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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)

A list by
Guib
Created
May 24, 2011
Entries
520
Endorsements
165
**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…
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 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
March 10, 2012
Entries
200
Endorsements
44
RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
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
+ 195 more

Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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
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Best Of Thrash Metal

A list by
R'Vannith
Created
December 30, 2010
Entries
49
Endorsements
31
Currently being updated as of 5 September 2012
1. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
2. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
3. Artillery - By Inheritance
4. Satan - Blaze Of Obscurity
5. Toxik - World Circus
+ 44 more

Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)

A list by
Guib
Created
May 02, 2015
Entries
157
Endorsements
21
Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…
1. Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául
2. AC/DC - High Voltage
3. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4. Alien Weaponry - Tū
5. Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
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Technical Madness

A list by
K✞ulu
Created
February 22, 2012
Entries
29
Endorsements
18
This is a list dedicated to everything crazy, eclectic and technical. I know there are many many more albums that could be added, but these are the ones I personally recommend. One album per band order…
1. Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
2. Änglagård - Hybris
3. Coroner - No More Color
4. Invocator - Excursion Demise
5. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
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109 All-Time Favorite Songs

A list by
Death To Posers
Created
January 10, 2011
Entries
109
Endorsements
14
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
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Top 100 US Thrash Albums

A list by
ChapuLviz
Created
April 21, 2012
Entries
100
Endorsements
14
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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Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time

A list by
Metal Fromage
Created
February 15, 2020
Entries
325
Endorsements
12
Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
1. Marillion - Marbles
2. Anathema - Weather Systems
3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
4. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
5. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
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A Thrash List But Not Exactly From A Thrasher

A list by
John_Doe
Created
April 03, 2020
Entries
104
Endorsements
10
Thrash may not be my favorite metal subgenre but it's one of them. There have always been thrash albums I always get back to with great pleasure and I am usually happy when thrash veterans get back…
1. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
2. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3. Slayer - South Of Heaven
4. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
5. Death Angel - Act III
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Bands With The Longest Gap Between Two Albums

A list by
Ch'ti
Created
October 16, 2025
Entries
1054
Endorsements
9
Here's a descending list of the longest gaps between two albums of a band.
I only counted gaps of at least 15 years.
I classify the bands by the gap between years because, given that many albums…
1. More - Blood & Thunder
2. More - Destructor
3. White Spirit - White Spirit
4. White Spirit - Right Or Wrong
5. Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
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Thrashing Fury

A list by
Mikyz
Created
September 14, 2011
Entries
50
Endorsements
8
I'm not a big fan of Thrash, these are perhaps the only albums I enjoy listening to, and even then only rarely. So enjoy if you can.
1. Prong - Beg To Differ
2. Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
3. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
4. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
5. Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
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Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s

A list by
purplejesus
Created
March 28, 2025
Entries
113
Endorsements
7
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
1. Korn - Issues
2. Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
3. Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
4. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
5. Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
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Thrash Effect

A list by
ScreamingSteelUS
Created
May 16, 2016
Entries
519
Endorsements
7
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
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Top 25 Albums Of 1989

A list by
Dangerboner
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
6
Updated 11/14/18
1. Helstar - Nosferatu
2. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
3. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
4. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
5. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
+ 20 more