Editing Thrash metal (section)

==Etymology==
The term "thrash" originated as a way of referring to hardcore punk, seen on the 1982 hardcore compilation  ''[[New York Thrash]]''.<ref name="Dome, 2024">{{cite web |last1=Dome |first1=Malcolm |title="We took influences from the New York hardcore scene. Our stuff was faster than in the Bay Area": the 100mph story of East Coast thrash |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-took-influences-from-the-new-york-hardcore-scene-our-stuff-was-faster-than-in-the-bay-area-the-100mph-story-of-east-coast-thrash |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> By 1983, the term "thrash metal" had entered colloquial use as a way to denote the fusion of hardcore and metal.<ref name="Zoris, 2025">{{cite web |last1=Zoris |first1=Alexandros |title=HEAVY METAL SUBGENRES ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ ΤΟΥ '80 – ΟΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ, ΑΠΑΡΧΕΣ, ΝΟΗΜΑΤΟΔΟΤΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΕΠΕΙΤΑ ΕΞΕΛΙΞΗ - ΜΕΡΟΣ 1ο |work=Metalzone |date=6 March 2025 |url=https://metalzone.gr/articles/heavy-metal-subgenres-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%E2%80%9880-%E2%80%93-%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CF%83-%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9 |access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> The 1983 debut issue of ''[[Metal Forces]]'' used the term to describe the bands on the first ''[[Metal Massacre]]'' and [[Mike Varney]]'s first three ''U.S. Metal'' compilation albums.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beaman |first1=Billy|title=LA's hottest unsigned rock bands |journal=[[Metal Forces]] |date=1983 |issue=1 |page=23 |url=https://archive.org/details/mnnjkll/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |quote=So far we've had the Metal Massacre albums and Mike Varney's U.S. Metals I, II, and III. These albums however, lean more towards the thrash metal that is becoming popular over there.}}</ref> Later the same year, the thirteenth issue of ''Metal Mania'' used the term in an article, saying it was used synonymously with "heavy thrash" and "punk metal", going on to say acts in the genre included [[Tank (band)|Tank]], [[Metallica]], [[MDC (band)|MDC]], [[GBH (band)|GBH]], [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] and [[Crucifix (band)|Crucifix]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lawrence|first1=Rozz|journal=Metal Mania |date=1983 |volume=13 |page=9 |title=Punk/Metal |url=https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/metal_mania-13.php |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref> The term is sometimes incorrectly credited to a 1984 ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine article by journalist [[Malcolm Dome]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/music-journalist-malcolm-dome-dead-at-66 |title=Music journalist Malcolm Dome dead at 66 |work=Louder Sound |date=November 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101120107/https://www.loudersound.com/news/music-journalist-malcolm-dome-dead-at-66 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dome, 2024" /> who used the term in reference to the song "Metal Thrashing Mad" by [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|author-link=Malcolm Dome|journal=[[Kerrang!]]|title=Anthrax: Fistful Of Metal|volume=62|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|date=23 February 1984|location=London, UK|page=8}}</ref>

Around 1984, the most dominant name for what is now defined as thrash metal was "power metal", a name which eventually evolved to refer to the separate [[power metal]] genre. Similarly, for much of the 1980s, the names "thrash metal" and "speed metal" were generally used synonymously. The separate [[speed metal]] genre was defined retrospectively in the 1990s, to refer to 1980s group who bridged the gap between thrash metal and power metal.<ref name="Zoris, 2025" />