Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums: Ranked Mathematically

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Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums: Ranked Mathematically

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A list by
gckator
Created
June 26, 2025
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100
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RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) At least 10 years old
2) At least 100 votes on metalstorm with an average user score of at least 8.0
3) At least 100 votes on sputnikmusic

HOW ALBUMS WERE RANKED
Each album was given an overall mean by averaging the average user scores on metalstorm, metal-archives, rateyourmusic, and sputnikmusic.

METAL-ARCHIVES
Metal-archives operates differently from the other 3 sites since users there have to submit a written review (and get it approved) in order for their score to be shown for an album. So metal-archives does not have as many scores to pull from. Therefore, if an album had less than 10 user reviews then the average shown on metal-archives was converted to a new score by calculating the Bayesian average.
100.
1.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
100.
2.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
100.
3.
Artillery - By Inheritance
100.
4.
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
100.
5.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
100.
6.
Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
100.
7.
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
100.
8.
Coroner - No More Color
100.
9.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
100.
10.
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
100.
11.
Coroner - Mental Vortex
100.
12.
Sepultura - Arise
100.
13.
Metal Church - Metal Church
100.
14.
Testament - The Legacy
100.
15.
Vektor - Black Future
100.
16.
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
100.
17.
Voivod - Killing Technology
later Voivod albums were deemed to be closer to progressive metal than thrash metal
100.
18.
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
100.
19.
Overkill - The Years Of Decay
100.
20.
Forbidden - Twisted Into Form
100.
21.
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
100.
22.
Razor - Violent Restitution
100.
23.
Anthrax - Among The Living
100.
24.
Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
100.
25.
Overkill - Horrorscope
100.
26.
Sodom - Agent Orange
100.
27.
The Crown - Deathrace King
100.
28.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
100.
29.
Slayer - South Of Heaven
100.
30.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
100.
31.
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
100.
32.
Vektor - Outer Isolation
100.
33.
Slayer - Hell Awaits
100.
34.
Razor - Evil Invaders
100.
35.
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
100.
36.
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
100.
37.
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
100.
38.
Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
100.
39.
Annihilator - Alice In Hell
100.
40.
Sadus - Illusions / Chemical Exposure
100.
41.
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
100.
42.
Helstar - Nosferatu
100.
43.
Sabbat - Dreamweaver
100.
44.
Heathen - Victims Of Deception
100.
45.
Overkill - Taking Over
100.
46.
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
100.
47.
Overkill - Feel The Fire
100.
48.
Sodom - Persecution Mania
100.
49.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
100.
50.
Annihilator - Never, Neverland
100.
51.
Sodom - M-16
100.
52.
Toxik - Think This
100.
53.
Metal Church - The Dark
100.
54.
Tankard - Chemical Invasion
100.
55.
Overkill - Ironbound
100.
56.
Watchtower - Control And Resistance
100.
57.
Slayer - Show No Mercy
100.
58.
Sarcófago - I.N.R.I.
100.
59.
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
100.
60.
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
100.
61.
Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
100.
62.
Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
100.
63.
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
100.
64.
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
100.
65.
Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
100.
66.
Testament - The New Order
100.
67.
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
100.
68.
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
100.
69.
Paradox - Heresy
100.
70.
Sadus - A Vision Of Misery
100.
71.
Nuclear Assault - Survive
100.
72.
Sarcófago - The Laws Of Scourge
100.
73.
Coroner - R.I.P.
100.
74.
Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
100.
75.
Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
100.
76.
Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
100.
77.
Testament - The Gathering
100.
78.
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
100.
79.
Sadus - Swallowed In Black
100.
80.
Sodom - Tapping The Vein
100.
81.
Toxik - World Circus
100.
82.
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
100.
83.
Onslaught - The Force
100.
84.
Destruction - Release From Agony
100.
85.
Heathen - Breaking The Silence
100.
86.
Exumer - Possessed By Fire
100.
87.
Overkill - The Electric Age
100.
88.
Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos
100.
89.
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
100.
90.
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
100.
91.
Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost
100.
92.
Dark Angel - Leave Scars
100.
93.
Sabbat - History Of A Time To Come
100.
94.
Kreator - Enemy Of God
100.
95.
Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
100.
96.
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
100.
97.
Whiplash - Power And Pain
100.
98.
Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
100.
99.
Sacred Reich - Ignorance
100.
100.
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
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Guib
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26.06.2025 - 11:33
Guib
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Wow I gotta say, seeing Artillery and Morbid Saint in the 3rd and 4th spot is shcoking. They are both absolute thrash masterpieces of albums but I did not expect this in the slightest.

I'm also really surprised that Vulgar Display and Chaos A.D. didn't make it in the top 100... That is wild. I mean we've got some Helstar up there hahaha.

Thanks for those results mate! Cool idea for lists.
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Big update to the list (due to the added restrictions in the description section).
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18.07.2025 - 10:24

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Nice list, i enjoy most of these albums as well.
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