Blazing out of the fires of heavy metal and adopting the pace and aggression of the burgeoning hardcore movement, thrash ... and the band's logo are some of the most iconic images to ever bless ...

Just as America had its Big Four thrash bands — Metallica ... "I think he wanted to visualize the Hordes of Chaos and use images from [painter Frank] Frazetta, Conan the Barbarian, etc.

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images ... The Canadian thrash pioneers basically come off like a bunch of serial killers who chose to start a band. Violent Restitution is exactly the kind of ...

NASCAR and Kid Rock? Check. NASCAR and thrash metal band Slayer? Wait. What? If the idea of having one of the heaviest of heavy metal bands of all-time associated with NASCAR sounds like something ...