1987 THRASH METAL! Mosh it Up!

Accuser - The Conviction
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
Anthrax - Among the Living
Anthrax - I'm the Man (EP)
Anvil - Strength Of Steel
Artillery - Terror Squad
Carnivore - Retaliation
Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
Coroner - R.I.P.
Corrosion of Conformity - Technocracy
D.R.I. - Crossover
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Destruction - Mad Butcher
Excel - Split Image
Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
Heathen - Breaking the Silence
Hirax - Not Dead Yet
Intruder - Live to Die
Holy Moses - Finished with the Dog
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Kublai Khan - Annihilation
Lääz Rockit - Know Your Enemy
Living Death - Protected From Reality
Mekong Delta - s/t
Metallica - The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
Motörhead - Rock 'n' Roll
Napalm Death - Scum
Nasty Savage - Indulgence (EP)
Nuclear Assault - The Plague (EP)
Overkill - Taking Over
Paradox - Product of Imagination
Possessed - The Eyes of Horror (EP)
Prong - Force Fed
Sacred Reich - Ignorance
Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua (EP)
Sacrifice - Forward to Termination
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army
Tankard - Chemical Invasion
Target - Mission Executed
Testament - The Legacy
Testament - Live At Eindhoven (EP)
Toxik - World Circus
Venom - Calm Before the Storm
Voivod - Killing Technology
Warfare - Mayhem F*ckin' Mayhem
Whiplash - Ticket to Mayhem
Zoetrope - A Life Of Crime

Scum is hardly thrash metal, but it's my favorite from 87. actual favorite thrash from that year is Finished with the Dogs.

Among the Living gets my vote

'Scum' got my vote

Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium

mc666 wrote:

Scum is hardly thrash metal, but it's my favorite from 87. actual favorite thrash from that year is Finished with the Dogs.

No, it's not, but it fits in better here than with the heavy metal bands in the other thread. I always thought of Napalm Death as the fathers of "grindcore" .

ultmetal wrote:

I always thought of Napalm Death as the fathers of "grindcore" .

indeed

It was a toss-up for me between Overkill - Taking Over and Anthrax - Among the Living. Both those albums were constant players for me that year. I went with Taking Over at the flip of a coin.

It was a toss-up for me between Overkill - Taking Over and Anthrax - Among the Living. Both those albums were constant players for me that year. I went with Taking Over at the flip of a coin.

Tough choices ! The one I listen to the most off that list is Taking Over so it gets the nod.

Went with Anthrax!!!!!

Thrasher73 wrote:

Among the Living gets my vote

Ditto. Love that album!! Efilnikufesin!!

Wrath - Nothing To Fear and then Anthrax - Among The Living

In the day, Among the Living was my fave but I overplayed it. Went with Laaz.

ultmetal wrote:

It was a toss-up for me between Overkill - Taking Over and Anthrax - Among the Living. Both those albums were constant players for me that year. I went with Taking Over at the flip of a coin.

Ditto, right down to the coin flipping part.

Sepultura - Schizophrenia

For me, it came down to TERRIBLE CERTAINTY and THE LEGACY. Both of these are my favorites by these bands. Kreator by a coin flip.

Anthrax-Among The Living. Even if I had more than 4 of those because it is one of my all time favorite thrash albums.

Anthrax's Among The Living even though Overkill could have easily been my choice.

Napalm Death's "Scum" made the "Thrash List", but Sodom's "Persecution Mania" didn't?


Odd.


In any event, it's between AMONG THE LIVING and THE LEGACY as far as I'm concerned.


Hmmm...

AMONG THE LIVING

skullkrusher wrote:

Napalm Death's "Scum" made the "Thrash List", but Sodom's "Persecution Mania" didn't?


Odd.


In any event, it's between AMONG THE LIVING and THE LEGACY as far as I'm concerned.


Hmmm...

It comes down to the fact that I thought "Scum" was a monumental album that would get some votes, while I didn't think Sodom would get enough votes to warrant inclusion. I had to cut the list down to only 15 candidates and that was difficult.

I like alot of stuff in the poll and more stuff that is not. Scum deserves inclusion "someplace" as far as it's merit for a "best of 87" and from the poll...
...I vote for Sacred Reich. I have always dug their style.

Kreator for me

James B. wrote:

I like alot of stuff in the poll and more stuff that is not. Scum deserves inclusion "someplace" as far as it's merit for a "best of 87" and from the poll...
...I vote for Sacred Reich. I have always dug their style.

Yes, as we get closer to the 90's, the genre nazi wars really begin to kick in. I just figured "Scum" fit in better with the thrashers than with the more traditional heavy metal and hard rock bands of the 80's.