THRASH METAL TOP 20!

I created a Top 20 list not long ago:

1. Metallica - Kill 'Em All (the one that started it all for me!)

2. Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice (few can match it's raw power! One of my all time favorites and a huge influence on me personally!)

3. TIE: Anthrax - Spreading the Disease / Overkill - Taking Over
two of the soundtracks of my youth!

4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
5. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
6. Testament - Practice What You Preach
7. Dark Angel - Leave Scars
8. Anthrax - Among the Living
9. Megadeth - Peace Sells...
10. TIE: Deliverance - s/t / Deliverance - Weapons of our Warfare
11. Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
12. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
13. Believer - Extraction from Mortality
14. Voivod - Killing Technology
15. Nuclear Assault-Survive!
16. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
17. Hirax - New Age of Terror
18. Metallica -Master of Puppets
19. Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
20. TIE: Overkill - Under the Influence / Vio-lence - Eternal Night


Here are some that might interest you guys:

Guitar World - 10 Essential Thrash Records

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets
2. Slayer - Reign in Blood
3. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
4. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
6. Anthrax - Among the Living
7. Testament - The New Order
8. Overkill - The Years of Decay
9. Possessed - Seven Churches
10. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell

Terrorizer Top 20 All-Time Thrash Albums

1. Slayer - Reign in Blood
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
3. Metallica - Master of Puppets
4. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
5. Possessed - Seven Churches
6. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
7. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
8. Anthrax- Among the Living
9. Slayer - Hell Awaits
10. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
11. Venom - Black Metal
12. Voivod - Killing Technology
13. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
14. Testament - The Legacy
15. Nuclear Assault - Gave OVer
16. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
17. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
18. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
19. Death Angel - The Ultra Violence
20. TIE: Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care

My list changes over time, but currently:

1. ARTILLERY - "Terror Squad"
2. TESTAMENT - "The Legacy"
3. ANNIHILATOR - "NeverNeverland"
4. MEGADETH - "So Far So Good So What"
5. DARK ANGEL - "Time does not Heal"
6. ANTHRAX - "Spreading the Disease"
7. MEGADETH - "Peace Sells"
8. SLAYER - "Show No Mercy"
9. OVERKILL - "Taking Over"
10. TOXIK - "World Circus"
11. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - "Doomsday for the Deceiver"
12. EXODUS - "Fabulous Disaster"
13. VIO-LENCE - "Oppressing the Masses"
14. WATCHTOWER - "Control and Resistance"
15. FORBIDDEN - "Forbidden Evil"
16. SEPULTURA - "Beneath the Remains"
17. METALLICA - "Kill Em All"
18. ARTILLERY - "By Inheritance"
19. HYPNOSIA - "Extreme Hatred"
20. DARK ANGEL - "Darkness Descends"

Bonus tracks:
21. PANTERA - "Cowboys from Hell"
22. NUCLEAR ASSAULT - "Handle with Care"
23. CORONER - "No More Color"

1.) Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.) Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.) Sepultura - Arise
4.) Kreator - Extreme Aggression
5.) Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
6.) Exodus - Bonded By Blood
7.) Onslaught - The Force
8.) Nuclear Assault - Survive
9.) Possessed - Seven Churches
10.) Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty
11.) Detente - Recognize No Authority
12.) Overkill - The Years Of Decay
13.) Slaughter - Strappado
14.) The Crown - Hell Is Here
15.) Holy Moses - Finished With The Dogs
16.) Destruction - Infernal Overkill
17.) Testament - The New Order
18.) Metallica - Ride The Lightening
19.) Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow...
20.) Despair - Beyond All Reason

Man, I knew I had posted that list before, but I couldn't find it. Oh well, lots of new people here since posting that one.

ult

I'm making a list of what I don't have already and going hunting!

sovdat wrote:

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I thought I had listed these before. Oh well, my list changed a bit and I finally put them in order.

01. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
02. Megadeth - Peace sells... But Who's Buying
03. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
04. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
05. Metallica - Kill 'em all
06. Megadeth - Killing is My business...
07. Destruction - Sentence Of Death
08. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
09. Annihilator - Alice in Hell
10. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
11. Sodom - Agent Orange
12. Destruction - Mad Butcher
13. Sodom - Persecution Mania
14. Sodom - s/t
15. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
16. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
17. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
18. Megadeth - United Abomniations
19. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
20. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

In no particular order. Favorites changes too often.

01. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
02. Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
03. Sodom - M-16
04. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
05. Sacrifice - Soldier Of Misfortune
06. Forbidden - Twisted Into Form
07. Devastation - Idolatry
08. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
09. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
10. Testament - The New Order
11. Voivod - Killing Technology
12. Razor - Violent Restitution
13. Lääz Rockit - Annihilation Principle
14. Realm - Suiciety
15. Xentrix - For Whose Advantage
16. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
17. Heathen - Victims Of Deception
18. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
19. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
20. Sabbat - Dreamweawer

1. METALLICA - Master of Puppets / FORBIDDEN - Twisted into Form

Mine changes on a daily basis, pretty much:
1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2. Slayer - Reign in Blood
3. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
4. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
5. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
6. Sacrifice - Forward to Termination
7. Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
8. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
9. Devastation - Idolatry
10. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
11. Slayer - South of Heaven
12. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
13. Heathen - Breaking the Silence
14. Razor - Evil Invaders
15. Destruction - Release From Agony
16. Kreator - Coma of Souls
17. Overkill - Under the Influence
18. Testament - The Legacy
19. Anthrax - Among the Living
20. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare

ultmetal wrote:

Man, I knew I had posted that list before, but I couldn't find it. Oh well, lots of new people here since posting that one.

ult

mine has changed a bit since then anyway

In alphabetical order:

1. Accuser-Repent/Who dominates who?
2. Annihilator-Never, neverland
3. Anthrax-Fistful of metal/Among the living
4. Apocalypse (Swiss)-Apocalypse
5. Arch Enemy-Burning bridges
6. At the gates-Slaughter of the soul
7. Believer-Sanity obscure
8. Black Obelisk (RUS)-Stena (the wall)
9. Carcass-Heartwork
10. Coroner-R.I.P.
11. Defiance-Product of society
12. Demolition Hammer-Tortured existence
13. Destruction-Eternal devastation/Release from agony
14. Exodus-Impact is imminent
15. Flotsam & Jetsam-Doomsday…
16. Forbidden-Twisted into form
17. Hellbastard-Natural order
18. Holy Moses-The new machine of Lichtenstein
19. Kreator-Extreme aggression
20. Megadeth-Rust in peace

And the rest….you`ve mentioned them already

Like everyone else this list could just about change at any time as I am constantly discovering and re-discovering a lot of stuff.

At the moment though, I'm diggin' most on

Anthrax - Among the Living
Anvil B*tch - Rise to Offend
Artillery - By Inheritance
Calhoun Conquer - Lost in Oneself
Death Mask - Split the Atom
Deathrow - Raging Steel
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver
Hallows Eve - Tales of Terror
Heathen - Breaking the Silence
Holosade - Hell House
Holy Moses - Queen of Siam
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Overkill - Under the Influence
Powermad - Absolute Power
Testament - The Legacy
Toxik - Think This
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

GREAT lists everyone. Keep 'em coming. Makes me wanna break out some old thrash titles I haven't heard in a while.

ult

Hmm, tough to do this off the top of my head without my CDs in front of me, but I'll try... (in no particular order)

1. Metallica - MASTER OF PUPPETS
2. Annihilator - ALICE IN HELL
3. Overkill - FEEL THE FIRE
5. Slayer - REIGN IN BLOOD
6. Deliverance - WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
7. Exodus - PLEASURES OF THE FLESH
8. Helloween - WALLS OF JERICHO (I know, Helloween aren't really considered a thrash band nowadays, but this disc was pretty thrashy in its day)
9. Nuclear Assault - SURVIVE
10. Anthrax - AMONG THE LIVING
11. Testament - LOW
12. Metal Church - S/T (again, they're not really considered a thrash band overall, but this debut is as close to thrash as they ever got)
13. Overkill - HORRORSCOPE
14. Flotsam & Jetsam - DOOMSDAY FOR THE DECEIVER
15. Megadeth - PEACE SELLS
16. Overkill - FROM THE UNDERGROUND AND BELOW
17. Slayer - HELL AWAITS
18. Fight - WAR OF WORDS (anyone who says this was not a thrash band was not in the pit at one of their shows like I was, LOL)
19. Pantera - COWBOYS FROM HELL
20. Exodus - BONDED BY BLOOD

Fight, Pantera, Helloween, & Metal Church? you need to have your cds in front of you for sure.

Some songs off of CFH could be considered thrash, arguably. I don't think I would call it a thrash album, but some songs are thrash for sure.

mc666 wrote:

Fight, Pantera, Helloween, & Metal Church? you need to have your cds in front of you for sure.

Hey, gimme a break... I guess my definition of "thrash" is a little more wide open than some folks'

Off the top of my head..... (it changes from time to time)

1) Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2) Metallica - And Justice For All
3) Deliverance - S/T
4) Believer - Extraction From Mortality
5) Metallica - Ride The Lightning
6) Megadeth - Rust In Peace
7) Deliverance - Weapons
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
9) Metallica - Kill Em All
10) Exodus - Bonded By Blood
11) Slayer - Hell Awaits
12) Believer - Sanity Obscure
13) Vengeance (rising) - Human Sacrifice
14) Annihilator - Alice in Hell
16) Anthrax - Persistance Of Time
17) Megadeth - Peace Sells
18) Exciter - Violence & Force/Heavy Metal Maniac (Tie - could be considered more speed than thrash)
19) Testament - Practice What You Preach
20) Tourniquet - Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance

Ult I couldn't agree More with Vengeance being a top five candidate....
If not #1.... I bought my copy at Metal Midnight#1 roger was there with a booth, it had just come out that week.

Totally agree with 'Kill Em All', a buddy of mine bought in 83 and didn't like it... I borrowed it the next day and it was over....


Vengeance - Human Sacrifice
Metallica - Kill em All
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Deliverance - s/t debut
Testament - The Legacy
Testament- first strike is still deadly

Tempest - Annihilation of the Wicked 4 song demo ( this is not the pop christian metal band. this is the FIRST christian thrash metal demo/release. they were from Chicago and were featured in Metal Hammer 1985/86. frankly I'm very bummed I don't have my original anylonger... ebay fodder to pay bills... the bassist/vocalist was Warren Harris and he was a monster bassist... unfortunatley he fell into the Rock is of the devil trap dissolved the band and played Jazz & worship in his church.....)

Sacrament - Testimony of the Apocalypse
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Anthrax - Among the Living
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Deliverance - Weapons
Testament - the new order
Believer - Extraction from Mortality
Believer - Sanity Obscured
The Crucified - s/t ( it's my list!)
Metallica - Ride the Lighting
Tourniquet - psycho surgery
Slayer - South of Heaven

when thrash was it's peak, I avoided a lot of it due to 'satanic influences'..... so a lot of bands I never gave time to because of that paranoia.... oh well... I still like my list...

:D

mr.electric39 wrote:

when thrash was it's peak, I avoided a lot of it due to 'satanic influences'..... so a lot of bands I never gave time to because of that paranoia.... oh well... I still like my list...

i never will understand that mentality. i have no fear that my listening to Vengeance Rising will somehow turn me Christian. it's impossible.

i am going to admit that i got pratcise what you preach by testament and it did nothing for me

Fat Freddy wrote:

8. Helloween - WALLS OF JERICHO (I know, Helloween aren't really considered a thrash band nowadays, but this disc was pretty thrashy in its day)

I don`t know...But this album would be in my top 20...Big Helloween fan

mc666 wrote:

mr.electric39 wrote:

when thrash was it's peak, I avoided a lot of it due to 'satanic influences'..... so a lot of bands I never gave time to because of that paranoia.... oh well... I still like my list...

i never will understand that mentality. i have no fear that my listening to Vengeance Rising will somehow turn me Christian. it's impossible.

then don't try to. why would you post your comment? I'm just curious because it just sounds detrimental to me. there are a lot of things that other people do or say that I don't get, but I don't question one's motives... unless it will harm another individual.

let's see when thrash was at it's peak I was what.... 17-23 yrs old.... that woulda been 85-90... I'm cruising in on 40 now... I see the world very differently.... I'm sure there are many things in your own life that have changed for you, in how you perceive things... it's part of the growth process....

sorry to be so philosophical. just seemed critical and I wasn't sure why.