Regional Scenes
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Like many musical genres, thrash had its own regionally-based scenes, each of which had a slightly different sound.
Bay Area thrash metal tended to be the most progressive and technical of the five major thrash scenes, more influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Metallica, Megadeth, Testament and Exodus were most prominent bands from this region.
East Coast thrash metal tended to be more punk and hardcore influenced than West Coast bands, with more emphasis on aggression and speed than technicality (though not in the case of bands like Toxik). Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Overkill and Whiplash as well as crossover acts S.O.D., Method of Destruction (M.O.D.), Carnivore, Agnostic Front, and Cro-Mags were a few of the more prominent bands to come from the East Coast thrash scene.
Brazilian thrash metal brought a lot of death metal riffs. The most famous bands are Sepultura, Executer, MX, Violator, Korzus and Sarcófago.
Teutonic thrash metal spawned dozens of bands since the mid-eighties in Germany and Switzerland, managing to develop its own original style. The most successful bands from this scene were Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, Tankard, Holy Moses.
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