--- title: "Crossover Thrash Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/crossover-thrash" parent: "Thrash Metal" bands: 148 era: "mid 1980s" --- # Crossover Thrash Metal **Crossover Thrash Metal** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the mid 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 148 bands and 364 albums under it. Crossover thrash is where thrash metal and hardcore punk collide, keeping thrash’s fast, palm-muted riffing but stripping songs down to short, punchy, gang-shouted bursts. It emerged in the mid-1980s US, and the name itself comes from D.R.I.’s 1987 album Crossover. Suicidal Tendencies, Nuclear Assault, and the skate-punk scene gave it attitude, humor, and social-political bite. Expect two-minute songs, circle-pit tempos, and a DIY punk spirit. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Crossover Thrash Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Thrash Metal | | Formative era | mid 1980s | | Fusion genre | Yes | | Bands | 148 | | Albums | 364 | | Formation span | 1978 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Suicidal Tendencies](https://themetalnet.com/band/suicidal-tendencies) (United States, 1982) - [Agnostic Front](https://themetalnet.com/band/agnostic-front) (United States, 1981) - [Corrosion of Conformity](https://themetalnet.com/band/corrosion-of-conformity) (United States, 1982) - [The Exploited](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-exploited) (United Kingdom, 1978) - [Body Count](https://themetalnet.com/band/body-count) (United States, 1989) - [Cro‐Mags](https://themetalnet.com/band/cro-mags) (United States, 1982) - [D.R.I.](https://themetalnet.com/band/d-r-i) (United States, 1982) - [Thundercat](https://themetalnet.com/band/thundercat) (United States, 1984) - [Ratos de Porão](https://themetalnet.com/band/ratos-de-porao) (1980) - [Hirax](https://themetalnet.com/band/hirax) (1984) - [Total Chaos](https://themetalnet.com/band/total-chaos) (United States, 1989) - [Dr. Know](https://themetalnet.com/band/dr-know) (United States, 1981) - [The Accüsed](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-accused) (United States, 1981) - [M.O.D.](https://themetalnet.com/band/m-o-d) (United States, 1986) - [Kontrust](https://themetalnet.com/band/kontrust) (Austria, 2000) - [Carnivore](https://themetalnet.com/band/carnivore) (United States, 1982) - [Excel](https://themetalnet.com/band/excel) (United States, 1985) - [Verbal Abuse](https://themetalnet.com/band/verbal-abuse) (United States, 1981) - [Concrete Sox](https://themetalnet.com/band/concrete-sox) (United Kingdom, 1984) - [SSS](https://themetalnet.com/band/sss) (2005) - [Power Trip](https://themetalnet.com/band/power-trip) (United States, 2008) - [Beowülf](https://themetalnet.com/band/beowulf) (United States, 1980) - [Cross Examination](https://themetalnet.com/band/cross-examination) (2004) - [Iron Reagan](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-reagan) (United States, 2012) - [Arson Anthem](https://themetalnet.com/band/arson-anthem) (United States, 2006) - [Children of Technology](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-technology) (Italy, 2007) - [Cryptic Slaughter](https://themetalnet.com/band/cryptic-slaughter) (United States, 1984) - [DeFalla](https://themetalnet.com/band/defalla) (Brazil, 1984) - [Leeway](https://themetalnet.com/band/leeway) (United States, 1984) - [Lawnmower Deth](https://themetalnet.com/band/lawnmower-deth) (United Kingdom, 1987) - [Ludichrist](https://themetalnet.com/band/ludichrist) (United States, 1984) - [Mucky Pup](https://themetalnet.com/band/mucky-pup) (United States, 1986) - [Squadron](https://themetalnet.com/band/squadron) (1985) - [No Mercy](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-mercy) (United States, 1982) - [Stormtroopers of Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/stormtroopers-of-death) (United States, 1985) - [Vegan Reich](https://themetalnet.com/band/vegan-reich) (United States, 1987) - [Attitude Adjustment](https://themetalnet.com/band/attitude-adjustment) (United States) - [Dead Horse](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-horse) (United States, 1988) - [Fraction](https://themetalnet.com/band/fraction) (1994) - [NME](https://themetalnet.com/band/nme) (United States, 1984) - [Crumbsuckers](https://themetalnet.com/band/crumbsuckers) (1982) - [Only Living Witness](https://themetalnet.com/band/only-living-witness) (United States, 1989) - [Dr.Living Dead!](https://themetalnet.com/band/dr-living-dead) (Sweden, 2007) - [Fearless Iranians From Hell](https://themetalnet.com/band/fearless-iranians-from-hell) (United States) - [Siberian Meat Grinder](https://themetalnet.com/band/siberian-meat-grinder) (Russia) - [Acrophet](https://themetalnet.com/band/acrophet) (United States, 1983) - [Belushi Speed Ball](https://themetalnet.com/band/belushi-speed-ball) (2013) - [Samchung](https://themetalnet.com/band/samchung) (1998) - [The Lead](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-lead) (United States, 1984) - [Dead Heat](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-heat) (United States, 2016) - [Hammerwhore](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammerwhore) (United States, 2001) - [Inhuman Nature](https://themetalnet.com/band/inhuman-nature) (2017) - [Lifeless](https://themetalnet.com/band/lifeless) (United Kingdom, 2006) - [No Alibi](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-alibi) (United States, 1986) - [Death Ray Vision](https://themetalnet.com/band/death-ray-vision) (2010) - [Mizery](https://themetalnet.com/band/mizery) (United States, 2014) - [Alpha & Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/alpha-omega) (United States, 2007) - [Fugitive](https://themetalnet.com/band/fugitive) (2021) - [Statement](https://themetalnet.com/band/statement) (United Kingdom) - [Rest in Pieces](https://themetalnet.com/band/rest-in-pieces) (United States) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 46 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 9 bands - [Brazil](https://themetalnet.com/country/br): 5 bands - [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 4 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 3 bands - [Argentina](https://themetalnet.com/country/ar): 3 bands - [New Zealand](https://themetalnet.com/country/nz): 2 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 2 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1970s | 2 | | 1980s | 41 | | 1990s | 10 | | 2000s | 18 | | 2010s | 31 | | 2020s | 11 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/crossover-thrash](https://themetalnet.com/genre/crossover-thrash). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt