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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
+ 95 more

Best of US THRASH [ without The Big Four ]

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
July 29, 2012
Entries
207
Endorsements
20
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
+ 202 more

My 40 (Ever-Changing) Favorite Songs Ever

A list by
strade
Created
June 06, 2011
Entries
40
Endorsements
14
*Now remixed with some of my favorite non-metal tracks! In order by preference, although it's tough with songs... and who knows what I'm forgetting? I'm not claiming these are the downright…
1. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
2. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
3. Artillery - By Inheritance
4. Agalloch - The Mantle
5. Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis
+ 35 more

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
+ 95 more

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
+ 45 more

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

Top 25 Albums Of 1988

A list by
Dangerboner
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
6
Favorite releases from 1988
1. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
2. Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
4. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
5. Wargasm - Why Play Around
+ 20 more

Mr. Cheeky's Favourite Debut Albums Throughout The Years

A list by
Grind Magus
Created
March 11, 2014
Entries
37
Endorsements
3
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
+ 32 more

THRASHGUST

A list by
Daddy Pig
Created
August 02, 2020
Entries
34
Endorsements
2
"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
August = Thrash Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
1. Devastation - Idolatry
2. Sacrifice - Forward To Termination
3. Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy
4. Razor - Violent Restitution
5. Tankard - Chemical Invasion
+ 29 more

Best Of 1988… The Year That Defined My Metal Life

A list by
billy4metal
Created
November 01, 2023
Entries
67
Endorsements
1
While 1987 woke me up to metal and I hoovered up the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica and Helloween’s keepers, 1988 was my metal heyday and a year that produced albums that would still dominiate my top…
1. Manowar - Kings Of Metal
2. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
3. Scanner - Hypertrace
4. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
5. Riot - ThunderSteel
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Ranking My 1988 Thrash Metal Releases

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
December 14, 2025
Entries
39
Endorsements
0
As the name implies, 1988 is probably the best (deepest) year for thrash metal releases outside the 1986 "Big 4" (well, big 3 that year) releases. The biggest names didn't release their…
1. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
4. Razor - Violent Restitution
5. Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
+ 34 more

Still Partially Hidden Gems

A list by
Tomas Piller
Created
March 14, 2016
Entries
12
Endorsements
0
Less than 100 votes on MS and at the same time 9.0+ rating from me.
Ordered from the least voted, votes at the time of creating the list (or adding a band) included.
Czech bands excluded.
1. Abattoir - Vicious Attack
2. Vordven - Towards The Frozen Stream
3. Wyrd - Heathen
4. Fear Of God - Within The Veil
5. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
+ 7 more

Trophy Goats 1988

A list by
floatingoatgryff
Created
September 21, 2018
Entries
25
Endorsements
0
1. Death - Leprosy
2. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
3. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
5. Ministry - The Land Of Rape And Honey
+ 20 more