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Anthrax

16,227,394 plays (667,720 listeners)

1) Anthrax are an American, New York City-based thrash metal band, who released their first full-length album in 1984.

Slayer

53,957,050 plays (1,076,692 listeners)

Slayer is a thrash metal band from US, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. The band was credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth.

Exodus

7,470,698 plays (274,127 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.

Metallica

192,300,914 plays (2,150,396 listeners)

Metallica is an American metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in The Recycler.

Pantera

42,058,337 plays (1,231,406 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).

Testament

12,598,946 plays (411,092 listeners)

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

Kreator

14,847,635 plays (351,398 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.

Iron Maiden

111,712,147 plays (1,647,867 listeners)

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Iron Maiden is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal or NWOBHM band from the United Kingdom.