Greatest Modern Thrash Albums

Death Angel is typical Bay Area thrash metal for me. Not that bad, but also not that good.

Flotsam & Jetsam - The Cold
Testament - The Formation of Damnation  
Overkill - The Electric Age
Exodus - Blood In Blood Out
Annhihlator - Criteria for a Black Widow
Evile - All albums

TheseGoTo11 wrote:

Hyades - And The Worst Is Yet To Come

That's what I'm talking about!Love Hyades,good call.

Havok-Time is Up
Hatchet-Awaiting Evil,Dawn of the Dead
Warpath-Damnation
Forbidden-Omega Wave
Hexen-State of Insurgency
Death Angel-Killing Season,The Dream calls for Blood
Vindicator- The Antique Witcheries
and so on.

Troublezone wrote:

Annhihlator - Criteria for a Black Widow

I forgot this one but I could probably agree with this.

ANVIL BITCH (US) Sanctify EP 2008 , At War (US) Infidel 2009, Sacrifice (Can)The Ones I Condemn 2009, ANVIL CHORUS (US) The Killing Sun 2009, Anihilated - Scorched Earth Policy 2010, Deathrash (US) Thrash Beyond Death 2006

Tornado-Amsterdamn,Hellsinki
Vektor
Kreator-Enemy of God

Megadeth - Endgame
Havok - Time Is Up
Vektor - Black Future
Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood
Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Hirax - The New Age Of Terror

A couple I don't think have been mentioned that I dig:

Mortal Sin - Psychology Of Death
Eruption - Tenses Collide
Essence - Lost In Violence
Ultra-Violence - Privilege To Overcome
Guillotine - Blood Money
Razormaze - Annihilatia

Tormenter - Prophetic Deceiver is a fantastic album. Really, really like it. You can get a free stream of it from http://tormenter.bandcamp.com/album/prophetic-deceiver

Alternatively, you can pay $6.66 and get the CD, the digital album, a tour card signed by the band; and a bag full of patches, stickers, and buttons.

Kreator's Enemy of God is my favorite.

DakotaRogers wrote:

Alternatively, you can pay $6.66 and get the CD, the digital album, a tour card signed by the band; and a bag full of patches, stickers, and buttons.

I did, in fact, I like it so much, I put it for sale in my store for UK customers.

A lot of the good stuff already mentioned. I'd add:

Essence: Last night of Solace, and Lost In Violence

Not Purely Thrash, but Elm Street

Woslom - Time to Rise, Evolustruction

Angelus Apatrida - Evil Unleashed, Give 'Em War, Clockwork, The Call

Testament - Dark Roots, Formation

Sodom - Epitome of Torture

The Prophecy²³ - ...to the Pit, Green Machine Laser Beam

Guillotine - Blood Money

Just to name a few.

That Tormenter record sounds pretty good, though I have trouble really digging into much new thrash. I guess this is how people older than me were feeling in 1990ish or whenever (I was 12 and just discovering thrash, so I was not in that boat).

I do really like the album art, though.

interesting topic. I am making a list of the albums that are still missing from my collection and that I need to check.

For anyone interested, here are some other significant releases of the 2000's that haven't been mentioned.

Paradox- Tales of the Weird
Rigor Mortis- Slaves to the Grave
Outrage- Outrage (Japan's Metallica)
Titans Eve- Life Apocalypse (Progressive Thrash Metal)
Nekrofilth- Devil's Breath (Black/Death/Crossover Thrash)
Besieged- Victims Beyond All Help (Death/Thrash)
Hatriot- Dawn of the New Centurion
Aggression- Viocracy (Spanish Tech-Thrash)
Villainizer- I Bomb New York
Diamond Plate- Pulse
Black Fast- Starving Out the Light (Progressive Black/Thrash)

Oh ya, that Black Fast... lol...I was just listening to them on the way into work today! And was thinking I should add them to this list.

I think Black Fast and ByFrost are slightly more listenable for me than Vektor. Similar styles. ByFrost is my Favorite out of the 3.

This one: Panikk Unbearable Conditions. Nothing ground breaking, but it is some pretty solid Thrash. I'd say some of the best of the 2000's.

Some of my favorites not mentioned yet:

Hypnosia - Extreme Hatred
King's-Evil - Deletion of Humanoise
Cyst - Concussion Symphony
Hatework - Thrash N' Roll
Flesh Made Sin - Dawn of the Stillborn
Insane - Wait and Pray
Warbringer - Waking into Nightmares and Worlds Torn Asunder
Negligence - Options of a Trapped Mind
Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn
Invection - Facet Of Aberration (their Demented Perception EP is great too)

HYPNOSIA may indeed be the best of the whole bunch.

Anyone know the band SSS from Liverpool, UK? Put out some fantastic albums/splits/eps.

SSS? New one to me.

Great band - a mix of thrash, punk and skatecore material - the SSS is for Short Sharp Shock.

Dr8breed74 wrote:

Anyone know the band SSS from Liverpool, UK?  Put out some fantastic albums/splits/eps.

Just really generic crossover thrash. They put out a new one this year that was about as mundane as their previous 3. I guess their debut is my favorite.



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I've noticed that there are a few discussions about bands blending styles. One band that I really think are making waves (and have been for some time) in this direction are ABSU. Their early work is a little messy, but, their last few albums have been great!