Thrashterpieces

What are your favorite thrash albums? We've discussed fave thrash bands before - but let's tackle the albums this time around.

Please keep it to 25 or so.

You can include new school thrash, old school, hybrid thrash - just make sure it's thrash!

for me:

1. Sodom - Agent Orange
2. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
3. Testament - The Legacy
4. Testament - The Formation of Damnation
5. Overkill - The Years of Decay
6. Metallica - ... And Justice for All
7. Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A
8. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
9. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
10. Slayer - Reign in Blood
11. Testament - The New Order
12. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
13. Sacrament - Haunts of Violence
14. Deliverance - Weapons of Our Warfare
15. Deliverance - Deliverance
16. Metallica - Master of Puppets
17. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
18. Testament - Practice What You Preach
19. Ultimatum - Into the Pit
20. Vengeance Rising - Destruction Comes
21. Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice
22. Sodom - Tapping the Vein
23. Sadus - Out for Blood
24. Sabbat - Dreamweaver
25. Sodom - Code Red

Lists like this usually end up populated by albums I've listened to more recently than others. Some stay constant but some change often. Anyway, here goes:

Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Sodom - Agent Orange
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Slammer - The Work Of Idle Hands...
Artillery - By Inheritance
Forbidden - Twisted Into Form
Razor - Shotgun Justice
Channel Zero - Channel Zero
Mottek - Fatal Violence
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
Testament - The Legacy
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Anthrax - Among The Living
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Vulture - Easier To Lie
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Overkill - Under The Influence
Narcotic Greed - Fatal
D.A.M. - Inside Out
Coroner - R.I.P.
Viking - Man Of Straw
Heathen - Victims Of Deception
Jurassic Jade - Gore
Mortal Sin - Face Of Despair

Mainstream bands in no order

Overkill - Feel the Fire
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Slayer - South of Heaven
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Deathwish - Demon Preacher
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Massacre - From Beyond
Xentrix - Shattered Existance
Overkill - Horrorscope
Heretic - Breaking Point
Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise
Faith or Fear - Punishment Area
Deathrow - Raging Steel
Grinder - Dead End
Paradox - Heresy
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Atrophy - Violent by Nature
Megadeth - So far, So good ....
Sodom - Better off Dead
Whiplash - Power and Pain
Dragon - Fallen Angel
Darkness - Defenders of Justice
Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction
Defiance - Void Terra Firma

Sabbat - Envenom
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Destructor - Maximum Destruction
Metal Church - Metal Church
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
Deliverance - Weapons of our Warfare
Exciter - Violence & Force
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Anthrax - Among the Living
Venom - Welcome to Hell
Sarcófago - INRI
Sodom - In the Sign of Evil

In no particular order because they always change, but for the most part, most of these are right.

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Kreator - Extreme Agression
Hypnosia - Extreme Hatred
Witchburner - Final Detonation
Whiplash - Power and Pain
Avenger of Blood - Death Brigade
Usurper - Cryptobeast
Deathchain - Deathrash Assault
Xentrix - Shattered Existence
Death Row - Satans Gift
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Dekapitator - We Will Destroy..._You Will Obey
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
King's-Evil - Deletion of Humanoise
Fastkill - Infernal Thrashing Holocaust
Nocturnal Fear - Code Of Violence
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Num Skull - When Suffering Comes
Sodom - Agent Orange
Destruction - The Antichrist
Sadus - Swallowed in Black
Destruction - Release From Agony
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Exodus - Bonded By Blood

Top 30 in no order (I only included the albums that are undisputedly thrash):

