GMD Votes: Top Thrash Metal Albums (Prelim Round)

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
2. Watchtower – Energetic Disassembly
3. Exodus – Bonded By Blood
4. Artillery – By Inheritance
5. Coroner – No More Color
6. Aspid – Extravasation
7. Destruction – Eternal Devastation
8. Anacrusis – Reason
9. Metallica – Master of Puppets
10. Realm – Endless War
11. Destruction – Cracked Brain
12. Overkill – Feel the Fire
13. Morbid Saint – Spectrum of Death
14. Deathrow – Deception Ignored
15. Coroner – Mental Vortex
16. Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
17. Dark Angel – Darkness Descends
18. Depressive Age – First Depression
19. Believer – Dimensions
20. Watchtower – Control & Resistance

 

[The Ozzman]

i'll rank the rest of these later...



What about To Mega Therion, which thread do we include that classic in?

Just be sure to post a new list when you're finished ranking so I know you updated it.

And yes, I would allow Celtic Frost for this poll.

 

[EspaDa]

1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
4. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
5. Obliveon - From This Day Forward
6. Slayer - Hell Awaits
7. HeXeN - State of Insurgency
8. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
9. Slayer - Reign in Blood
10. Sodom - Persecution Mania
11. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
12. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
13. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
14. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
15. Testament - The Legacy
16. Whiplash - Power and Pain
17. Sodom - Tapping the Vein
18. Sacriphyx - The Western Front
19. Sarcofago - INRI
20. Vektor - Black Future
21. Violator - Chemical Assault
22. Coroner - Mental Vortex
23. Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace
24. Revocation - Chaos of Forms
25. Havok - Time Is Up
26. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
27. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
28. Overkill - Feel the Fire
29. Anthrax - Among the Living
30. Sodom - M-16

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Slayer - Hell Awaits
2. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
3. Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy
4. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
5. Razor - Evil Invaders
6. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
7. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
8. Sadus - Swallowed in Black
9. Dream Death - Journey Into Mystery
10. Sarcofago - I.N.R.I
11. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
12. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
13. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
14. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
15. Voivod - Killing Technology
16. Obliveon - From This Day Forward
17. Overkill - Feel the Fire
18. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
19. Slaughter - Strappado
20. Protector - A Shedding of Skin

 

[J.]

1. Sepultura - Arise
2. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
4. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
5. Sabbat - A History of Time to Come
6. The Crown - Deathrace King
7. Metallica - Master of Puppets
8. Megadeth - Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?
9. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
10. Sepultura - Schizophrenia
11. Destroyer 666 - Cold Steel...for an Iron Age
12. The Crown - Hell is Here
13. Metallica - Kill Em All
14. The Haunted - The Haunted
15. Megadeth - Killing is My Business

i have zero thrash cred.

 

[Westsiyeed]

1. Slayer – Reign in Blood
2. Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
3. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
4. Coroner – No More Color
5. Vio-lence – Eternal Nightmare
6. Anthrax – Among the Living
7. Death Angel – The Ultra Violence
8. Metallica – Master of Puppets
9. Flotsam & Jetsam – Doomsday for the Deceiver
10. Kreator – Extreme Aggression
11. Testament – The Legacy
12. Sepultura – Chaos AD
13. Flotsam & Jetsam – No Place for Disgrace
14. Voivod – Killing Technology
15. SOD – Speak English or Die
16. Megadeth – Rust in Peace
17. Mortan Sin – Face of Despair
18. Slayer – South of Heaven
19. Exodus – Bonded by Blood
20. Sodom – Agent Orange

 

[Baroque]

1. Antidote - The Truth
2. Vektor - Black Future
3. Metallica - And Justice
4. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets
6. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
7. Vektor - Outer Isolation
8. Slayer - Reign in Blood
9. Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
10. Obliveon - From This Day Forward
11. Hexen - Being and Nothingness
12. Aspid - Extravasation
13. Testament - The New Order
14. Kreator - Coma of Souls
15. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
16. Havok - Time Is Up
17. Fueled by Fire - Trapped in Perdition
18. Mekong Delta - Wanderer at the Edge of Time
19. Believer - Sanity Obscure
20. Typhoon - Take Good Care
21. Coroner - No More Color
22. Deathrow - Deception Ignored
23. Warbringer - War Without End
24. Anthrax - Among the Living
25. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
26. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
27. Paradox - Heresy
28. Razor - Violent Restitution
29. Sacred Reich - Ignorance
30. DRI - Thrash Zone

 

[Nephilim96]

Slayer

 

[ClichéUserName]

1. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
2. Artillery - By Inheritance
3. Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
4. Cryptic Slaughter - Money Talks
5. Num Skull - Ritually Abused
6. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
7. Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty
8. Thanatos - Emerging from the Netherworld
9. Hypnosia - Extreme Hatred
10. Artillery - Fear of Tomorow
11. Megadeth - Peace Sells
12. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
13. Whiplash - Power and Pain
14. Gammacide - Victims of Science
15. Onslaught - Power from Hell

 

[Krow]

So let's see...

1. Slayer - Show No Mercy (if we are counting this as thrash)
2. Slayer - Hell Awaits
3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
4. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
5. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
6. Sodom - Persecution Mania
7. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
8. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
9. Kreator - Coma of Souls
10. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
11. Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty
12. Overkill - Feel the Fire
13. Coroner - Mental Vortex
14. Voivod - Killing Technology
15. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
16. Nuclear Assault - Survive
17. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
18. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
19. Carnivore - Retaliation
20. Exumer - Possessed by Fire

Is it that bad tnb?

