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Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

The first handful are my all-time favorite thrash albums, though the order within that section is quite flexible. The rest is self-explanatory.

I leave these lists to rot for long periods of time, so rather than updating them after every few albums I make sweeping changes every couple of years. This list was last updated August 21, 2021.

Created by: ScreamingSteelUS | 16.05.2016


1. Slayer - Reign In Blood
2. Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
3. Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety
4. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
6. Artillery - By Inheritance
7. Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
8. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
9. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
10. Gama Bomb - Tales From The Grave In Space
11. Opeth - Blackwater Park
12. Death Angel - The Evil Divide
13. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
14. Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos
15. Kreator - Gods Of Violence
16. Overkill - Ironbound
17. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
18. Anthrax - Among The Living
9/10 from here on down.
19. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
20. Artillery - Terror Squad
21. Black Fast - Starving Out The Light
22. Body Count - Born Dead
23. Body Count - Manslaughter
24. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
25. Cross Examination - The Hung Jury
26. Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood
27. Death Angel - Killing Season
28. Death Angel - Relentless Retribution
29. Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
30. Deathwish - Demon Preacher
31. Devastation - Idolatry
32. Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
33. Gama Bomb - Speed Between The Lines
34. Hatriot - Dawn Of The New Centurion
35. Helstar - Nosferatu
36. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest
37. Kreator - Coma Of Souls
38. Kreator - Enemy Of God
39. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
40. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
41. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
42. Mekong Delta - The Music Of Erich Zann
43. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
44. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
45. Overkill - Feel The Fire
46. Overkill - Taking Over
47. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis Vs. The Earth
48. Rigor Mortis - Slaves To The Grave
49. Sepultura - Schizophrenia
50. Slaughter - Strappado
51. Slayer - Show No Mercy
52. Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion
53. Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow... When I Can't Even Smile Today
54. Suicidal Tendencies - Lights... Camera... Revolution!
55. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
56. Testament - The Gathering
57. Testament - The Legacy
58. Testament - Practice What You Preach
59. Toxik - Think This
60. Toxik - World Circus
61. Vektor - Black Future
62. Vektor - Outer Isolation
63. Vektor - Terminal Redux
64. Znowhite - Act Of God
65. Abattoir - Vicious Attack
8/10 from here on down.
66. Abomination - Tragedy Strikes
67. Accu§er - The Conviction
68. Accu§er - Diabolic
69. Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
70. Angelus Apatrida - Cabaret De La Guillotine
71. Annihilator - Alice In Hell
72. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
73. Anthrax - For All Kings
74. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
75. Anthrax - Worship Music
76. Artillery - Legions
77. Artillery - Penalty By Perception
78. Assassin - Breaking The Silence
79. Assassin - The Club
80. Assassin - Interstellar Experience
81. Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom
82. Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds
83. Black Fast - Terms Of Surrender
84. Body Count - Body Count
85. Body Count - Violent Demise: The Last Days
86. Bulldozer - The Day Of Wrath
87. Bulldozer - IX
88. Bulldozer - Neurodeliri
89. Bulldozer - Unexpected Fate
90. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
91. Children - Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World
