Bay Area Thrash Metal

Forbidden, American legends of Bay Area thrash metal, will release a new self-titled studio album on BLKIIBLK on 10/23/2026! It will be the band's first real studio album since 2010. Below you'll find the fourth single from the band's…

Heathen, the cult Bay Area thrash metal outfit, will release a new studio album titled "Lifetime In Hell" on February 19 via Austrian label Napalm Records. Below you can check out the first single from the album, Escapegoat, which comes…

Death AngelFriday, July 31, 2026, 9:30 PMZagreb / Vintage Industrial Bar / Croatia Death Angel are one of those Bay Area Thrash Metal bands that blow you away all over again every time you catch them live. Past encounters with them…

Forbidden, American Bay Area thrash metal legends, will release a brand-new self-titled studio album on October 23, 2026 via BLKIIBLK! It's the band's first proper studio album since 2010. Down below, you can check out the first single…

Vio-Lence, venerable legends of the Bay Area thrash metal scene, are announcing dates for their new European "Eruption Of Screams" tour, which kicks off in late July in Gdansk, Poland, and wraps up in mid-August with a show in Zabok,…

Heathen, Bay Area thrash metal legends from San Francisco, have unleashed a fresh original single, Twist of Faith, complete with an official music video. The video was directed by Ty Fox. Check it out below. The band, who recently moved…

Vicious Rumors, the cult Bay Area speed and thrash heavy metal veterans from the US, have announced that new drummer Wyatt Cooper is now in the fold. You can check out the original Facebook post below. Wyatt replaces longtime original…

Death Angel, the legendary Bay Area thrash metal band from the US, have announced the dates for a new European tour this summer! Among other things, the guys will also play an exclusive club show in Zagreb on Friday, July 31, 2026, at…

Exodus, the legendary Bay Area thrash metallers, will release a new studio album titled “Goliath” via Napalm Records on March 20, 2026. The band announced the album a while back with the single 3111, complete with an official music…

Testament, the Bay Area thrash metal icons, have announced a reissue of their 1989 studio album "Practice What You Preach". The remastered version of the album lands on May 8, with Nuclear Blast Records handling the reissue. "Practice…

Negligence, the Slovenian thrash metal outfit, has broken its long silence on Facebook, but with sad news: bassist Mitja Lipicer, whom we all knew as Lipnik, has passed away! Lipnik joined Negligence shortly after the band formed in…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: October 10, 2025Production: Chuck Billy & Eric PetersonAlbum length: 50.24 minGenre: Thrash MetalRating: 9.0/10 "Para Bellum" is the fourteenth studio album from Bay Area Thrash Metal…

Exodus, the legendary Bay Area thrash metallers, will release a new studio album titled “Goliath” on March 20, 2026 via Napalm Records. The band announced the album a while back with the single 3111, which came with an official music…

Heathen, Bay Area thrash metal legends from San Francisco, are unleashing a fresh original single, Never A God, complete with an official music video. The video was directed by Ty Fox. Check it out below. The band, who recently signed…

Exodus, the legendary Bay Area thrash metallers, will release a new studio album titled “Goliath” on March 20, 2026 via Napalm Records. The band announced the album a while back with the single 3111, which now also has an official music…

Exodus, the legendary Bay Area thrash metallers, will release a new studio album titled "Goliath" via Napalm Records on March 20, 2026. Check out the first single, 3111, from the band's upcoming album below. The album was produced…

Testament / Obituary / Destruction / NervosaTuesday, 21 October 2025, 5:30 PM – 11:00 PMLjubljana / Media Park / Slovenia Every once in a while, special concert events come along — and yes, right here in Slovenia! The kind you…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: November 19, 2021Production: Andy SneapAlbum length: 60.23 minGenre: Thrash MetalRating: 8.5/10 Exodus! Bay Area thrash metal legends. The new album, their eleventh studio record overall, is…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: 9/25/2020Production: Christopher “Zeuss” Harris & Kragen LumAlbum length: 47:22 minGenre: Thrash MetalRating: 9.0/10 Heathen are Bay Area thrash metal legends. If you pull names like…

"The Bay Area legends don't do surrender. Quite the opposite. They radiate fire, wildness and a frighteningly bestial commitment, delivering one of this year's strongest, most charismatic and, in the end, most beautiful and truest-to-form…

"No beating around the bush: this is an album we can instantly tag as the "Victims Of Deception of the 21st century." That alone means "The Evolution Of Chaos" is one of the finest releases the metal scene gave us in 2010."

When Death Angel are anywhere nearby, it's a "you know the drill" situation. And when they're playing Ljubljana, on a Friday no less, showing up is mandatory. For at least the last decade, Death Angel have been synonymous with how thrash…