1.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

2.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5.Slayer - Show No Mercy

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1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2.Slayer - Show No Mercy

3.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Voivod - War And Pain

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Just a list of classic thrash albums I really enjoy, since thrash has had such a good year this year. They are in no particular order.

1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Assassin - The Upcoming Terror

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos

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1.Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying

2.Havok - Time Is Up

3.Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares

4.Violator - Chemical Assault

5.Power Trip - Manifest Decimation

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This is a list of my favourite debut albums.
I'm sure there are some years that will have multiple great debut albums but I'm limiting to only putting one band per year.
The ones that I put…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.AC/DC - T.N.T.

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty

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Long hair, tight jeans, tons of chicks. Thrash metal at it's finest.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Artillery - By Inheritance

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RANKING CRITERIA :

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

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Influences, avantgarde, progressive, thrash & others.

1.Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Toxik - Think This

4.Coroner - No More Color

5.Danny Elfman - Batman

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Updated version of the list previously published here. You'll notice that the comments are a bit different for sure, as is the order:
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…

1.Textures - Silhouettes

2.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

3.Burst - Lazarus Bird

4.ADX - Division Blindée

5.Cynic - Traced In Air

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**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

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