FIRST Thrash Metal??

Who was the first band to ever play a Guitar Riff in the Thrash Metal style? Join me as we take a quick dive into the origins of Thrash Metal from the very beginning. Stick around to learn how to play the Riff on your Guitar!!
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[@glassfasterfirst]

Breadfan by Budgie was released in 1972, predating this by a year.

[@DemoDick1]

Dude, Queen basically invented (or improved upon) everything. I heard Stone Cold Crazy for the first time in the mid 80’s and I remember thinking “Wow, Metallica has good taste.”

[@JesseBergquist13]

There was a riff quite simmilar to The Four Horsemen on the first Queen album in Modern Times Rock'n Roll. And that was in 1972 (although it was released in 1973). So that will be the first thrash riff for me. And then there was Ogre Battle on Queen II. And that was NOT a Brian May riff, but one of Freddie, and he wrote it on guitar too, not piano, as he did with some other riffs.

[@mitchavedon]

Queen was definitely way ahead of the times!

[@snifter2001]

This was one of my favorite queen songs when I was a kid. I loved how heavy it felt!

[@markwhite2207]

Before that mate, ' Ogre Battle ' from Queen 2, in my opinion. Blew my mind as an 11yr old.

[@callingkane]

Thanks for sharing!

[@thedevilsblackheart]

Love the peavey Windsor back there. Highly underrated amps. And damn are they bulletproof.

[@DominyWaKimodebu]

Symptom of the Universe by Black Sabbath sounds way thrashier and heavy than this, its only on one year later from 1975's Sabotage and for me pesonally, that's the first thrash METAL song.
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[@eriksebell2653]

That was my first thought exactly

[@metalthrashingnerdpodcast9864]

Children of the grave also and it predates both. The middle part even breaks down close to the way a thrash song by slowing down and grinding.

[@mattreichenberg309]

No surprise. This song has always ripped. When I was a kid and first heard I was blown away.

[@derkwayne1833]

Brian May is one of the world's most underrated guitarists. It's funny because I heard Metallica's version of this song first but when I heard Queen's original version, I realized that the tempo and guitar parts were just as heavy. Look up the Concert for Life tribute to Freddie Mercury. Prolly o e kf the greatest concerts to ever take place. James Hetfiled sang Stone Cold Crazy with Queen. Fuckin Awesome🤘💀🤘

[@mathewballmb]

Just incase you needed anymore proof of this theory, James covered it with Queen and Iomi at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert.

[@bpabustan]

Mitch, try listening to Queen's debut, released in 1973, a year before Sheer Heart Attack, particularly "Modern Times Rock And Roll", try to see if this will also be considered "thrash metal".

[@FortessofShred]

Stone cold crazy rules!

[@Thruuuth]

Great vid, check out Sweet - Set Me Free for a pop song that’s ridiculously heavy for its time.

[@mitchavedon]

I'll check it out!

[@ryanweatherman-holt4805]

Accept. Fast as a Shark & Restless and Wild

[@janovermars1684]

Try listen to "Hard Lovin' Man" from Deep Purple. Recorded in 1969 and has that typical " three legged horse" riff. Personality I think this is the first thrash riff ever recorded.

[@DETHMOKIL]

Prophet song was pretty heavy too.

[@hole1623]

Black sabbath was what thrash metal came from combined with punk

[@fernando651]

i swear theres a first fret played muted in that riff before jumping to the A string.

[@fernando651]

but its a pain in the ass to pull off up to speed

[@hungrysparrow]

Black Sabbath Children of the Grave 1971 feels like early thrash. Perhaps a little too slow and doomy though.

[@EricCarminati]

Venom was the 1st

[@bathory5026]

🥱

[@hole1623]

Yea black sabbaths first album lmao

[@Anon119]

This sounds more like glam metal, breadfan is a better candidate

[@joshabreu1156]

Ehh, speed metal maybe. I'd say children of the grave is thrashier