1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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My favourite thrash records... sorry for not including famous bands like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth etc.
But these albums are some brilliant thrash gems.

1.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

2.Overkill - Horrorscope

3.Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

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5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Sodom - Agent Orange

3.Testament - The Legacy

4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

5.Atomkraft - Queen Of Death (EP)

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Thrash Metal is, and will always be my favorite type of music. No matter how many sub-genres or idiotic names some bands give to their music style, they'll never reach the complex "simplicity"…

1.Venom - Welcome To Hell

2.Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

3.Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

4.Metal Church - Metal Church

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Sodom - Agent Orange

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

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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

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These are just what I consider to be the 25 BEST thrash metal albums ever produced. These are all studio albums. In no particular order…

1.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

2.Metal Church - The Dark

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Evildead - Annihilation Of Civilization

5.Sacred Reich - Ignorance

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Very hard to decide…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

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This is my top 50 favorite albums. If I were to ever go on a really long road trip, I would take these 50 and blare them on the trip and extra loud while driving through a city .

1.Symphony X - The Odyssey

2.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Ayreon - The Human Equation

5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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Updated 10/23/18…

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

4.Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

5.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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