20 essential thrash albums

Ravenscraig wrote:

WOW! That created quite a stir lol


Hiya everybody, I'm the author of the list! Thanks Scott for posting the list on the forum, as you rightly said it's all a matter of opinion right? Anno, bands like Testament or Heathen should also be there... but hey, it's only 20 right? Tankard and Xentrix are also worth mentioning when it comes to European thrash. And yes, in case you're wondering, Metallica and Megadeth are not there because they're good bands but in my humble opinion these albums absolutely own!

A couple things I'd like to point out folks:

- The list is "in no particular order" (some said he was surprised that the Flotsam album was first)

- With some bands, it could've been other albums as well. Yep, "Ultra-Violence" could've perfectly been there instead of "Act III". Or "Horrorscope" and "Years of Decay" instead of "Under the Influence".

- I think Thanatos is downright thrash... mmmh there's some death metal there, but they sound very European thrash to me. This album sounds just a little dated but it still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck!

I grew up on thrash metal guys. I love my old school albums and re-visit them very often.


Scott, the only copy I have of the Puppet album is the remastered version that I got from you guys. It's a terrific album and it simply inspires me. That's why it's there. It's that good bud.


Oh, if you actually check on the link you can also surf through the website and listen to my band, Nephwrack, which I sing for. We just put out our second album and we're fairly known in the south of England, where I live. So far we've played with bands like Evile, Wolf, Firewind... and we're getting rave reviews for this new album. We play heavy metal with a current touch and a fair sprinkling of thrash here and there. Scott has checked out the songs on the website and we seem to have gained a new fan, which is totally cool.


Stay heavy folks, and I'm happy that at least you found my list interesting!!

Thrash forever!

\m/

That's cool, man.... So I assume this was the infamous Craiglist?

DeathCult wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Essentials from this list, according to me:

2. Annihilator: "Never, Neverland"
6. Kreator: "Terrible Certainty"
10. Sabbat: "Dreamweaver"
12. Anthrax: "Among The Living"
14. Nuclear Assault: "Handle With Care"

I'd still pick "Survive" over "Handle With Care", it's just sooo much better. "Fabulous Disaster" will always be my Exodus pick too, Bonded and Pleasures are good, but they hit GOLD with that one.

I only own "Handle With Care"

ultmetal wrote:

firestarter wrote:

I have 18 out of 20, but none of them is in my Top 20 (the Sepultura and the Kreator album come closest) and most of those albums are not essential in my book.

It's all a matter of opinion. What would your Top 20 be?

1 SLAYER - Reign in blood
2 EXODUS - Bonded by blood
3 FEAR OF GOD - Within the veil
4 DÈTENTE - Recognize no authority
5 METALLICA - Kill 'em all
6 FLOTSAM & JETSAM - Doomsday for the deceiver
7 MEGADETH - Peace sells
8 METALLICA - Ride the lightning
9 MEGADETH - Rust in peace
10 ANTHRAX - Spreading the disease
11 HALLOWS EVE - Tales of terror
12 DEATH ANGEL - Act III
13 HALLOWS EVE - Death and insanity
14 SACRAMENT - Haunts of violence
15 SLAYER - Seasons in the abyss
16 CORONER - No more colour
17 DEATH ANGEL - The ultra-violence
18 DEVASTATION - Idolatry
19 HOLY MOSES - Finished with the dogs
20 OVERKILL - Feel the fire

Posting the list, I realize there is actually one concordance - DEATH ANGEL - Act III

ultmetal wrote:

17. Ultimatum: "Puppet Of Destruction"

Congrats Scott. Nice to see you guys get the mention. Into The Pit is my favorite, but any Ult is a good thing.

ultmetal wrote:

8. Laaz Rockit: "Annihilation Principle"

Right on. You are speaking my language


Now, if only Suicidal would have gotten some love..

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ultmetal wrote:

8. Laaz Rockit: "Annihilation Principle"

Right on. You are speaking my language


Now, if only Suicidal would have gotten some love..

Infectious album innit?


Dude, "How Will I Laugh..." would probably be part of my 25 top list. I am huge on Suicidal and Infectious Grooves!!

Ravenscraig wrote:

Dude, "How Will I Laugh..." would probably be part of my 25 top list.

mine too. that album is phenomenal!

