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Authors: Jon Wiederhorn
Early Megadeth and Slayer: best buds?
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.
Former and current Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna.
Photograph by Nick Charles.
Blond bombshell sacrificed at the altar by future husband Jeff Hanneman and bandmates, circa 1983.
Photograph courtesy of Metal Blade.
Dream bill for hell-bound metalheads!
Courtesy of Todd Nakamine.
Testament vocalist Chuck Billy bares his bling.
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.
Chuck Billy wants YOU for Testament Army!
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Blast.
James Alan Hetfield: some kind of monster?
Photograph by Jon Wiederhorn.
Metallica founders James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich slay on the
Death Magnetic
tour.
Photograph by Jon Wiederhorn.
New York hardcore pioneers Agnostic Front.
Photograph by Todd Huber.
Thrash and crossover collide in downtown Los Angeles in 1985.
Courtesy of Todd Nakamine.
After leaving Anthrax, bassist Dan Lilker broke new ground with Nuclear Assault.
Photograph by Bill O’Leary.
Type O Negative’s Peter Steele: gothic in green.
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.
Suicidal Tendencies’ Cyco Miko Muir.
Photograph by Jeremy Saffer.
Pantera front man Phil Anselmo shows how high Pantera can get with the #1
Billboard
Album Chart debut of
Far Beyond Driven. Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.