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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

A Quick Guide For Thrash Metal, Sex, And Tacos!

A list by
Daggon
Created
August 12, 2011
Entries
100
Endorsements
48
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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*Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*

A list by
Pyramid God
Created
June 17, 2011
Entries
32
Endorsements
17
This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…
1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
3. Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
4. Septicflesh - Communion
5. Symphony X - Paradise Lost
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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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Top 25 Punk Albums On Metalstorm.net

A list by
ChapuLviz
Created
October 11, 2012
Entries
25
Endorsements
12
Punk's subgenres: Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Crust Punk, Crossover [Not be confused with Crossover Thrash], Grindcore [Not be confused with Deathgrind], D-Beat, Powerviolence, Blackened Crust, etc.
1. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
2. The Exploited - Troops Of Tomorrow
3. D.R.I. - Dealing With It!
4. Doom - War Crimes (Inhuman Beings)
5. Extreme Noise Terror - Holocaust In Your Head
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Metal Made By Teens…

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
July 30, 2024
Entries
38
Endorsements
9
Great young blood full-length records made mostly by teens.
1. Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
2. Possessed - Seven Churches
3. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
4. Sepultura - Morbid Visions
5. Kreator - Endless Pain
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Top 20 Albums Of 1983

A list by
JCJen7
Created
October 24, 2011
Entries
20
Endorsements
9
Metal Albums from 1983
1. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
2. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
3. Dio - Holy Diver
4. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
5. Slayer - Show No Mercy
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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
+ 514 more

Hardcore Punk

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
April 15, 2022
Entries
23
Endorsements
6
The best records of the first decade of Hardcore Crossover Thrash-Punk
1. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
2. Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
3. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
4. D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind
5. Attitude Adjustment - American Paranoia
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My Album Of The Year, 1970-present

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
April 04, 2024
Entries
119
Endorsements
6
Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
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Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums: Ranked Mathematically

A list by
gckator
Created
June 26, 2025
Entries
100
Endorsements
4
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)…
1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3. Artillery - By Inheritance
4. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
5. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
July 14, 2022
Entries
120
Endorsements
3
1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…
1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2. King Diamond - Abigail
3. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
4. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
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Great Album Covers 👍👍👍

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
March 31, 2023
Entries
110
Endorsements
2
A list of my favorite album covers…
1. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
2. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3. Slayer - Reign In Blood
4. Motörhead - Motörhead
5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
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JULYRDCORE

A list by
Daddy Pig
Created
July 01, 2020
Entries
95
Endorsements
2
"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
July = Hardcore
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
1. Terror (USA-LA) - Lowest Of The Low
2. Ringworm - The Promise
3. Turnstile - Step 2 Rhythm
4. Turnstile - Nonstop Feeling
5. Unbroken - Ritual
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My Skateboarding Playlist

A list by
RussellBoys
Created
May 10, 2025
Entries
56
Endorsements
1
Song I listen to while I skate, as of now. Wide variety of music from punk to (good) hip-hop to death metal. Let me know of there are any I'm missing here because I'm sure there are.
1. Snot - Get Some
2. Slipknot - Slipknot
3. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
4. Korn - Korn
5. Tool - Ænima
+ 51 more