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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)
**WARNING: Mega-list ahead**
So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
| 1. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| 2. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
| 3. | Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies |
| 4. | Slayer - Show No Mercy |
| 5. | Dr. Know - Plug-In Jesus |
| + 515 more |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
My Top 35 Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 3. | Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Testament - Demonic |
| + 30 more |
Best Of Us Thrash [ Without The Big Four ]
RANKING CRITERIA :
1. Originality
2. Songwriting
3. Vigorous performance
1. Originality
2. Songwriting
3. Vigorous performance
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 3. | Nuclear Assault - Game Over |
| 4. | Wrathchild America - 3-D |
| 5. | Toxik - World Circus |
| + 203 more |
109 All-Time Favorite Songs
My Favorite Metal Songs. I tried to limit myself to one song per album, so this list also doubles as my favorite song off of each of these albums also. Probably stop the list at 666 if I ever get there.
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio |
| 3. | Testament - The Legacy |
| 4. | Exodus - Bonded By Blood |
| 5. | Wolf (UK) - Edge Of The World |
| + 104 more |
Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
My Favorite Albums
These are the ones I can always listen to, no specific order, just as I remembered the albums.
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Killing Machine [Hell Bent For Leather] |
| + 45 more |
Thrash Effect
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…
| 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 |
| + 514 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 279 more |
Testament Albums - Top To Bottom
Testament. Perhaps one of the most prolific, great-sounding and legendary thrash metal bands. Underrated not to go along with the Big 4 instead of the overrated Anthrax, but one can also thank the Gods…
| 1. | Testament - The New Order |
| 2. | Testament - The Legacy |
| 3. | Testament - Low |
| 4. | Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth |
| 5. | Testament - Practice What You Preach |
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Testament Ranked
Testament is one of the greatest band in the US Thrash metal scene , along side Exodus, Overkill And Death Angel it is part of the second row of the big four.
| 1. | Testament - The New Order |
| 2. | Testament - Practice What You Preach |
| 3. | Testament - The Legacy |
| 4. | Testament - Souls Of Black |
| 5. | Testament - The Gathering |
| + 7 more |