Overkill-W.F.O.
Testament-Low
Testament-Souls Of Black
Testament-The New Order
Testament-Practice What You Preach
Ultimatum-Into The Pit
Deliverance-s/t
Deliverance-Weapons Of Our Warfare
Metallica-Ride The Lightning
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Metallica-...And Justice For All
Megadeth-Hanger 18
Metallica-Kill 'Em All
Exodus-Fabulous Disaster
Sepultura-Beneath The Remains
Sepultura-Arise
Sepultura-Chaos A.D.
Defiance-Void Terra Firma
Devastation-Idolatry
Death-Symbolism
Death-Sound Of Perseverance
Tourniquet-Microscopic View
Touriquet-Stop The Bleeding
Anthrax-Spreading The Disease
Anthrax-Among The Living
Flotsam & Jetsam-Doomsday For The Deceiver
Flosam & Jetsam-Cuatro
Kreator-Coma Of Souls
Ultimatum-Puppet Of Destruction
Dark Angel-Act III

TESTAMENT - The Legacy
ANTHRAX - Spreading the Disease
MEGADETH - Killing is my Business
SLAYER - Show No Mercy
METALLICA - Ride the Lightning
EXODUS - Pleasures of the Flesh
FORBIDDEN - Forbidden Evil
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - Doomsday for the Deceiver
INTRUDER - Psycho Savant
ANNIHILATOR - Never Neverland
MEGADETH - So Far So Good So What
BLIND ILLUSION - The Sane Asylum
DARK ANGEL - Time Does Not Heal
KREATOR - Extreme Aggression
ARTILLERY - Terror Squad
HYPNOSIA - Extreme Hatred
OVERKILL - Taking Over
VIO-LENCE - Oppressing the Masses
TOXIK - World Circus
WATCHTOWER - Control and Resistance
METAL CHURCH - s/t
METAL CHURCH - The Dark
NUCLEAR ASSAULT - Handle with Care
FORCED ENTRY - As Above So Below
DESTRUCTION - Cracked Brain

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lightening
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Sodom - Tapping the Vein
Holy Moses - Finished With the Dogs
Sarcofago - The Laws of Scourge
Overkill - Years of Decay
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Znowhite - Act of God
The Crown - Hell is Here
Iron Angel - Hellish Crossfire
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
Sepultura - Arise
Testament - The Gathering
Slaughter - Strappado
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Detente - Recognize No Authority
Sadus - Swallowed in Black
Onslaught - The Force
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow...
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Sacred Reich - Independant
Flotsam & Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down
Defleshed - Abrah Kadavrah

Accuser-Double Talk
Anthrax-Spreading The Disease
Anthrax-Persistence Of Time
Assassin-The Upcoming Terror
At War-Ordered To Kill
Exodus-Bonded By Blood
Laaz Rockit-Know Your Enemy
Megadeth-So Far...So Good...So What
Metallica-Kill Em' All
Metallica-Ride The Lightning
Nuclear Assault-Survive!
Overkill-Under The Influence
Possessed-Seven Churches
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Sepultura-Roots
Slayer-Reign In Blood
Slayer-Seasons In The Abyss
SOD-Speak English Or Die
Suicidal Tendencies-Lights...Camera...Revolution
Zoetrope-A Life Of Crime

Anthrax-spreading the disease
Vengeance Rising-human sacrifice
Deliverance-s/t
Dark angel-darkness descends
Hirax-new age of terror
Exodus-bonded by blood
Wehrmacht-shark attack
Ratos de porao-brasil'
Metallica-kill em all
Suicidal tendencies-how can I laugh tommorow...
Nuclear assault-game over
Sepultura-arise
Blind illusion-sane asylum
Morbid saint-specturm of death
Vulture-easier to lie
Kreator-Pleasure to kill
Heathen-victims of deception
Forbidden-forbidden evil
Sadus-certain death
Attitude adjustment-american paranoia
Deadhead-the feast begins at dawn
Defiance-product of society
Faith or fear-punishment area
Megadeth-peace sells
Slayer-reign in blood

Metallica-first three
Slayer-Hell Awaits
Flotsam and Jetsam-first two
Testament-The Legacy
Megadeth-first three
Rigor Mortis-Rigor Mortis

You guys posted some great stuff! Thanks to all those who participated!

