Anthrax : The leaders of thrash metal ( Live at Istanbul)

Anthrax is an American, New York City-based thrash metal band, who released their first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular bands of the 80s thrash metal scene  and are notable for combining metal with punk and hardcore music early on. The band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, and is classified as one of the ''big four'' of thrash metal bands alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth.  Nearly as much as Metallica or Megadeth, Anthrax were responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, they helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal on their early albums. After their first album, “Fistful of Metal”, singer Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello joined the lineup. Belladonna helped take the band farther away from conventional metal clichés, and over the next five albums (with the exception of 1988's State of Euphoria). Anthrax arguably became one of the leaders of thrash metal.