 

[waif]

1. Slayer - Hell Awaits
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
3. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Kreator - Enemy of God
5. Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
6. Skeletonwitch - Beneath the Permafrost
7. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
8. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
9. Sepultura - Arise
10. Death - The Sound of Perseverance

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Show No Mercy (if we are counting this as thrash)

That gigantic herpaderp aside ... i approve. That's actually a pretty solid list. You are now worthy.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2. Megadeth - Killing is My Business
3. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
6. Testament - The New Order
7. Sepultura - Schizophrenia
8. Testament - The Legacy
9. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
10. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
11. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
12. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
13. Sadus - Illusions
14. Metallica - Kill Em All
15. Sodom - Persecution Mania
16. Slayer - Hell Awaits
17. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
18. Coroner - No More Color
19. Coroner - RIP
20. Destruction - Eternal Devastation
21. Heathen - Breaking the Silence
22. Artillery - By Inheritance
23. Whiplash - Power and Pain
24. Razor - Violent Restitution
25. Tankard - Chemical Invasion
26. Obliveon - From This Day Forward
27. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
28. Vektor - Black Future
29. Hexen - State of Insurgency
30. DRI - Four of a Kind

Albums that almost made it ... The Force, Arise, Leave Scars, Swallowed in Black, Agent Orange and one of the two good Devastation albums. Outer Isolation, Being and Nothingness and In Hatred's Flame definitely deserve to be mentioned. Worlds Torn Asunder, Beyond the Permafrost and Chemical Assault are also some of the best "new" thrash. I also really like Extravasation but havent heard it enough to properly rank it just yet.

15-30 might be switched up in the next few days. I gotta check out my Voivod albums to see which one i'd include in here. If you asked me a few years back i would have said Killing Technology without a doubt ... but i'm not so sure now.

edit: + Energetic Disassembly, Rigor Mortis, Dreaming With the Dead, Phoenix Rising and Unchain the Wolves to my almost made it list.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Slayer - Hell Awaits
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
3. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Kreator - Enemy of God
5. Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
6. Skeletonwitch - Beneath the Permafrost
7. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
8. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
9. Sepultura - Arise
10. Death - The Sound of Perseverance

I'll count 1-9. You're trolling with #10.

I also forgot to put Skeletonwitch on my thrash playlist. Thanks for reminding me.


Also: Bleh to Exumer and Holy Terror

 

[Baroque]

Real nice lists by everyone so far, I can totally see where you all are coming from. I went more of a tech thrash route because that's my favorite style, but if it was pure thrash the list would have been completely different.

I'm a bit bummed that Antidote - The Truth won't make it anywhere, probably just because not too many people have listened to it.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Another album that i really need to sink my teeth into. Only listened to it once i think. re: The Truth

I would have ranked Black Future and State of Insurgency higher but i wanted to spread the love to the OG's first.

We should have done the DM thread without a cutoff date too.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
2. Megadeth - Killing is My Business
3. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
6. Testament - The New Order
7. Sepultura - Schizophrenia
8. Testament - The Legacy
9. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
10. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
11. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
12. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
13. Sadus - Illusions
14. Metallica - Kill Em All
15. Sodom - Persecution Mania
16. Slayer - Hell Awaits
17. Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
18. Coroner - No More Color
19. Coroner - RIP
20. Heathen - Breaking the Silence
21. Destruction - Eternal Devastation
22. Artillery - By Inheritance
23. Whiplash - Power and Pain
24. Razor - Violent Restitution
25. Tankard - Chemical Invasion
26. Obliveon - From This Day Forward
27. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
28. Vektor - Black Future
29. Hexen - State of Insurgency
30. DRI - Four of a Kind

Albums that almost made it ... The Force, Arise, Leave Scars, Swallowed in Black, Agent Orange and one of the two good Devastation albums. Outer Isolation, Being and Nothingness and In Hatred's Flame definitely deserve to be mentioned. Worlds Torn Asunder and Chemical Assault are also some of the best "new" thrash. I also really like Extravasation but havent heard it enough to properly rank it just yet.

15-30 might be switched up in the next few days. I gotta check out my Voivod albums to see which one i'd include in here. If you asked me a few years back i would have said Killing Technology without a doubt ... but i'm not so sure now.

You can't keep switching your votes. You get one more chance to pick your list. I'm not letting you change after that.

We should have done the DM thread without a cutoff date too.

I will. That was executed poorly in my opinion. I'll probably redo it once I'm done with all the 'base' genre polls.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

What do you mean we cant switch votes or "you're not letting"?? Are you just making rules up as you go along? I wouldn't have voted today today if that was the case.

And i didn't even make a full list, did you miss this part?

i'll rank the rest of these later...

.. the only numbered albums i had (1-12) stayed the same. Which votes did i switch? But regardless, set your fuckin rules up properly and stick with them man.

 

[The Ozzman]

I forgot about that part. I apologize.

It's just annoying when you format someone's choices and then they make a completely different list and you have to format it again is all.

I'm going to have a problem if you change the order each day. If you come back in a week and change it, fine.

I said you have 10 days to vote in the original post...

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

.. i gotcha. I'm not even sure if my list will change, but if it does it'll probably be something minor in the 20-30's.