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If You’re a Metallica Fan, You Need to Be Listening to These 4 Bands

If you love Metallica and love finding new music, and you want something that brings back that old thrash vibe, you’re in the right spot.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Metallica is the biggest metal band on the planet these days, no doubt. But if you’re looking for something fresher, more like their old material, I’ve got four bands you need to hear.

Do any of these bands sound exactly like the Four Horsemen? No. You don’t want, or need, that anyway. We already have Metallica, so there’s no need for Metallica-lite.

What these four bands do have, though, is the essence of 80s Metallica; that hostile, riffy goodness of the golden era of thrash metal.

For my money, Cold Steel is one of the best modern thrash bands around. These Florida fellas serve it up mean and heavy, and you can hear it all on their debut album, Discipline & Punish.

I like to think of Cold Steel as the thrash equivalent of chugging a can of beer........

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