A little known fact is that Minor Threat were into Metal. Indeed, they were influenced by a local metal band called The Obsessed featuring Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich who, as any metal fan knows, went on to forge a new generation of stoner metal and continues to innovate in that genre to this day.
The Obsessed are from the DC area (the Maryland side) and were playing in clubs in the early 80s at the same time that kids like Ian MacKaye and other angry Georgetown teenagers were looking to play in their own bands. Here is a quote from the book
Dance of Days about that time..
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Lally had never played in a serious band, and his main musical connection was to the alcohol-soaked metal-punk scene centered on The Obsessed…MacKaye and Lilly hit it off musically and personally, bonding over their shared love for The Obsessed*
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Ian Mackaye, fan of The Obsessed
The Obsessed released a 7” with 3 songs in 1983 called Sodden Jackal and one of them sounds like hardcore punk. I assume that the band was doing their unique version of the ‘crossover’ music that was popular at the time (Thrash/HC) but after this Wino went fully Stoner Rock.
Anyway, here is some vintage metal/punk by The Obsessed..
Indestroy by
The Obsessed
There were thousands of Thrash/HC songs in the early 80s but this one is special. Maybe it's because the band was from the East Coast (the seat of American Hardcore imo) but I believe that this a pure Metal band playing music that just happened to honestly crossover with punk by circumstance. Every other song by The Obsessed is clearly defined Metal. This one is a true crossover that makes it clear why the genres overlapped in the first place.
*”Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital” p. 233