Editing Thrash metal (section)

==Spin-off genres==
Thrash metal is directly responsible for the development of underground metal genres, such as death metal, [[black metal]],{{sfn|Weinstein|2000|p=288}} and [[groove metal]].<ref name="BestPanteraCDs">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/bestpanteraalbums.htm |title=Best Pantera Albums |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003025402/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/bestpanteraalbums.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to this, [[metalcore]], [[grindcore]], and [[deathcore]] employ similar riffs in their composition, the former with more focus on melody rather than chromaticism. The blending of punk ethos and metal's brutal nature led to even more extreme, underground styles after thrash metal began gaining mild commercial success in the late 1980s.{{sfn|Sharpe-Young|2007a|p=162}} 

With gorier subject matter, heavier down tuning of guitars, more consistent use of [[blast beats|blast beat drumming]], and darker, atonal [[death growls]], death metal was established in the mid-1980s. Black metal, also related to thrash metal, emerged at the same time, with many black metal bands taking influence from thrash metal bands such as [[Venom (band)|Venom]].{{sfn|Sharpe-Young|2007a|p=208}} Black metal continued deviating from thrash metal, often providing more orchestral overtones, open [[tremolo picking]], blast beat drumming, [[screaming (music)#Black metal|shrieked]] or raspy vocals and [[Paganism|pagan]] or [[Occultism|occult]]-based aesthetics to distinguish itself from thrash metal. Thrash metal would later combine with its spinoffs, thus giving rise to genres like [[blackened thrash metal]] and [[deathrash]].<ref name="loudwire.com">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/#photogallery-1=5|title=The Best Metal Album From 40 Subgenres|website=[[Loudwire]]|date=21 November 2022|access-date=29 August 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140152/http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/#photogallery-1=5|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/12/06/top-black-thrash-albums/|title=Top Ten Black-Thrash Albums by Steve Jansson (Daeva) - Decibel Magazine|date=6 December 2017|access-date=29 August 2018|archive-date=6 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306230838/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/12/06/top-black-thrash-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Deathrash>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/03/album-of-the-day-deathchains-deathrash-assault/|title=Album of the Day: Deathchain's ''Deathrash Assault'' |date=3 January 2012|publisher=Metal Sucks|last=Ford |first=Leyla |access-date=30 August 2018|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403175912/http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/03/album-of-the-day-deathchains-deathrash-assault/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Ekeroth>{{cite book |last=Ekeroth |first=Daniel |title=Swedish Death Metal |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC |publisher=Bazillion Points Books |isbn= 9780979616310|access-date=30 August 2018 }}</ref> 

[[Groove metal]] takes the intensity and sonic qualities of thrash metal and plays them at mid-[[tempo]], with most bands making only occasional forays into fast tempo,{{r|BestPanteraCDs}} but since the early 1990s, it started to favor a more death metal-derived sound.<ref name="Sound of the Beast">{{citation |author=Christe |year=2003 |page=264 |quote=As close to death metal as any other gold-selling record before it, ''Chaos A.D.'' stripped down Sepultura's sound into a coarse metallic loop. The CD sold half a million copies, and alongside Pantera the band forged a streetwise, death-derived groove metal that inspired an upcoming generation of mavens in the 1990s. |title=[[Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal|Sound of the Beast]]}}</ref> Thrash metal with stronger punk elements is called [[crossover thrash]]. Its overall sound is more punk-influenced than traditional thrash metal but has more heavy metal elements than [[hardcore punk]] and [[thrashcore]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Claes|first=Sean|title=Superjoint Ritual Feature Interview|url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7659/tempidx/5/menuid/3|work=[[Blistering (magazine)|Blistering]]|access-date=10 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820155635/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7659/tempidx/5/menuid/3|archive-date=20 August 2004}}</ref>