Sonisphere – review

Knebworth Park, HertfordshireThrash metal's "big four" – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax – defined the genre in the 80s, putting out records of frightening pace, bruising power and lyrics that focused on alienation, death and fear. Their Friday night appearance at Knebworth as part of the touring Sonisphere festival, now in its third year, was their first appearance together in the UK and had a feeling of history about it, not least because the groups' heydays are mostly well in the ...

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