Antedating of "Thrash Metal"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for the term "thrash metal" is dated 1985.  According to Wikipedia, "The term 'Thrash Metal' was first referred to by the music press was UK's Kerrang<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang> Magazine journalist Malcolm Dome<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Dome> while making a reference to the Anthrax<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_%28American_band%29> song 'Metal Thrashing Mad<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Thrashing_Mad>' in Kerrang issue number 62, page 8 published on February 23, 1984.

Fred Shapiro

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