It should have been The Big Five. It’s unthinkable now, but the ‘Big Four’ of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax came close to an expansion, with Testament seemingly set to ride hard to glory in ...

The Kreator and Testament concert at Hard Rock Live in Orlando on October 15, 2024, was a night of pure thrash metal fury, with both bands bringing decades of heavy music history to life on stage.

The ‘Big Four’ of thrash metal – Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth – all date back to 1981 save for the ’Deth, who came to be following guitarist Dave Mustaine’s expulsion from Metallica two ...

Rock fans know the “Big Four” of thrash metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. But a host of other thrash bands bubbled up under the household names who became the four horsemen of the ...

Megadeth have had their fair share of top notch guitarists over the years and there was the possibility at one point of another thrash legend stepping into the band for them. That would be Testament's ...

Fans of classic thrash metal, get ready. Testament, one of the defining bands of the 1980s Bay Area thrash scene, just announced their Thrash of the Titans North America tour for 2026. The 20-city ...

Thrash metal icons Testament Have recently reissued their classic first two albums, “The Legacy” and “The New Order,” on Nuclear Blast Records. Credit: (Nuclear Blast Records/Submitted) At the end of ...

When Testament singer Chuck Billy joined the Berkeley, CA-based hard rock act Testament shortly after it formed in the early ’80s, thrash metal had not yet become fully entrenched as a musical genre.

Death Angel joins Exodus and Testament on the “Bay Strikes Back Tour,” which comes to Ace of Spades Wednesday, May 25. Nuclear Blast Starting in the mid-1980s, about 90 miles west of Sacramento, a new ...

When it comes to those early thrash metal bands of the ’80s, a lot of the conversation focuses on the “Big Four” bands of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax — and rightfully so. Those dudes ...

Alex Skolnick was a timid 16-year-old when he joined Testament in 1985, but his highly skilled melodic guitar playing would prove hugely influential throughout the Bay Area thrash scene and beyond.

Last Thursday, Dave Lombardo dropped a bit of a bombshell on Testament fans looking forward to seeing him play live with the legendary thrash band when he announced that he wouldn’t be touring with ...