Best Year for Thrash

[Ben_t]

You should add Torment in Fire in 85 just for more domination.

 

[The Ozzman]

Which is what? Dreamweaver? BTR? Years of Decay?

BTR

 

[Caecius]

Slaves of Pain is such a great track.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Voted for 1985. Even though it doesn't have the count of later years, Bonded By Blood, Energetic Disassembly, Feel the Fire, Killing is My Business, and Metal Church are pure awesomeness.

EDIT: Hell, even Anthrax managed to release a great album that year.

 

[mutantllama]

Bro, you forgot Hell fucking Awaits!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's also very good, but as with many Slayer albums they stuck the best stuff up front.

 

[no country for old wainds]

hardly

 

[Doomguy]

1986.
Birth of both Master of Puppets and Reign in Blood.

 

[The Frayed Ends of Sanity]

I went with 86, mostly because that was the year that I discovered Thrash for the first time.

The 80s as a whole were an amazing time for metal music overall.

 

[Burkhard]

First, some additions:

1985

Agent Steel - "Skeptics Apocalypse"
Helloween - "Walls Of Jericho"

Ok, both of them were originally called speed metal, so one could argue whether they should be included here or not.

1986

Détente - "Recognize No Autority"
Original Sin - "Sin Will Find You Out"
Sacrilege - "Behind The Realms Of Madness"

1987

Mekong Delta - "Mekong Delta"
Hades - "Resisting Success"
Sacrilege - "Within The Prophecy"

1988

Anacrusis - "Suffering Hour"
Assassin - "Interstellar Experience"
Erosion - "Mortal Agony"
Mekong Delta - "The Music Of Erich Zann"
Sieges Even - "Life Cycle"
Znowhite - "Act Of God"

1989

Mekong Delta - "The Principle Of Doubt"
Mordred - "Fool's Game"
Powermad - "Absolute Power"
Watchtower - "Control And Resistance"

1990

Anacrusis - "Reason"
Hexenhaus - "The Edge Of Eternity"
Mekong Delta - "Dances Of Death"
Holy Moses - "World Chaos"

Well, it's nearly impossible for me to decide between 1986, 1987 and 1988, but since three of my alltime faves - "Suffering Hour", "A Tribute To Insanity" and "Act Of God" - were all released in 1988, I'll vote for the latter.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

tbh a ton of those could be considered more on the speed metal side.

 

[Personified Hatred]

1986.

 

[The Ozzman]

What about Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican?

 

[Personified Hatred]

What about Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican?

I don't know it.

 

[Tireman 4]

1986....with 1985 really close behind.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

I'm going with 1990. Twisted into Form, Rust in Peace, Tortured Existence, Atrophy's Violent By Nature, Slaughter in the Vatican, Realm's Suiciety, Sacred Reich's The American Way, Suicidal Tendencies' Lights... Camera... Revolution!, Xentrix's For Whose Advantage...

Some of my favourite albums right there! It was a close call between that and 1988 though...

 

[youdontknowme]

what about Overthrow - Within Suffering?

it was released in 1990.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Don't know it actually! Is it brutal, melodic or what? May well check it out, I love thrash

 

[no country for old wainds]

do you know a guy called asa eisenhardt 'cause you remind me of him

btw nobody's allowed to talk about 1990 without mentioning HELLWITCH!

 

[JGMetalhead]

THREE fucking words.... MASTER .......... OF .......... PUPPETS............ PERIOD