Cool thread. Some of the mentions here had me grinning.
ADORED Annihilator's "Alice In Hell" when it came out. Still a great album. Generally, their stuff is so laughable vocally and lyrically that it's hard to listen to but Jeff Waters slays that geetar. I have a signed vinyl copy of that album and saw them on the 7th gig they ever played, I believe.
Playing along to Nuclear Assault's "Game Over" taught me how to play fast thrash riffs. Brain Death is fucking great. \m/
Demolition Hammer's "Time Bomb" is still a fantastic album. Shame they disappeared. Didn't the drummer die or summat? I seem to recall there was a tragedy that ended their career...
The Haunted are the best thrash band today, IMO.
Slayer? GHUA sounded so teenage and pointless it was embarassing. Diabolus was a better album. Has at least three great tracks ("Bitter Peace", "Stain Of Mind", "Point") compared to GHUA's one ("Disciple"). They should only allow Tom or Jeff to write lyrics. Kerry King's lyrics are as dumb as he looks.
He wrote the majority of the new one so I'm a little worried there. Having Dave back is reqason enough to buy it, though.
Ok, enough opinion splurting from me. There's loads of bands I never heard of on here I'm gonna have to check out.
