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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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Albums · 10 min read

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Albums · 10 min read

Cowboys From Hell: How an Arlington Bar Band Made a Thrash Record and Went Double Platinum

A birthday-party gig, a hurricane, a Fort Worth club, two months at Pantego Sound and roughly 300 nights on the road: the making of Pantera’s major-label debut.

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