Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

It's a Battle of the Bay Area in the Stage Dive Region of Round 1 in our March Metal Madness tournament to determine the Best Debut Metal Album of All Time! This one is especially interesting ...

It's a battle of two stellar albums in this 2013 March Metal Madness Moshpit Region Round 1 matchup. The hard rocking, in-your-face aggression of Slipknot's self-titled debut squares off against ...

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In what seems to be a concerted effort to play with only the most influential thrash metal bands out there, 11-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan added Bay Area thrashers Exodus to her list when she ...

Slayer is experiencing their fair share of drama right now. Beyond just having contractual disagreements with Dave Lombardo, original guitarist Jeff Hanneman has not been in the band for two years.

The best way to start a long-winded debate with a metalhead is by asking them who they’d put in their personal Big Four. The most commonly accepted Mount Rushmore of thrash bands features some of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Elsie Roymans/Getty Images There is no shortage of tell-all autobiographies from pioneers ...

Nov. 18—Steve "Zetro" Souza is always on the go. As a member of thrash metal band Exodus, he's used to a packed schedule as the band has been on the road for decades. He recently got back from a tour ...

Chico >> When Tom Hunting took a break from Bay Area thrash band Exodus, he found himself atop rooftops in the city of trees underneath the scorching, hot sun. “My cousin owns a roofing business,” he ...

Before he was shredding with Metallica, Kirk Hammett got his start as lead guitarist for another Bay Area thrash metal band. In 1979, Hammett formed Exodus with high school classmates Tim Agnello, Tom ...