Thrash-metal band formed in Montreal, Canada by former Voivod singer Eric Forrest in 2001. After the release of their first album, Evil Forces, in 2003, Eric relocated to Toulouse, France and changed the line-up of his band. Eric Forrest also sings with Project: Failing Flesh.
Thrash metal band from Sydney, Australia. Debut EP "Back From Extinction' was self released in early 2011.
1. New Zealand metalcore band. The band changed their name in 2008 to Antagonist A.D. to avoid to confusion with other bands holding the same name.
2. Antagonist are a metalcore band from Whittier, California in the United States. In the rapidly changing and evolving world of heavy music, bands come and go faster than you can get a value meal at a fast food restaurant. Finding bands who are still slugging it out after a decade is a rare occurrence. What’s even more uncommon is finding a band who have recorded their most intense and career defining album 12 years into their career.
Years: 2002-now
Style: Thrash metal Fueled By Fire is a Los Angeles thrash metal band. They are influenced extremely by thrash metal bands of the 1980s. Coming from the early albums and 1980s albums of bands like Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament and even Death Angel. They are also influenced by bands like Metal Church, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. They are known for their appearance of tight blue or black jeans, black leather jackets, denim vests, black t-shirts of metal bands and really long hair.
Revocation is a Technical Death Metal/Thrash Metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2006 from Cryptic Warning. They combine the power and aggression of the old-school thrash metal style with the twisted musicianship of technical death metal. Their first release, "Summon the Spawn" demo, is a unique display of technical prowess and ferocious energy which came out in September of 2006. Their first full-length, "Empire of the Obscene" was released in May of 2008 and continued their face-melting style to positive reviews.
1) Post-Hardcore band from Belgrade, Serbia active in the 90's. 2)HISTORY MALFUNCTION were formed in early 2004 and are based in Sydney Australia. The first line up consisted of Justin Lal (Vocals/Guitar), Robert Alvaro (Guitar/Vocals), Laura Burns (Bass) and Haresh Nair (Drums). The band were influenced by metal and grunge, citing Metallica, Nirvana and even as far as The Red Hot Chili Peppers as influences. Their first performance was at a school performing arts night, where they covered the hit ballad, Nothing Else Matters, of Metallica's fame.
Artillery is a Danish thrash metal band. They participated in the early development of the genre, and their highly energetic, riff-centric and often fast-paced music is similar in style to that of Slayer and Megadeth from the same era. The band formed in 1982 in Taastrup, a suburb to Copenhagen. The members were guitarists J
Forbidden was part of the second wave of thrash metal bands which arose from the bay area thrash scene (along with Testament, Death Angel, Vio-Lence, etc.), and though full of promise early on, they never broke through like many predicted. Originally formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil by vocalist Russ Anderson, guitarists Robb Flynn and Craig Locifero, bassist Matt Camacho, and drummer Paul Bostaph, the group slugged it out around the Bay Area club scene like hundreds of other up-and-coming garage bands inspired by thrash originators like Metallica, Slayer, and especially Exodus.
There are 2 bands with the name Defiance: (1) Defiance is a thrash metal band from Oakland, California. While virtually unknown to mainstream metal and rock circles, Defiance is known as one of the classic second-tier thrash bands to come from the Bay Area thrash metal scene. They played a decidedly technical style of thrash originally evoking bands like Testament, though they would later move on to playing in their own unique, more progressive thrash style. They reformed in 2005 and have since release an album entitled The Prophecy in late 2009.
Darkane (formerly known as Agretator) is a Melodic Death / Thrash Metal band formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. The name Darkane is a portmanteau of the words "dark" and "arcane". The first album featured Lawrence Mackory, who had a much more death metal influenced voice. After 1998's Rusted Angel, Andreas Sydow was recruited, and handled vocals on the next three albums, Insanity, Expanding Senses, and Layers of Lies. He decided to leave the band in 2007 and Jens Broman (Construcdead, The Defaced) took his place for Demonic Art.