the new generation of thrash metal, but maybe a present day Big Four will have to wait.
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Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images 43 Years Ago Today, This Young Band Played a Chicago Show That No One Knew Was the Beginning of 80s Thrash Metal Domination
On this day in 1983, Metallica played a gig at The Metro in Chicago, setting the stage for thrash to become the next big wave of heavy metal.
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Photo Courtesy of Haunt/Bandcamp 4 Bands Carrying the Torch of 80s Heavy Metal and Thrash in 2026
The sound of 80s heavy metal and thrash marks a unique era for the genre, and bands like Haunt and Inhuman Nature are keeping it alive.
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Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns WATCH: Megadeth Shred Through Cover of ‘Ride the Lightning’ by Metallica for the First Time Live
Megadeth pulled up to Bogota, Colombia, and unleashed their cover of Metallica’s legendary thrash classic “Ride The Lightning.”
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(Photo by Elsie Roymans/Getty Images) Dave Mustaine Has Questionable Opinions About the ‘Big Four,’ and I Hate to Admit It, but He Might Be Right
Dave Mustaine’s role in thrash, specifically the “Big Four,” could be debatable, but he certainly makes a compelling argument.
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(Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) Zacky Vengeance Says Avenged Sevenfold Has a Lot of ‘Love’ for One of Metallica’s ‘Craziest-Sounding’ Albums
Now do Slayer’s ‘Diabolus in Musica’
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Elsie Roymans/Getty Images 4 of the All-Time Best Performances by Megadeth
Being an impartial judge, I think it’s very fair to say that Megadeth’s “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due” is easily one of their best songs.
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Members of US rock band Anthrax, pose for a photo after playing as a support act, during British rock band Black Sabbath's "Back to The Beginning" concert, Ozzy Osbourne's final ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on July 5, 2025. Osbourne, who revealed in 2020 that he has Parkinson's disease, will join Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the all-day "Back To The Beginning" show in Birmingham, central England, where the heavy metal giants formed in 1968. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) Anthrax Is Unleashing a New Album in May, According to Bassist Frank Bello: ‘It’s So Heavy’
Anthrax have been working on their new album at Dave Grohl’s studio, and bassist Frank Bello says he’s “very proud” of what they have so far.
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Former Megadeth Bassist Dave Ellefson Thinks the Band’s New Album ‘Just Doesn’t Sound Like’ Them
Dave Ellefson was one of the earliest members of Megadeth, but was fired from the band in 2021 after a public sex scandal.
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TOLUCA, MEXICO – DECEMBER 04: Dave Mustaine, leader of Megadeth band, performing as part of day 3 of the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2022 at Foro Pegaso on December 4, 2022 in Toluca, Mexico. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images) Megadeth’s Final Album Lands Them Their First No. 1 Record on the Billboard 200
Megadeth’s new album, their self-titled seventeenth and final record, has topped numerous charts, including the coveted Billboard 200.
