Fave 80s Thrash Albums

[Sacramentum]

Extremely hard to pin point but i'd say the three that smacked my face the most would be Bathory's Blood Fire Death, Slayer's Reign in Blood, and Possessed's Seven Churches.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Blood fire Death came out in the 80's? i know Bathory self titled and Born under the Sign of the Black Mark were... but anyways i always considered all three of those bands as Black Metal for its time and not thrash though by today's standards it is thrash... and in some circles Possessed was consider the originators of Death Metal... but for me the best or fave thrash albums were Metallica's first 3, slayers Reign in Blood (i'll put them on this list), Megadeth Peace sells, Sacred Reich Ignorance, Suicidal Tendencies How can I laugh , Testament Practice what you Preach, D.R.I. Four of a Kind, etc.. etc.. too many to name actually....

 

[Sacramentum]

Blood fire Death came out in the 80's? i know Bathory self titled and Born under the Sign of the Black Mark were... but anyways i always considered all three of those bands as Black Metal for its time and not thrash though by today's standards it is thrash... and in some circles Possessed was consider the originators of Death Metal... but for me the best or fave thrash albums were Metallica's first 3, slayers Reign in Blood (i'll put them on this list), Megadeth Peace sells, Sacred Reich Ignorance, Suicidal Tendencies How can I laugh , Testament Practice what you Preach, D.R.I. Four of a Kind, etc.. etc.. too many to name actually....

I'm probably correct but I may be off by a year...Blood Fire Death came out in '87.

 

[DrillSergeant]

I'm probably correct but I may be off by a year...Blood Fire Death came out in '87.

Actually it was '88. But I agree that Bathory were Black Metal and Possessed were Death Metal.
As for the list I will only include one album per band:

Annihilator - Alice In Hell
Anthrax - Among The Living
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Megadeth - Peace Sells...
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Over Kill - The Years Of Decay
S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Testament - The Legacy

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Actually it was '88. But I agree that Bathory were Black Metal and Possessed were Death Metal.
As for the list I will only include one album per band:

Annihilator - Alice In Hell
Anthrax - Among The Living
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
Megadeth - Peace Sells...
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Over Kill - The Years Of Decay
S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Testament - The Legacy

Damn right on most of those though I would say Practice What You Preach for Testament and Ride the Lightning for Metallica and either Bonded by Blood or Fabulous Disaster for Exodus if i had to choose one album for each of those bands...

 

[Wicked Child]

whoo! THRASH!!!!!

Slayer-Show No Mercy
Metallica-Kill 'Em All
Megadeth-Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Anthrax-Spreading The Disease
Overkill-The Years Of Decay
Testament-The Legacy
Coroner-No More Color
Dark Angel-Darkness Descends
Kreator-Pleasure To Kill
Exodus-Bonded By Blood
Annihilator-Alice In Hell
Vio-Lence-Eternal Nightmare
Death Angel-The Ultra Violence
Sodom-Persecution Mania
Celtic Frost-To Mega Therion

 

[tedvanfrehley]

Killer thread! Here are my top 5

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
Exodus - Fabulous Disater
DRI - Dealing With It (if you call that thrash?!?!)
Slayer - Live Undead or Reign

 

[baldyboy]

awsome stuff.

sepultura-beneath the remains
annihilator-alice in hell
xentrix-shattered existence
onslaught-in search of sanity
and all the usual suspects allready mentioned-slayer,metallica,testament,megadeth-any of thier albums in the 80's ruled all.its only in the 90's and 00's that one or two went to shit.the 80's was it!!!!!!!

 

[Burkhard]

To pick just some that haven´t already been mentioned:

Mekong Delta - "Mekong Delta"
Mekong Delta - "The Music Of Erich Zann"
Coroner - "R.I.P."
Coroner - "Punishment For Decadence"
Znowhite - "Act Of God"
Hexenhaus - "A Tribute To Insanity"
Anacrusis - "Suffering Hour"
Voivod - "Killing Technology"
Holy Moses - "Finished With The Dogs"
Forbidden - "Forbidden Evil"
Original Sin - "Sin Will Find You Out"
Nuclear Assault - "Game Over"
Sieges Even - "Life Cycle"
Watchtower - "Control And Resistance"

and - of course -

Détente - "Recognize No Authority"

 

[DrillSergeant]

Practice What You Preach for Testament and ... Bonded by Blood ... for Exodus

A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y N-O W-A-Y ! ! !

