Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

It's a Battle of the Bay Area in the Stage Dive Region of Round 1 in our March Metal Madness tournament to determine the Best Debut Metal Album of All Time! This one is especially interesting ...

It's a battle of two stellar albums in this 2013 March Metal Madness Moshpit Region Round 1 matchup. The hard rocking, in-your-face aggression of Slipknot's self-titled debut squares off against ...

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The best way to start a long-winded debate with a metalhead is by asking them who they’d put in their personal Big Four. The most commonly accepted Mount Rushmore of thrash bands features some of the ...

When considering what American thrash metal band could join the Big Four, the upper echelon of thrash bands in the States, and transform it into the Big Five, there are really three options you have: ...

Slayer is experiencing their fair share of drama right now. Beyond just having contractual disagreements with Dave Lombardo, original guitarist Jeff Hanneman has not been in the band for two years.

Steve “Zetro” Souza is always on the go. As a member of thrash metal band Exodus, he’s used to a packed schedule as the band has been on the road for decades. He recently got back from a tour in Japan ...

As one of thrash metal’s hardest working guitarists, Gary Holt doesn’t have time to start — let alone complete — the projects he’d really like to do. At least that’s what he told attendees during a ...

Often cited as the originators of the genre that became known as thrash metal, Exodus have become legends in their own field. Having formed in 1979, the Californian outfit's existence predates that of ...

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