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Why Book Rotting Corpse

North Texas thrash since 1985 — one of the first thrash bands in the Dallas–Arlington–Ft. Worth metroplex, playing regularly again since a 2005 reunion, with a first-ever anthology, Thrash in Pain or Die Insane, released in October 2025.

“The Lone Star State even had its own Slayer! Riding out of Dallas like a tornado, spitting out guitar splinters, came sick-sounding early thrashers Rotting Corpse.”
— Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast author & Bazillion Points founder
“When we play, it trips people out. It’s refreshing. We approach it from the early Exodus, Slayer, Dark Angel, Nasty Savage type of vein. It’s like a time capsule.”
— Steve Murphy, in Harder Beat, 2005

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Sepultura: From Belo Horizonte to the Final Show, With a Stop at Joe’s Garage

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Our ranked top 10, with the records and rankings behind each pick, and then the Texas players from Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Arlington that national lists keep skipping.

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Gear · 10 min read

The Dean From Hell: Dimebag’s Lightning-Bolt Guitar, Born in North Texas

A teenager won a stock maroon Dean ML at a Dallas guitar contest, sold it for a car, and got it back years later from an Arlington luthier who had turned it into the most copied guitar in metal.

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