Here's a list I did back in 2007:

ultmetal wrote:

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! Obviously 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 (both equally great IMO)

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 (this is one newer thrash album that has
become one of my all time favorites.)

18. Sodom -Code Red
19. Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
20. Overkill - Under the Influence

A few of my newer favorites:
Havok - Burn
Vektor - Black Future
Disaffection - Begin the Revolution

mc666 wrote:

Ravenscraig wrote:

Dude, "How Will I Laugh..." would probably be part of my 25 top list.

mine too. that album is phenomenal!

"How Will I Laugh" is a great record, but I think I prefer Lights, Camera, Revolution by just a smidge.

And as great as those two records are, I'd have to go with my personal ST favorite of Join The Army.

Ravenscraig wrote:

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ultmetal wrote:

8. Laaz Rockit: "Annihilation Principle"

Right on. You are speaking my language


Now, if only Suicidal would have gotten some love..

Infectious album innit?

Yeah, and you're right about the DK cover on there too.

And it's nice to see some other S.T. fans here..They're my all time favorite group. Id have to give 'How Will I Laugh' a little bit of an edge over 'Lights, Camera', but they're like 1a and 1b to me.

TheseGoTo11 wrote:

Ravenscraig wrote:

Quote :

ultmetal wrote:

8. Laaz Rockit: "Annihilation Principle"

Right on. You are speaking my language


Now, if only Suicidal would have gotten some love..

Infectious album innit?

Yeah, and you're right about the DK cover on there too.

And it's nice to see some other S.T. fans here..They're my all time favorite group. Id have to give 'How Will I Laugh' a little bit of an edge over 'Lights, Camera', but they're like 1a and 1b to me.

Suicidal are great!!

I think the latest HAVOK release should be in any essential thrash list.

Gilbert wrote:

I think the latest HAVOK release should be in any essential thrash list.

I wouldn't disagree with that. I've been singing Havok's praises for quite some time. It's among my favorites of the year. Time will tell how it holds up.

My Favorites:
1.Vektor-Black Future
2.Sodom-M16
3.Whiplash-Power and Pain
4.Violent Playground-Thrashin' Blues
5.Dr.Know-Wreckage in Flesh
6.Slayer-Reign
7.Kreator-Enemy of God
8.Sepultura-Schizophrenea
9.Angel Dust-Into the Dark Past
10.Artillery-By Inheritance
11.Cyclone-Inferior to None
12.Blessed Death-Destined for Extinction
13.Living Death-World Neuroses
14.Vendetta-Brain Damage
15.Paradox-Heresy
16.Razor-Shotgun Justice
17.Slaughter-Strappado
18.Violent Force-Malevolent Assault Of Tomorrow
19.Zigoku Quartet-Kono Yono Jigoku Monogatari
20.Sindrome-s/t

Pretty good list, I own a lot of these.

I've unfortunately never found a copy of Man of Straw, but Do or Die is a frequent player in my collection. Viking rules!

In no particular order first 20 on top on my head:

01. SATAN - Suspended Sentence
02. SABBAT - Dreamweaver
03. CORONER - R.I.P.
04. DESTRUCTION - Eternal Devastation
05. MEKONG DELTA - Mekong Delta
06. TESTAMENT - The Legacy
07. INFERNAL MAJESTY - None Shall Defy
08. DEATHROW - Life Beyond
09. VOIVOD - Killing Technology
10. METALLICA - Master of Puppets
11. EXODUS - Bonded By Blood
12. FORBIDDEN - Forbidden Evil
13. ANACRUSIS - Manic Impressions
14. AGENT STEEL - Unstoppable Force
15. SEPULTURA - Arise
16. HELSTAR - Nosferatu
17. ARTILLERY - By Inheritance
18. S.D.I. - Sign of the Wicked
19. SANCTUARY - Refuge Denied
20. NASTY SAVAGE - Nasty Savage

A top 20 is way too hard.

