Question for guitar players about originality in Thrash Metal?

Have you heard bands like Mekong Delta, Evil Dead, Toxik, Fog of War, Flotsam & Jetsam, Mordred, Vendetta and Wargasm? Thrash has some hidden gems that sound quite unique, but are completely unknown. Look on classicthrash for a list of bands.

Thrash, see I don't really put the iron cage that genres of music do.

There are plenty of bands and musicians now-a-days that can be put in many different categories or genres.

There is only so much you can explore, if you are to stay "pure" to one specific genre, it is inevitable that it starts sounding very familiar, or even the same!

I love just about any type of metal, as long as the damn vocalist/singer isn't overshadowing the actual music, which unfortunately happends with at least 50% of the bands out there.

Just speaking of Metal, I love stuff from Dream Theater, to Nevermore, to Iced Earth, to Symphony X, Anterior (awesome fairly recent band from Whales), Sylosis.

In my younger days I use to be big into thrash metal, but yeah, it just got terribly stale after awhile. Sometimes I still listen to Slayer (who I still quite enjoy) or maybe Testament (though I prefer their 90s stuff, when they started mixing in death metal elements), or some old Anthrax for nostalgia.

In my younger days I use to be big into thrash metal, but yeah, it just got terribly stale after awhile. Sometimes I still listen to Slayer (who I still quite enjoy) or maybe Testament (though I prefer their 90s stuff, when they started mixing in death metal elements), or some old Anthrax for nostalgia.

worlock77

meh, more for me.

Municipal Waste is gonna f*** you up!

What's the difference between heavy metal songs? Their names.Spitfirer

Spoken like someone who's never heard much of it.

[QUOTE="Zezima940"]After listening through bands like Warbringer, Evile, Lazarus A.D, Legion and other NWOTM bands (New Wave Of Thrash Metal) I am bored to death. No one can invent an original sound in Thrash Metal. After 20 min I thought I were listening to the same song by the same band, but no! It was another song by another BAND than what I first put on. Thrash Metal is now the most generic form of metal along with Death Metal on a close second IMO. If anyone know a original sounding Thrash Metal band, let me know! I think way too many Thrash Metal bands are hiding behind he "We are here to bring thrash back" line. No they are NOT bringing thrash back by making it super generic! I really want to play Thrash Metal but I don't know much theory ... YET. I notice all thrash bands ever do is power chords (except for the solos)! Maybe anyone know anything that I can use to refresh the thrash metal genre! :)vfibsux

Yeah, Megadeth is one of the best examples of unique sounding thrash bands.

communistcat

Almost entirely because of Marty Friedman, who is skilled in many styles of music and did basically all the guitar work that made them stand out.

If you really want to play some tough good old thrash guitar pick up the Megadeth Hangar 18 tab book. Anyone who has played songs from that cd knows the guitar work is anything but a bunch of power chords. vfibsux

Yeah, some of the first really difficult guitar pieces I learned were from Rust in Peace while I was in college. It took me several months to learn Lucretia and Tornado of Souls and they helped form the foundation of skills I still use today.