Thrash metal je mnohem rychlejší odnoží heavy metalu.Jeho charakteristickým rysem je především agresivnější zvuk kytary a zpěvu a dodávání hardcore punkových vlivů do metalu.. Původ thrash metalu se dá vysledovat do první poloviny 80. let 20. století, kdy mnoho kapel začalo kombinovat rychlost speed metalu s důrazem hardcore punku, tím vytvořily nový styl.

Thrash metal is a kynd o hivy metal muisic that stairtit as an affshuit o hivy metal in the late 1970s an early 1980s. The term Speed metal wis uised for this genre in the aichties, but for ordinar that nou is uised whan talkin anent Pouer metal that pits a wheen emphasis on fast playin - baunds sic as DragonForce bein guid exemplars.

Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed, Death, Necrophagia, Obituary, Autopsy, and Morbid Angel are often considered pioneers of the genre.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bay Area thrash metal (also known as Bay Area thrash) referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.