Bay Area thrash metal
| Bay Area thrash metal | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Bay Area thrash | 
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | The San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1980s | 
| Derivative forms | Groove metal | 
| Regional scenes | |
| San Francisco, California | |
| Local scenes | |
| The San Francisco Bay Area | |
Bay Area thrash metal (also known as Bay Area thrash) referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Along with Central Florida, the scene was widely regarded as a starting point of American thrash metal, crossover thrash and death metal.