I'll probably start WWIII here but looking through the couple of lists that are already up from the few members that took part todate, you can almost pick the users that will throw Christian Metal albums into their lists, My list is nowhere near correct, I'd have thrown in a couple more Sodom, Destruction, Overkill albums etc..... but there was no point looking at a list with maybe 10 bands providing the 25 albums, but it's everyones own taste.

But in reality is there ONE Christian Metal album that would even get near a top 25 spot in one of these lists ? don't get me wrong I know damn well that probably 22 of my choices wouldn't get into that list either.

Locky wrote:

I'll probably start WWIII here but looking through the couple of lists that are already up from the few members that took part todate, you can almost pick the users that will throw Christian Metal albums into their lists, My list is nowhere near correct, I'd have thrown in a couple more Sodom, Destruction, Overkill albums etc..... but there was no point looking at a list with maybe 10 bands providing the 25 albums, but it's everyones own taste.

But in reality is there ONE Christian Metal album that would even get near a top 25 spot in one of these lists ? don't get me wrong I know damn well that probably 22 of my choices wouldn't get into that list either.

Well he did ask for a favorite list, so in theory you can have a list of 25 Christian Metal albums as your favorites .
But to answer your question, if you are listing the 25 best Thrash albums, no Christian bands would be close to making it IMO.

Olafsto wrote:

Well he did ask for a favorite list, so in theory you can have a list of 25 Christian Metal albums as your favorites .
But to answer your question, if you are listing the 25 best Thrash albums, no Christian bands would be close to making it IMO.

I know that Olaf, thats why I say that nearly all of mine wouldn't make a top 25 of Ultimate thrash albums as they were personal, but in a general sense and branching off from the original post I was making and observation that I don't think any Christian Metal album would make it into a top 25 list of Thrash albums

In no order:

Overkill-Horrorscope
Metallica-Ride the Lightning
Megadeth-Rust in Peace
Megadeth-The System Has Failed
Megadeth-Endgame
Antrhax-Among the Living
Anthrax-Spreading the Disease
Testament-The New Order
Deliverance-Weapons of our Warfare
Deliverance-s/t
Tourniquet-Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
Tourniquet-Stop The Bleeding (power metal?)
Hirax-El Rostro De La Muerte
Seventh Angel-Lament For The Weary
Believer-Sanity Obscure
The Crucified-s/t
Ultimatum-Into The Pit

The topic of this thread was 'favorite' cds not 'best of all time'. Which is cool b/c the one thing I love about metal is that it means something different to different people depending on when you first heard a cd, how old you were, what was going on in your life, did the lyrical topics of the cd matter to you, etc.? So definitely some cds by 'christian bands' should make it on to some people's lists. I've a;ways found it a little strange that 'christain thrash' was seperated from the larger genre but not 'satanic thrash' or 'political thrash' or 'fantasy thrash' or 'atheist thrash', ya know?
Anyway, love all the lists but a few cds I did not see a lot (but are very important to me) are:
Death Angel--ACT III
Suicidal Tendencies---Feel like___/Deja Vu
Heathen---Victims of Deception
Xentrix---Shattered Existence
Sacred Reich---the American Way
Atrophy---Violent by Nature
the Crucified---Pillars of Humanity (so maybe its 'crossover' it has many great thrash riffs/neckbreaking parts throughout).
Most of my other favs have been mentioned numerous times....
Peace.

My favorites are in no particular order

Dark Angel-Time Does Not Heal
Death Angel-ACT III
Exodus-Bonded By Blood
Sacred Reich-Surf Nicaragua
Believer-Dimensions
Deliverance-s/t
Tourniquet-Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Metallica-Ride The Lighning
Anthrax-Spreading The Disease
Slayer-Hell Awaits
Hirax-El Rostro de la Muerte'
Viking-Man Of Straw
Seventh Angel-Lament For The Weary
Rigor Mortis-s/t
Forbidden-Twisted Into Form
Annihilator-Alice In Hell

Locky wrote:

I'll probably start WWIII here but looking through the couple of lists that are already up from the few members that took part todate, you can almost pick the users that will throw Christian Metal albums into their lists, My list is nowhere near correct, I'd have thrown in a couple more Sodom, Destruction, Overkill albums etc..... but there was no point looking at a list with maybe 10 bands providing the 25 albums, but it's everyones own taste.

