Metallica in the 80s was pretty much the quintessential thrash band and the band that every other band was looking to. Black album and everything after that was mostly crap, yes, but that is no reason to rewrite history - those first 4 albums basically defined thrash metal and still holds up.
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Oh wow I really thought I had it after you said it was thrash
Metallica is not Thrash. Trash mostly but definitely not thrash.
Really? I’m not a huge fan of Metallica tbh (call of Ktulu notwithstanding), but I’ve often seen them described as thrash
Metallica in the 80s was pretty much the quintessential thrash band and the band that every other band was looking to. Black album and everything after that was mostly crap, yes, but that is no reason to rewrite history - those first 4 albums basically defined thrash metal and still holds up.
they are, I describe them as trash though.
Metallica was absolutely a thrash band in the 80s. There’s also no such thing as “Trash” metal unless you’re referring to bands you don’t like lol
TRASH