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It emerged partially as a reaction to the more conventional and widely acceptable glam metal, a less aggressive, pop music-infused heavy metal subgenre which appeared simultaneously. [3] Four American bands, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer, are credited with popularizing the genre, earning them the title of the "Big Four of Thrash".
Darkness Descends is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Dark Angel, released on November 17, 1986.Released at the height of thrash metal's popularity, Darkness Descends received positive reviews from music critics, and has been cited as a major influence on the death metal, doom metal and groove metal scenes of the late 1980s and 1990s.
50 Hottest Thrash Albums of All Time [citation needed] 3 United States 2002 Revolver: The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time [citation needed] 54 2011 Robert Dimery 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die [93] * 2007 IGN: Top 25 Metal Albums [51] 4 2012 About.com: Best Heavy Metal Albums of 1990 [94] 1 2012 Best Heavy Metal Albums of the ...
In 2014, Loudwire ranked the album the 9th best thrash album not released by the Big Four. [8] In 2015, VH1 listed the album as one of the greatest thrash debuts. [9] In 2017, Loudwire also listed the album as the 30th best thrash metal album of all time. [10] In 2020, Revolver placed it on their list of "10 Criminally Underrated 80s Thrash ...
Rock Hard cited The American Way as "one of the best thrash albums of all time" in their album review. [58] Revolver named Sacred Reich as "one of the most important thrash bands of the eighties and nineties," dubbing their debut album, Ignorance , as "a milestone in the thrash movement", [ 6 ] with the album later appearing on their 25 ...
In 2007, Revolver called it one of their 20 essential eighties thrash albums. [11] In 2014, Revolver also placed The New Order on its "14 Thrash Albums You Need to Own" list. [12] In 2016, Loudwire ranked the album as Testament's second best. [13] In 2017, Loudwire also listed the album as the 18th best thrash metal album of all time. [14]
The music press largely considers Among the Living one of the strongest thrash metal albums ever recorded. [22] In comparison with Spreading the Disease, the songs on the album generally feature faster rhythms granted by Benante's double-pedal bass-drum beats, stronger hardcore influences in the frequent gang choruses and a more aggressive vocal delivery by Belladonna. [23]
The Ultra-Violence is considered a classic in the thrash metal genre, listed as number 370 in the 2010 reference book, The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. [6]Adam McCann of Metal Digest wrote, "Punching their way out of the trenches of the Bay Area and following in the footsteps of the likes of Testament and Exodus, Death Angel delivered a beast of an album with many Death Angel fans ...