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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)
**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…
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 |
2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |
My Top 35 Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 3. | Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Testament - Demonic |
| + 30 more |
Best Of Us Thrash [ Without The Big Four ]
RANKING CRITERIA :
1. Originality
2. Songwriting
3. Vigorous performance
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 |
| + 203 more |
Best Albums Of The New Millennium
On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg
| 1. | Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine |
| + 618 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
Thrash Effect
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 |
| + 516 more |
Old Nick's Top-101 Of The '10s
One band, one album in alphabetical order. No EPs, demos, etc.
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"
| 1. | 1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind |
| 2. | Abbath - Abbath |
| 3. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 4. | Aenaon - Hypnosophy |
| 5. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| + 96 more |
The Mightiest Albums Annually
Mightiest = albums I can listen to almost anytime/anywhere - no matter how many times they never wear out - and always give me pleasure, power, euphoria, goosebumps, inspiration and many other nasty things.
| 1. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 2. | Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum |
| 3. | Battle Beast - Battle Beast |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 5. | Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination |
| + 31 more |
Overkill Ranked ….
Overkill is the most solid band in the metal scene there is practically no bad records in their discography.
| 1. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 2. | Overkill - The Years Of Decay |
| 3. | Overkill - Horrorscope |
| 4. | Overkill - Under The Influence |
| 5. | Overkill - Ironbound |
| + 15 more |