Here's my top 30:

1.Exodus-Impact is Imminent/Bonded by Blood/Fabulous Disaster/Pleasures of the Flesh
2.Megadeth-Peace Sells/Killing is My Business/So Far,So Good, So What
3.Overkill-Feel The Fire/Under The Influence/Taking Over
4.Dark Angel-Darkness Descends/We Have Arrriiiiiived!!!!
5.Kreator-Extreme Agression/Endless Pain
6.Death Angel-The Ultra Violence/Frolic Through the Park/Act III
7.Anthrax-Persistence of Time/Spreading the Disease
8.Destruction-Eternal Devastation/Infernal Overkill/Sentence of Death
9.VIOlence-Eternal Nightmare
10.Razor-Malicious Intent/Executioner's Song/Violent Restitution/Evil Invaders
11.Artillery-By Inheritance
12.Tankard-Zombie Attack/The Mourning After
13.Testament-The Legacy/Practice what you Preach
14.Satan-Suspended Sentence
15.Holy Terror-Terror and Submission
16.Assassin-The Upcoming Terror
17.Forbidden-Forbidden Evil
18.Sodom-Tapping the Vein/Better off Dead/Obsessed by Cruelty
19.Exumer-Possessed by Fire
20.Laaz Rockit-Know Your Enemy/City's Gonna Burn
21.Heathen-Breaking the Silence
22.Holy Moses-Finished With the Dogs
23.Flotsam and Jetsam-Doomsday for the Deceiver
24.Morbid Saint-Spectrum of Death
25.Sabbat-History of a Time to Come
26.Whiplash-Power and Pain
27.Onslaught-The Force
28.Coroner-No more Color
29.Suicidal Tendencies-Lights Camera Revolution
30.Demolition Hammer-Epidemic of Violence

My top 20, in no particular order:

Sepultura-Arise
Exodus-Faboulous Disaster
Kreator-Coma Of Souls
Xentric-Shattered Existence
Anthrax-Among The Living
Testament-The New Order
Tourniquet-Microscopic View
Deliverance-s/t
Flotsam & Jetsam-Doomsday For The Deciever
Overkill-W.F.O.
Ultimatum-Into The Pit
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Heathen-Victims Of Deception (a new addition heard it the first time several weeks ago and fell in love with it)
Suicidal Tendencies-Lights...Camera...Revolution
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Metallica-Ride The Lightning
Sepultura-Beneath The Remains
Xentrix-For Whose Advantage?
Devastation-Idolatry
Defiance-Void Terra Firma

Touch choice to keep so many other good thrash releases out but these are my definate top 20, I just don't feel like rating them.

I have to readjust my list. Will probably add Havok to the list. \m/

Dallas,
Thanks for including Ultimatum.

ultmetal wrote:

I have to readjust my list. Will probably add Havok to the list. \m/

Dallas,
Thanks for including Ultimatum.

I like all the Ultimatum albums, but you guy's really stepped it up with that one. The production, heaviness, vocals, and the solos improved greatly. I count the song Into The Pit as one of my top metal instrumentals.

DallasBlack wrote:

My top 20, in no particular order:

Sepultura-Arise
Exodus-Faboulous Disaster
Kreator-Coma Of Souls
Xentric-Shattered Existence
Anthrax-Among The Living
Testament-The New Order
Tourniquet-Microscopic View
Deliverance-s/t
Flotsam & Jetsam-Doomsday For The Deciever
Overkill-W.F.O.
Ultimatum-Into The Pit
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Heathen-Victims Of Deception (a new addition heard it the first time several weeks ago and fell in love with it)
Suicidal Tendencies-Lights...Camera...Revolution
Megadeth-Rust In Peace
Metallica-Ride The Lightning
Sepultura-Beneath The Remains
Xentrix-For Whose Advantage?
Devastation-Idolatry
Defiance-Void Terra Firma

Touch choice to keep so many other good thrash releases out but these are my definate top 20, I just don't feel like rating them.

good list. nice mix of classics and some more obscure thrash albums. Into the Pit would make my list too!!!

Heck, I've got everything on that last list, ... except for the stuff by Xentrix and Suicidal Tendencies.

I know these are obvious choices, but since Slayer and Anthrax are listed, why no Metallica and Megadeth? No Testament or Forbidden? Come on.

Unless this is just a random list, then those bands should have at least one if not more albums on it.

Grimmo wrote:

Heck, I've got everything on that last list, ... except for the stuff by Xentrix and Suicidal Tendencies.

Those Xentrix albums cost me $15 each used but they have been reissued from what I understand. I highly suggest them, a VERY good and underrated thrash band.

That's my second favorite ST album (first being Art Of Rebellion) and contains one of my favorite songs, Send Me Your Money.