But in reality is there ONE Christian Metal album that would even get near a top 25 spot in one of these lists ? don't get me wrong I know damn well that probably 22 of my choices wouldn't get into that list either.

Most of the time Christian metal is pretty bland imo, but the first two Deliverance albums are just stone cold classics. I really felt these guys had their own sound. But a lot of the Christian metal worship I just don't get. I think Theocracy are nothing special at all, to give an example. They sound like run of the mill Euro flower power metal if you ask me.

allthingsmetal wrote:

The topic of this thread was 'favorite' cds not 'best of all time'. Which is cool b/c the one thing I love about metal is that it means something different to different people depending on when you first heard a cd, how old you were, what was going on in your life, did the lyrical topics of the cd matter to you, etc.? So definitely some cds by 'christian bands' should make it on to some people's lists. I've a;ways found it a little strange that 'christain thrash' was seperated from the larger genre but not 'satanic thrash' or 'political thrash' or 'fantasy thrash' or 'atheist thrash', ya know?
Anyway, love all the lists but a few cds I did not see a lot (but are very important to me) are:
Death Angel--ACT III
Suicidal Tendencies---Feel like___/Deja Vu
Heathen---Victims of Deception
Xentrix---Shattered Existence
Sacred Reich---the American Way
Atrophy---Violent by Nature
the Crucified---Pillars of Humanity (so maybe its 'crossover' it has many great thrash riffs/neckbreaking parts throughout).
Most of my other favs have been mentioned numerous times....
Peace.

I forgot the Crucified-s/t in my list

In no particular order:

Touriquet-Stop The Bleeding

Testament - The Formation of Damnation

Deliverance - Weapons of Our Warfare

Deliverance - Deliverance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Ultimatum - Into the Pit

Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice

Vengeance Rising - Once Dead

Vengeance Rising - Released Upon The Earth (although I see this more as DM)

Paradox - Heresy

Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

Megadeth-Endgame

Tourniquet-Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance

Metallica - Death Magnetic

Mortification - Erasing The Goblin

Mortification - Post Momentary Affliction

Testament - First Strike, Still Deadly

Avenger of Blood - Death Brigade

Seventh Angel - The Torment

Once Dead - Visions of Hell (super underrated!!)

Warbringer - War Without End

Man, how could I forget Pleasure to Kill! Probably the single most brutal thrash disc ever recorded.

Dave the Boss wrote:

Man, how could I forget Pleasure to Kill! Probably the single most brutal thrash disc ever recorded.

I don't know, Vengeance's "Human Sacrifice" is pretty brutal. Same with Avenger of Blood's latest.

I can't believe I forgot Xentrix! I'd put For Whose Advantage in and take out Puppet Of Destruction (not because it's bad but it narrowly made it in my list and I want to keep it at 30). As for whether Christian bands measure up to regular bands, it's all a matter of opinion. When I include Christian albums in my lists it's because I thouroghly enjoy them not because I feel obligated to include Christian bands. If they aren't favorites, they won't end up in my lists. BTW, while Theocracy is not origional by any means, I still think the music is top notch. Origionality means nothing when the music sounds good to my ears.

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

Dave the Boss wrote:

Man, how could I forget Pleasure to Kill! Probably the single most brutal thrash disc ever recorded.

I don't know, Vengeance's "Human Sacrifice" is pretty brutal. Same with Avenger of Blood's latest.

Never heard Avenger of Blood, and while I really like Human Sacrifice, it's nowhere near the sheer brutality and violence of Pleasure to Kill. The only discs that come close are Hell Awaits, Seven Churches, and Darkness Descends imo.