92. Condor - Condor
93. Condor - Unstoppable Power
94. Crisix - Against The Odds
95. Cross Examination - The Hung Jury
96. Death Angel - Act III
97. Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
98. Death Angel - Humanicide
99. Deathhammer - Evil Power
100. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
101. Destruction - Eternal Devastation
102. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
103. Détente - Recognize No Authority
104. Evil Invaders - Feed Me Violence
105. Evile - Enter The Grave
106. Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
107. Exmortus - Ride Forth
108. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
109. Exumer - Possessed By Fire
110. Flotsam And Jetsam - The End Of Chaos
111. Forté - Rise Above
112. Gama Bomb - Sea Savage
113. Gama Bomb - The Terror Tapes
114. Guillotine - Blood Money
115. Guillotine - Under The Guillotine
116. Hatriot - Heroes Of Origin
117. Hazzerd - Delirium
118. Helstar - Vampiro
119. Hexenhaus - The Edge Of Eternity
120. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
121. Invocator - Weave The Apocalypse
122. Karnivore - In The Halls Of The Wicked
123. King Parrot - Dead Set
124. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
125. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
126. Lazarus A.D. - The Onslaught
127. Machine Head - The Blackening
128. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
129. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
130. Master (RUS) - Мастер (Master)
131. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
132. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
133. Mekong Delta - Dances Of Death (And Other Walking Shadows)
134. Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
135. Mekong Delta - The Principle Of Doubt
136. Metallica - Death Magnetic
137. Metallica - St. Anger
138. Mokoma - Elävien Kirjoihin
139. Necronomicon - Apocalyptic Nightmare
140. Necronomicon - Escalation
141. Necronomicon - Invictus
142. Necronomicon - Necronomicon
143. Necronomicon - Revenge Of The Beast
144. Necronomicon - Screams
145. Nekromantheon - Visions Of Trismegistos
146. Onslaught - The Force
147. Onslaught - VI
148. Overkill - Bloodletting
149. Overkill - The Electric Age
150. Overkill - From The Underground And Below
151. Overkill - Horrorscope
152. Overkill - The Killing Kind
153. Overkill - Under The Influence
154. Overkill - The Wings Of War
155. Paladin - Ascension
156. Paradox - Collision Course
157. Paradox - Heresy
158. Possessed - Revelations Of Oblivion
159. Possessed - Seven Churches
160. Pyracanda - Two Sides Of A Coin
161. Ratos De Porão - Anarkophobia
162. Razor - Evil Invaders
163. Realm - Endless War
164. Rigor Mortis - Freaks
165. Ringworm - The Venomous Grand Design
166. Sacral Rage - Beyond Celestial Echoes
167. Sarcófago - I.N.R.I.
168. Sarcófago - The Laws Of Scourge
169. Sepultura - Arise
170. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
171. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
172. Sepultura - Quadra
173. Skeleton - Skeleton
174. Slayer - Hell Awaits
175. Slayer - God Hates Us All
176. Slayer - World Painted Blood
177. Sodom - Agent Orange
178. Sodom - M-16
179. Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb
180. Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army
181. Suicidal Tendencies - Still Cyco After All These Years
182. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal For Life
183. Swashbuckle - Crewed By The Damned
184. Swashbuckle - Crime Always Pays...
185. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
186. Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
187. Testament - The New Order
188. Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry Of Consciousness
189. Voivod - The Wake
190. Wargasm - Why Play Around
191. Witches - The Fates
192. Xenoblight - Procreation
193. Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan
194. Accu§er - Dependent Domination
7/10 from here on down.
195. Accu§er - Double Talk
196. Accu§er - The Forlorn Divide
197. Accu§er - Repent
198. Accu§er - Who Dominates Who?
*whom
199. Acid Reign - The Fear
200. Acid Reign - Moshkinstein
201. ADX - Non Serviam
202. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
203. Armory (SWE) - The Search
