caption current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre image origin name
hirax in buenos aires , argentina in 2009 . katon vega w. de pena lance harrison steve harrison mike phantasm , heretic , house of suffering 1984 ; present & ndash ; 1989 , 2000 & ndash black devil , deep six hirax
 group_or_band thrash metal , speed metal , crossover thrash hirax.jpg cypress , california hirax
hirax

hirax is an american thrash metal band from cypress , california .
starting in 1984 under the leadership of vocalist katon w. de pena -lrb- bobby johnson -rrb- -lrb- the band 's only original member of the current line-up -rrb- , the band played in los angeles and san francisco with the other new thrash metal bands of the area such as metallica , exodus , and slayer .
the band was an early example of thrash metal , speed metal and crossover thrash .
