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Anthrax

7,722,416 plays (366,575 listeners)

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Anthrax is an American, New York City-based thrash metal band, who released its first full-length album in 1984.

Testament

7,372,788 plays (239,118 listeners)

Testament was one of the first thrash metal bands to emerge from the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s.

Slayer

28,536,232 plays (590,039 listeners)

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King.

Exodus

3,666,458 plays (156,028 listeners)

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Exodus is one of the first thrash metal bands to come out of the bay area, formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California, by Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff, Jeff Andrews, and Gary Holt.

Kreator

8,444,833 plays (218,191 listeners)

Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. They originally started under the name Metal Militia, later Tyrant and Tormentor, finally Kreator. Starting their career in 1982, they played Thrash Metal with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big Teutonic Thrash Metal bands from Germany.

Pantera

23,301,536 plays (654,916 listeners)

Pantera was an extremely popular metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981. Specifically, some fans consider them power metal, groove metal, or an amalgamation of both (so called "power groove", a term the band devised themselves).

Annihilator

3,639,250 plays (153,800 listeners)

There is more than one artist with this name: (1) Annihilator is a thrash metal band founded by Jeff Waters in Ottawa, Canada in 1984.

Overkill

2,510,071 plays (114,670 listeners)

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Overkill formed in 1980 in New Jersey, as one of the first thrash bands to hit the U.S.A. east coast.