My Metal Origami : The pictures and album covers i love…… August 31, 2007

Metal Series- Anthrax August 31, 2007

Anthrax is an American, New York City-based thrash metal band, who released their first full-length album in 1984. Anthrax was one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene and are notable for combining metal with rap and hardcore music early on. They have sold over 10 million albums worldwide. [1]They are generally classified as one of the “big four” of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.

They have made several appearances on television including: Married… with Children, WWE Raw, NewsRadio, Cheers, and Ask Dr. Ruth amongst others. The band has also appeared in movies such as Run Ronnie Run (performing as the fictional band Titannica) and Calendar Girls. Their song Madhouse was used in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in-game radio station V-Rock and in Guitar Hero II. In 2006, guitarist Scott Ian was a cast member of VH1’s reality show SuperGroup and is also featured on many other VH1 shows such and I Love the 80s and I Love the 90s. The song “Caught in a Mosh” was also featured in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

Metal Series- MEGADETH August 31, 2007

Megadeth is an American Thrash Metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 following Mustaine’s ejection from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two EPs, and two compilations. The music for most of their career has been predominantly classified as thrash metal (1983-1991 and 2001-present all Megadeth work has been generally considered thrash metal) though in the 1990s their work showed more mainstream/commercialized sounds than thrash presents.

As a pioneer of the thrash, Megadeth rose to international fame in the mid 1980s, but were plagued by constant lineup changes, due in part to Mustaine’s notorious substance abuse problems. After finding sobriety and securing a stable lineup, Megadeth went on to release a string of platinum and gold albums from 1986-1997, including the Grammy nominated, double-platinum Countdown to Extinction in 1992. Megadeth disbanded in 2002 after Mustaine suffered a severe nerve injury to his left arm, but following extensive physical therapy, Mustaine reformed the band in 2004 and released The System Has Failed, which debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, followed by United Abominations in 2007, which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

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