American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California — one of the 'Big Four' of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax — whose Rick Rubin-produced Reign in Blood (1986) is considered the defining thrash metal album.
Produced (with Rubin) the most extreme and influential thrash metal album — Reign in Blood — and maintained the most uncompromising version of the genre's aesthetic for nearly 40 years, demonstrating the commercial viability of extreme authenticity in a niche genre.
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