Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums
Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now, I've discovered many more such as Vektor, Testament and Nevermore thanks to MS.
So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:
(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)
If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!
My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:
(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)
If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!
My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Are there any must-listens I'm missing here? I've listened to The Years Of Decay by Overkill, Bonded By Blood by Exodus and Extreme Aggression by Kreator - all fantastic albums but I didn't enjoy them quite enough to be in my top 40.
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The only Meshuggah that fits under thrash is their debut album which is a great album IMO. Nice list, I like quite a few albums here. A few are in my thrash list as well.  (Sorry for bumping my list here)
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Great list! I'd probably be in the minority here but I personally rate RTL over MOP, both are exceptional albums though so I don't blame you for having them both so high in the list. It's also great to see Skeletonwitch make your list 
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Posts: 1376 Written by John_Doe on 04.03.2024 at 10:42 I've got a few genre lists coming up but it was a challenge to work out where Meshuggah sit best - in the end I went with Thrash as it seemed more suitable than Progressive or any others. I haven't heard their debut yet though, I'll be sure to check it out! And no problem with promoting yours, it is also a great list which I've already given thumbs-up to  Written by AndyMetalFreak on 04.03.2024 at 10:52 Yeah they are tricky to rate - for me 'Escape' is the song that brings down RTL VERY slightly below MOP. Some days I prefer one over the other but there really isn't much between them! And Skeletonwitch are awesome, especially this album 
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Posts: 5630 Written by nonZero on 04.03.2024 at 11:42 Oh yeah, I forgot.  Thanks!
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I'd like to mention Mekong Delta, Sabbat (JPN) and Absu as personal favorites, but there are some really solid picks in there
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Posts: 1376 Written by Roman Doez on 05.03.2024 at 04:01 Mekong Delta and Absu I've both heard and enjoyed. Sabbat (JPN) I haven't heard yet but will add them to the to-listen list!
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Absolutely amazing picks. Some of my all-time favourite thrash is in there... That's good. I won't suggest though for that one lol, I think it would get out of hand.
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Posts: 1376 Written by Guib on 05.03.2024 at 23:02 Go on. Give me your top five not featured on this list.
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Posts: 3528 Written by nonZero on 06.03.2024 at 00:17 Fuck... Tall order, this is gonna be hard. I'm not sure if its my actual top 5 not featured on your list but here's a few that come quickly to mind that I personally love and listen to regularly. 1. Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying 2. Havok - Time Is Up 3. Alien Weaponry - Tū 4. Forbidden - Twisted Into Form 5. Witheria - Infernal Maze There would be more but I have to behave.
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Posts: 1376 Written by Guib on 06.03.2024 at 01:40 Thanks! I've added them to the to-listen list
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Posts: 5630 Written by Guib on 06.03.2024 at 01:40 This one is a must-listen album definitely.
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Posts: 1376 Written by Metal God on 10.03.2024 at 01:58 Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! Written by A Real Mönkey on 10.03.2024 at 18:47 Nightmare Logic is actually on my to-rate list so it may be coming to this one at some point!
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Difficult to make any recommendation because of how much I agree with the records that area already here. Big overlap in our tastes I guess  At least for a future recommendation I'd like to shout out Outworld (self-titled), Morbid Saint ("Spectrum of Death") and Sindrome ("Resurrection"). Outworld is often labelled power metal but that's only because there are synths, and Sindrome's a compilation record of demos that were remastered and released as this short and sweet compilation album. I think their second demo is criminally overlooked.
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Posts: 1376 Written by qlacs on 14.03.2024 at 16:32 Thanks! Spectrum of Death is a good album. I'll check out the others
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Posts: 1570 Written by nonZero on 15.03.2024 at 11:46 Also given how high you've rated Death's last, I think you'll enjoy Exence's debut, Hystrionic a lot
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You put in quite a bit of work while you could instead just say "Metallica are my favourite thrash band".
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Posts: 1376 Written by Daniell on 20.03.2024 at 14:36 Thanks! Lists are definitely one of the best features on MS. I would put Slayer, Vektor and Testament up there with them too but Metallica definitely have a lot of my favourites!
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