204. Artillery - The Face Of Fear
205. Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow
206. Artillery - My Blood
207. Assassin - The Upcoming Terror
208. Autonoesis - Autonoesis
209. Bewitched (SWE) - At The Gates Of Hell
210. Bewitcher - Under The Witching Cross
211. Black Fast - Spectre Of Ruin
212. Body Count - Murder 4 Hire
213. Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast
214. Bulldozer - The Final Separation
215. Bulldozer - Dance Got Sick!
216. Byzantine - The Cicada Tree
217. Byzantine - To Release Is To Resolve
218. Cautiva - Human
219. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
220. Cro-Mags - The Age Of Quarrel
221. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am
222. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
223. Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
224. Deathhammer - Chained To Hell
225. Dr. Living Dead! - Cosmic Conqueror
226. Dr. Living Dead! - Crush The Sublime Gods
227. D.R.I. - Crossover
228. Dublin Death Patrol - DDP 4 Life
229. Dust Bolt - Mass Confusion
230. Eldritch - Cracksleep
231. Empyrios - Zion
232. Ewïg Frost - No Dice
233. Exhorder - The Law
234. Exodus - Blood In, Blood Out
235. Extinction A.D. - Decimation Treaty
236. Exumer - Hostile Defiance
237. Exumer - The Raging Tides
238. Flotsam And Jetsam - The Cold
239. Gama Bomb - Untouchable Glory
240. Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
241. Hammercult - Legends Never Die
242. Hammercult - Steelcrusher
243. Havok - Conformicide
244. Havok - Unnatural Selection
245. Hellbringer - Awakened From The Abyss
246. Hexecutor - Beyond Any Human Conception Of Knowledge...
247. Hexenhaus - Awakening
248. Hobbs' Angel Of Death - Hobbs' Angel Of Death
249. Holy Moses - Queen Of Siam
250. Holy Moses - Redefined Mayhem
251. In Malice's Wake - Light Upon The Wicked
252. Inculter - Fatal Visions
253. Insanity Alert - 666-Pack
254. Invocator - Dying To Live
255. Invocator - Excursion Demise
256. Kreator - Outcast
257. Lich King - Do-Over
258. Megadeth - Dystopia
259. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
260. Megadeth - United Abominations
261. Mekong Delta - In A Mirror Darkly
262. Metallica - Garage Days Re-Revisited
263. Metallica - Lulu
264. Metallica - Metallica
265. Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
266. Mokoma - Hengen Pitimet
267. Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
268. Murder Inc. - Umlčen Navěky
269. Necrodeath - The Age Of Dead Christ
270. Necrodeath - Black As Pitch
271. Necrodeath - 100% Hell
272. Nervosa - Downfall Of Mankind
273. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
274. Overkill - Coverkill
275. Overkill - Killbox 13
276. Overkill - ReliXIV
277. Overkill - White Devil Armory
278. Paradox - Electrify
279. Paradox - Pangea
280. Paradox - Product Of Imagination
281. Paradox - Tales Of The Weird
282. Power Trip - Manifest Decimation
283. Primal Rite - Dirge Of Escapism
284. Raider - Guardian Of The Fire
285. Sacred Reich - The American Way
286. Sacred Reich - Awakening
287. Sacred Reich - Surf Nicaragua
288. Schizophrenia - Voices
289. Sepultura - Machine Messiah
290. Sepultura - The Mediator Between The Head And Hands Must Be The Heart
291. Sepultura - Roots
292. Shakma - House Of Possession
293. Slayer - Christ Illusion
294. Slayer - Divine Intervention
295. Slayer - Repentless
296. Slayer - South Of Heaven
297. Sodom - Genesis XIX
298. Stone - Emotional Playground
299. Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
300. Suicidal Tendencies - Free Your Soul And Save My Mind
301. Suicidal Tendencies - 13
302. Sylosis - Cycle Of Suffering
303. Tankard - One Foot In The Grave
304. Testament - Low
305. Titans Eve - Chasing The Devil
306. Toxik - Breaking Class
307. Voivod - Infini
308. Voivod - War And Pain
309. Warbeast - Enter The Arena
310. Warbringer - Weapons Of Tomorrow
311. Watchtower - Concepts Of Math: Book One
312. Witchery - I Am Legion
313. Witchery - In His Infernal Majesty's Service
314. Accu§er - The Mastery
6/10 from here on down.
315. Acid Reign - Obnoxious
316. ADX - Exécution
317. Anger As Art - Ad Mortem Festinamus
318. Annihilator - Feast
319. Anthrax - State Of Euphoria
320. Bonded By Blood - Exiled To Earth
321. Cripper - Devil Reveals
