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Like Godzilla lying in suspended animation under some desolate arctic ice flow, American thrash metal kept a low profile for the second half of the Nineties and the first few years of the new century, biding its time while nu-metal enjoyed its 15 minutes in the spotlight. But the last few years have seen thrash return with a vengeance, spearheaded by a new generation of bands like Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Chimaira, and, most recently, Malachi. Dave Mustaine: "Thrash endures because we're the disenfranchised youth of America, and somebody has to play the music that will soothe the savage beast in all of us."

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Its the beginning of the 1980's, and the U.K. is in the midst of a heavy-metal renaissance, thanks to bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, and Venom, but the state of American hard rock is a sad one, indeed. With the exception of Van Halen, the big U.S. acts of the Seventies - like Kiss, Aerosmith, and Ted Nugent - seemed old and tired; and in the newly conservative climate of the early Reagan era, Journey, Styx, and REO Speedwagon were the closest thing to "heavy music" that you could hear on the radio.

Out of this foul wasteland came a new kind of music that was fast, heavy, and unapologetically brutal. Its lyrics encompassed everything from the demons of Hell to the scumbag politicians of Washington. Its devotees banged their collective heads to the beat with an intensity that noone had ever witnessed before. Some call it "speed metal"; others called it "power metal." Today we know it as thrash. More than just a passing fad, the movement launched the careers of some of the greatest bands to ever storm a stage including Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer and its take-no-prisoners sound and ethic continue to reverberate to this day.

Like Godzilla lying in suspended animation under some desolate arctic ice flow, American thrash metal kept a low profile for the second half of the Nineties and the first few years of the new century, biding its time while nu-metal enjoyed its 15 minutes in the spotlight. But the last few years have seen thrash return with a vengeance, spearheaded by a new generation of bands like Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Chimaira, and, most recently, Malachi. Dave Mustaine: "Thrash endures because we're the disenfranchised youth of America, and somebody has to play the music that will soothe the savage beast in all of us."

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