Slipknot, who many have considered for the Nu-Metal "Big 4," actually were named as part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal "Big 4" along with Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God and Trivium.

Ellefson’s Thoughts on the Big 4 Nu-Metal Bands. Although Ellefson has come to appreciate all of those bands, he wasn’t immediately sold on each one. Speaking about Korn, ...

As a longtime member of one of thrash metal's Big 4 bands — along with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax — Ellefson is uniquely equipped to categorize bands of other genres accordingly.

From its inception, four bands have powered thrash metal's lasting popularity.Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer each ...

Slipknot are not the most popular band of the Nu Metal Big Four when it comes to vinyl. They’re not even the second most popular. That honor belongs to Korn! Korn have moved 14,868 pieces of etched ...

Black Sabbath are headlining an all-star line-up at Villa Park which also features Metallica, Pantera and Slayer.

Heavy metal's "Big Four" will be heading to international cinema screens when the bands -- Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax -- all perform on the same bill for the first time.

One of the most important aspects of heavy-metal lore is the Big Four; the four American thrash-metal bands who have more or less come to define their genre. Those bands would be Metallica, Slayer ...

Whilst the conventional "Big Four" has already been outlined in this article's intro, it turns out there are other "Big Fours" from other parts of the thrash metal world.

Back in the '80s, bands like Metallica were still up and coming underground metal bands. Here is a look back at what I though about the "Big 4" metal bands back in the day.