Ever find yourself wondering “Just what is the difference between thrash metal and speed metal?” Turns out it’s mainly in the punk-influenced sound of the former. Good to know.
Ah, Wikipedia…
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5 responses to “Ah, Wikipedia…”
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But, you know, you just can never be sure you’re getting accurate content on an open encyclopedia. For instance, I would have considered Metallica’s “Kill ‘Em All” to be speed metal, not thrash (which I tended to associate with skateboarding, TSOL [not mentioned] for example), and yet Wikipedia puts it in thrash. And I would have thought Metallica had moved out of both genres by the “Master of Puppets” release.
Maybe I’ll go edit the Wikipedia entries. 😉
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This site would appear to agree with you:
http://www.silver-dragon-records.com/speed_metal.htm
Complicating matters, the American Heritage Dictionary appears to regard speed and thrash as synonymous:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/S0621650.html
Clearly this requires further research!
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Where would Hardcore Punk fit into that? It seems like the lines between those three categories are pretty blurred musically. They only seem to make sense from a marketing standpoint. Speed metal is punk-influenced metal listened to by metalheads and trash and hardcore are metal-influenced punk listened to by skaters and punks.
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Good point. I knew skaters in high school who loved, say D.R.I. but wouldn’t be caught dead listening to Slayer.
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Ah, but DRI is a big part of the problem because they clearly crossed over (on the “Crossover” album, no less) from punk to metal.
A Thinking Reed 
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