Best of the big Four [Germanic Version]

Bester der großen vier

Kreator without a doubt.

As much as i love german thrash, i just hate their early raw/inexperienced sound.

Destruction

I like Coroner, but they're Swiss...

Destruction, but probably would have went with Kreator if you put pleasure to kill up there. All great albums, but helloween seems a bit out of place in that group.

TANKARD - Chemical Invasion! (Helloween? Doh!

This one was a hard choice for me to make.

If I were going to go on influence alone than it would have been Helloween, who still do not get enough credit in the metal world for their huge influence on power metal, a genre I for the most hate, but these guys ruled and at the time they were doing it, it was new and they owned the genre.

Destruction and Kreator are raw powerhouses, that even now three decades later still sound heavy and harsh as hell.

I went with Kreator because they have been around so long and I have recently been rediscovering their material, but easily could have voted for any of the three bands in the list.

Helloween seems an odd choice but I went with them, they redefined music for a time.

Helloween. Only because I have none of those other albums. I'm woefully behind on my Kreator and Destruction collecting. I have no Sodom....yet.

Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs. Everyone always skips over Holy Moses & Tankard.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys

Helloween's Walls of Jericho might have been a better album for this particular poll, considering the competition.

That said, I voted for 'em anyway cuz I've never been moRe than a casual fan of Kreator or Destruction.

and Deathrow - Riders of Doom and Darkness - Death Squad and Assasin - The Upcoming Terror and Iron Angel - Hellish Crossfire and Assorted Heap - The Experience of Horror and the Holy Moses and Tankard that mc666 mentioned.

Basically German thrash rules!! Voted for Sodom because, no votes! What the F*ck?!!!!!

i went Kreator. Helloween was an odd pairing on this one.

As much as I really like the other albums, I went with Helloween.

Kreator

mc666 wrote:

Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs. Everyone always skips over Holy Moses & Tankard.

mc666 wrote:

Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs. Everyone always skips over Holy Moses & Tankard.

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I hate to admit but I never heard of the band Holy Moses!

manny wrote:

I hate to admit but I never heard of the band Holy Moses!

You're in luck pal. With Youtube being what it is.... you could have even heard them before making this comment if you had wanted to.

James B. wrote:

mc666 wrote:

Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs. Everyone always skips over Holy Moses & Tankard.

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Not too familiar with holy moses so i need to remedy to that. But tankard are always an instant purchase.

Kreator! They are easily my favorite thrash band.

mc666 wrote:

manny wrote:

I hate to admit but I never heard of the band Holy Moses!

You're in luck pal. With Youtube being what it is.... you could have even heard them before making this comment if you had wanted to.

True and I did check them out...after I commented!!!

Kreator. Helloween hasn't aged well for me whereas I'm becoming a bigger Kreator fan due to how good their later stuff is. I'm not that familiar with the other two on the list.