 

[DrillSergeant]

xentrix-shattered existence
onslaught-in search of sanity

Say Baldy, how hard is it to find these old British Thrash bands in the U.K.?

 

[SickBoy]

Metallica - anything
Anthrax - anything
Megadeth - So Far...
Slayer - anything
Overkill - anything
Helstar - Nosferatu
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends, Leave Scars
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Agent Steel - anything
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill, Extreme Aggression
Heathen - anything
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

 

[AntonCrowley_16]

hhhhmmm....
Exodus - Fabolous Disaster
Metallica - Ride the Ligntning
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Destruction - Mad Butcher? not sure if that was released in the 80's
Kretor - Pleasure to Kill? not sure about that one either
Annihilator - tie between Alice in Hell and Never Neverland
Anthrax - Among the Living

 

[Wyvern]

Just 80-89...

Coroner - "Mental Vortex"

Pariah - "Blaze Of Obscurity"
Metallica - "Master Of Puppets"
Megadeth - "Rust In Peace"
Testament - "The New Order"
Angel Dust - "Into The Dark Past"
Kreator - "Extreme Aggression"
Anthrax - "State Of Euphoria"
Metal Church - "Blessing In Disguise"
Meliah Rage - "Kill To Survive"
Suicidal Tendencies - "How I Will Laugh Tomorrow..."
Death Angel - "The Ultra-Violence"

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Killer thread! Here are my top 5

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die
Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
Exodus - Fabulous Disater
DRI - Dealing With It (if you call that thrash?!?!)
Slayer - Live Undead or Reign

I consider them Thrash and i'm probably the only one who does.. but I like their Four of a Kind or Thrashzone (coincidence that the word Thrash is on this one? i think not but some dont consider them thrash because of the albums before Crossover or even Crossover for that matter.. alot of people never listened to later albums) albums better.. I would have to give Dealing with it Another listen.. i saw these guys live in the 80's... they always kicked ass...

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y N-O W-A-Y ! ! !

WAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! but ill forgive ya because you like Motorhead and i worship them hehehe :hotjump:

 

[baldyboy]

Say Baldy, how hard is it to find these old British Thrash bands in the U.K.?

pretty much impossible sarge,to be honest

if you need a package sent out to germany,just ask-they are both great albums

 

[baldyboy]

also to add to the list,more british thrash bands that were cool

slammer-the work of idle hands
lawnmower deth-cant remember the album name,something silly tho.
acid reign-anything by them was great

 

[DrillSergeant]

WAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! but ill forgive ya because you like Motorhead and i worship them hehehe :hotjump:

I love Testament's Practice album, too. I just prefer the debut over it and I also consider The Legacy to be a lot more thrashier so it fits this thread a bit better. Same with Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning. As for Bonded By Blood I have to say that I've never rated it as high as everybody else does. A few months ago I had a nice discussion with Hawk about the Exodus guys and he talked me into giving them another chance. So I bought Pleasures Of The Flesh and I have to admit that Hawk proved me totally wrong. I just love POTF. A killer album and leaps ahead of the debut if you ask me.

pretty much impossible sarge,to be honest

if you need a package sent out to germany,just ask-they are both great albums

So it isn't any better than here. *sighs* I was hoping that I could ask you to get the Xentrix disco for me and I would have sent you something from here in exchange.

I can't always ask you to burn me copies of your stuff. It's not for free, right? And I know how much they charge you for postage. But thanks for the offer. I appreciate it.

 

[Burkhard]

Just 80-89...

Coroner - "Mental Vortex"

Sorry, but "Mental Vortex" was released in 1991.

also to add to the list,more british thrash bands that were cool

lawnmower deth-cant remember the album name,something silly tho.

Could it be a split album? I´ve got one from 1989 and side one featuring Lawnmower Deth is titled "Mower Liberation Front" while side two featuring Metal Duck is titled "Quack ´em All".

There are some silly song titles like "Watch Out Granma, Here Comes A Lawnmower", "I Got The Clap And My Knob Fell Off", "I Don´t Want Your Problems, Commit Suicide" by Lawnmower Deth and "Cheese Puff Death Squad", "March Of The Metal Duck To The Duck Ponds Of Hell" (I like this title!) and "Ooerr, I´ve Got A Sore Throat" (could be dedicated to nearly any black/death metal vocalist ).
I think I bought this album out of mere curiosity and - to be honest - I didn´t listen to it very often, simply because the music didn´t impress me much.