Best Selling Speed / Thrash Metal CDs

Metallica are still pumped up after celebrating their 30th anniversary last month with their loyal fans from around the world and by sharing the stage with musicians they have admired all of their lives. As you may have heard by now, part of the fun on those nights included playing unreleased tracks...

February 25 marked the 20-year anniversary for Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power, a landmark album widely acknowledged as one of metal’s most enduring and influential masterworks. Recorded by singer Philip Anselmo, guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, bassist Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul, the al...

The self titled 'Metallica [aka the Black Album],' the band's fifth studio album, became one of the biggest selling albums in history. Though a step away from the thrash metal the band pioneered the album was nevertheless heavier than anything the band had yet recorded. Originally released in Au...

Metallica: James Hetfield (vocals, guitar); Kirk Hammett (guitar); Jason Newsted (bass); Lars Ulrich (drums). Additional personnel: Michael Kamen (conductor); The San Francisco Symphony. Engineers: Bob Rock, Randy Staub, Stephen P. McLaughlin. Recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theater...

Two-time JUNO-nominated CANCER BATS will release their fourth full-length album Dead Set On Living, on April 23, 2012 through Shock Records in Australia and NZ. Once again utilizing the legendary Vespa Studios and producers Eric Ratz and Kenny Luong, Dead Set On Living brings yet another dimension t...

While everything is pretty much rushed these days, some bands need, or better, take their time to come up with an new album. MESHUGGAH is one of these bands and you always know it was worth the wait once you listen to a new MESHUGGAH record for the first time. Also no wonder, it takes some time and ...