Thrash metal was already in development when Rick Rubin started, but he felt it didn't hit its stride until certain bands came to the forefront.

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Slayer have announced their only headlining North American show of the year.

heavier subgenre of metal began to take over the San Francisco Bay Area metal scene, a genre that would soon be heard in sold-out arenas across the world. Victoria-based author and music journalist ...

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The opening track “Blade of Cimmeria” was pretty strong in that it established what kind of tales were getting in this album.