How to Play Thrash Metal Article in Guitar World June 2009

I know the article I am talking about in this post is from June of this year, but I was looking through my back issues of Guitar World (GW) and I found this gem. I believe this is a good article considering it talks a little bit about thrash metal, which is one of the substyles of heavy metal and the world of rock music in general. In addition, to mentioning how the style developed it also focuses primarily on how to play the style from various bands.This article from GW is titled "Thrash of the Titans: Want to Play Like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and other Metal Masters? Take A Lesson From Our Comprehensive Guide to Thrash."

It discusses how the subgenre Thrash started and how it has evolved. The article starts off with a little bit of the history, but then goes into how to play like certain bands who are part of the Thrash Style. It begins discussing the guitar playing in Thrash with the Big Four (Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth), then it continues with the Old Thrash Masters (Exodus, Testament, and Annihilator), continuing with Groove Thrash (Pantera, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Death, Cynic, and Necrophagist), and concluding with Soloing (Neoclassical: Metal Soloing, and Licks 'N' Tricks).

In addition to the bands, if a person is not sure of what kind of notes in music, or terms apply to thrash; those are discussed here too. For instaqnce they discuss what kind of musical modes and scales are used to play this style, what power chords are and why they are useful, what kind of amp you need, and how to get a good tone on your guitar to play this style.

This is a great article for anyone who wants to learn more about heavy metal. While some of these bands, are not thrash per say, the article gives someone who is new to the world of heavy metal, especially the thrash style, a place to start from.