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thrash metal

British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: thrash.  a type of very fast, very loud rock music that combines elements of heavy metal and punk rock

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The mainstream hard rockers and hair bands of the 1980s certainly wouldn’t exist without Osbourne, but neither would more niche offshoots, like stoner rock, thrash metal, death metal and doom metal.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Lengyel was an early member of Mr. Bungle, a thrash metal band formed in 1985 by a trio of high school buddies in the Humboldt County logging and fishing town of Eureka.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

It’s the pair’s first collection since their 2019 Grammy -winning “Mettavolution,” which meld the power of thrash metal with fiery Spanish melodies.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

A dreary thrash metal dirge that's presumably intended to subvert Eurovision's shiny, happy aesthetic.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

He opened the car door and a mix of laughter, loud, unintelligible words, and thrash metal music flowed into our forest and infected it with them.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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