322. Cripper - Hyëna
323. Dark Angel - Leave Scars
324. Dark Angel - We Have Arrived
325. Darkness - First Class Violence
326. Deströyer 666 - Wildfire
327. Destruction - Spiritual Genocide
328. Distillator - Summoning The Malicious
329. Dublin Death Patrol - Death Sentence
330. Dust Bolt - Trapped In Chaos
331. Enforced - Kill Grid
332. Eradicator - Slavery
333. Evile - Infected Nations
334. Flotsam And Jetsam - Drift
335. Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam
336. Flotsam And Jetsam - Ugly Noise
337. Goatwhore - Constricting Rage Of The Merciless
338. Hatchet - Dying To Exist
339. The Haunted - Exit Wounds
340. Hirax - Immortal Legacy
341. Hirax - Raging Violence
342. In The Fire - Volatile Beings
343. Inculcator - Void Abecedary
344. InnerGuilt - Slanderous Society
345. Invocator - Through The Flesh To The Soul
346. Lazarus A.D. - Black Rivers Flow
347. Lich King - The Omniclasm
348. Lich King - World Gone Dead
349. Living Sacrifice - Living Sacrifice
350. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
351. Megadeth - Endgame
352. Megadeth - Super Collider
353. Megadeth - Th1rt3en
354. Megadeth - Youthanasia
355. Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty
356. Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
357. Metallica - Re-Load
358. Metalstorm - I - Saeculum Obscurum
359. Necrodeath - Idiosyncrasy
360. Necrodeath - Mater Of All Evil
361. Necrodeath - Phylogenesis
362. Necrodeath - The 7 Deadly Sins
363. Necrodeath - Ton(e)s Of Hate
364. Nervosa - Agony
365. Onslaught - Power From Hell
366. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel
367. Overkill - I Hear Black
368. Overkill - Immortalis
369. Overkill - Necroshine
370. Overkill - W.F.O.
371. Paradox - Riot Squad
372. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
373. Principality Of Hell - Fire & Brimstone
374. Principality Of Hell - Sulfure & Bane
375. Pripjat - Sons Of Tschernobyl
376. Profane Omen - Reset
377. Rapture (GRE) - Paroxysm Of Hatred
378. Sathanas - Necrohymns
379. Savage Messiah - The Fateful Dark
380. Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience
381. Shotgun Cure - Amorphous
382. Slayer - Diabolus In Musica
383. Suicidal Angels - Bloodbath
384. Sylosis - Dormant Heart
385. Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
386. Testament - Titans Of Creation
387. Voivod - Infini
388. Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
389. Voivod - War And Pain
390. Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished


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03.08.2016 - 03:31
VIG
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This is a GREAT list of thrash but i dont think opeth fits here
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03.08.2016 - 11:49
Marcel Hubregtse
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Written by [user id=159927] on 03.08.2016 at 03:31

This is a GREAT list of thrash but i dont think opeth fits here

Indeed. What the bleep is Opeth doing in a thrash list?
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03.08.2016 - 20:48
Maco
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Needs more Opeth.
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03.08.2016 - 21:28
ScreamingSteelUS
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.08.2016 at 11:49

Written by [user id=159927] on 03.08.2016 at 03:31

This is a GREAT list of thrash but i dont think opeth fits here

Indeed. What the bleep is Opeth doing in a thrash list?

Every one of my lists has one such album. You'll also notice Pantera in my folk list, Manowar in my black list, and DragonForce in my doom list.
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03.08.2016 - 23:40
Karlabos
Oh, it was a marketing trick then.
I was starting to think you somehow mistook "thrash" for "trash".
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07.05.2020 - 21:31
Răzvan
Came across this by accident, but I'll definitely bookmark it or something in case I run out of inspiration when looking for some thrash check out. It's been my favourite metal genre for the best part of 20 years, but I can't claim to have listened to it all. Plus I have been on a thrash binge lately, so...
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