It’s only been out a week now, but Endgame looks set to be the album that propels Megadeth back to the forefront of metallers’ minds across the globe again. Our man in Atlanta, Metal Mark, gave the album a full 6 out of 6 here on Thrash Hits, but what do you lot think about [...]

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….those Reading bruisers, Malefice. Well done lads – Dawn of Reprisal put in a late showing to win the first ever annual-ish Thrash Hits COROT-3b “Music” prize.

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We thought we ought to remind anyone out there who hasn’t yet cast their vote in the inaugural Thrash Hits COROT-3b “Music” Prize, that the polls close on Tuesday, September 8, at 9:55pm exactly. We’ve even finally gone and decided what specacular prize we’re going to bestow on the band whose album comes out on top.

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The 2009 Nationwide Mercury Music prize shortlist has been announced, and once again Hugh Platt finds himself screaming at the sky, shaking his fist like an ineffectual caveman cursing the Gods for making it rain.

Once again, the great and the good of the UK music media are hunched over, hands clasped around their critical appendages, [...]

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There are two sides to every story… and neither one leaves any of the participants in this one looking that good, to be honest. Machine Head have pulled out of the UK leg of Sonisphere Festival after getting into a spat with the promoters over their slot on the bill – specifically, it seems, because [...]

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On this day, ten years ago, Download Festival 2009 headliners and generally amazing band, Slipknot released their debut album and, in the process of it going Double Platinum and forming legions of red boilersuited “Maggots”, helped to defined nu-metal and the metal landscape forever.
Happy birthday, Slipknot. Here’s to another ten years.
(Not gonna happen, is it.)

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There is a fair bit of questionable evidence that goes towards the equally questionable conclusion that Big Brother 10 contestant, Marcus Akin is a heavy metaller. Featured on the original ‘Most Banal Television Concept Ever’, the 35-year-old carpenter/glazier from Brentford loves guitars and has got stupid hair. Err…

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It’s almost time for Download Festival 2009. It’s only two weeks away, in fact and we’re getting rather excited. Soon it’ll be time to start looking at that schedule and figuring out what bands you want to see and which ones annoyingly clash.
We already know that Faith No More, Motley Crue and Meshuggah clash, but [...]

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We’re so bloody topical here at Thrash Hits that we’re wearing a soggy mask over our mouth and we said, “HELL NO!” to the offer of a second bacon sandwich at breakfast. It looked a bit pig flu-ey.

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There’s no denying it – 2009 looks like it’s going to be a good year for the Big Four. If you’re suffering from an epic brain-fail, and don’t already know who they are, The Big Four are the quartet of bands who helped define Thrash Metal as we know it – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. But who amongst [...]

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