Thrash Effect

Thrash Effect

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ScreamingSteelUS
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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 December 9, 2025.
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This is a GREAT list of thrash but i dont think opeth fits here
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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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Needs more Opeth.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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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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Oh, it was a marketing trick then.
I was starting to think you somehow mistook "thrash" for "trash".
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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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