5th January 2017
Thrash Under Pressure: Body Count
It’s a new year and with that comes a new Thrash Under Pressure. What better way to start than…
It’s a new year and with that comes a new Thrash Under Pressure. What better way to start than…
Thrash Under Pressure continues with a look at another band which might have escaped your attention, Heathen. Heathen were formed…
Sacred Reich are another band that didn’t reach the dizzying heights of some of their contemporaries. Why is this? That’s…
This week’s Thrash Under Pressure is brought to you in association with Google Translate as we take a look at…
Vio-lence were formed in 1985 at thrash metal’s ground zero, the Bay Area of San Francisco. Never really reaching the…
Infernäl Mäjesty is this week’s Thrash Under Pressure candidate. Lesser-known, perhaps, than many other Canadian bands, they were fans of…
Hellbastard formed in 1984 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, proving that not all Geordie music is Lindisfarne featuring Gazza-type nonsense. They’re probably all…
Whiplash formed in New Jersey in 1984. Did they name themselves after the Metallica anthem from Kill ‘Em All? Probably.…
Switzerland, famous for cuckoo clocks, chocolate, assisted-suicide clinics and Celtic Frost. Celtic Frost formed in 1984 from the ashes of…
This week takes us to thrash and hardcore haven, New York City, where we take a look at Demolition Hammer.…
Evildead is this weeks obscure-for-some-but-not-for-others featured band. They formed from two defunct bands, Agent Steel and Abattoir and exploded on…
As part of the ongoing Thrash Under Pressure I asked colleagues at All About The Rock Towers for bands that…
Not all thrash bands were formed in the 80s either. Step forward, Machine Head, who injected a much-needed shot into…
And so the journey through thrash brings us to another British band. This band are very keen gardeners and reflect…
British thrash was more than just the Big 4. There were other bands too who were on the fringes of…
And so we come to the final – in no particular order – of the Big 4 of British Thrash.…
If Yorkshiremen, Acid Reign, could do it then it was only fair that those on the other side of the…
Remaining in Blighty and this week’s Thrash Under Pressure focuses on another of the UK Big 4 of Thrash, Sabbat.…
And so we arrive in good old Blighty. The thrash explosion that was going on in the rest of the…
Having discovered the Americas to be a hotbed of thrash metal activity, it’s time to sail back across the Atlantic…