Progressive Thrash

[LivingCadaver]

Believer

 

[Burkhard]

Apart from seconding the suggestions of Coroner, Mekong Delta, Watchtower and Anacrusis, I'd like to add:

Sieges Even - "Life Cycle" (in the vein of Watchtower's "Control And Resistance", their follow-ups are also progressive, but can't be considered thrash anymore)
Hexenhaus (not sure if their debut "A Tribute To Insanity", which is still my favourite, is too straight to be considered progressive, but "The Edge of Eternity" and "Dejavoodoo" definitely are)
Drifter - "Reality Turns To Dust"

Maybe also:
Hades - "Resisting Success"

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

I've been looking into thrash lately

Good.

but I find that most of it bores me because it's just too simple.

Swing and a miss.

Tell me of some good progressive thrash metal bands, like Voivod, early Metallica or Toxik.

Gospel of the Horns.

 

[Black Friday]

early Metallica

Lulz.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Lulz.

If you're trying to say that Metallica's first four are not awesome, you're in minority here.

 

[The Ozzman]

He's a Megadeth fanboy

 

[AchrisK]

Believer

YES! Good rec.

Believer albus:
Extraction from Mortality - more straight up and brutal thrash, but still very interesting.
Sanity Obscure - More proggy thrash. I didn't like this as much as Extraction.
Dimesions - 1/2 very proggy thrash, 1/2 thrash/orchestral/opera. Amazing!

Sacrifice should also fit the bill.

 

[waif]

If you're trying to say that Metallica's first four are not awesome, you're in minority here.

They are awesome. They are also not progressive thrash.

 

[Black Friday]

If you're trying to say that Metallica's first four are not awesome, you're in minority here.

They're awesome but I wouldn't put them down as progressive.

He's a Megadeth fanboy

And what about that means that I can't appreciate other music?

 

[waif]

They're awesome but I wouldn't put them down as progressive.

I just said more or less exactly that.

And what about that means that I can't appreciate other music?

That tends to be the case.

 

[Black Friday]

I just said more or less exactly that.

Sorry, I hit reply without reading the next page.

That tends to be the case.

You could say similar things about many other bands. I dislike the notion that someone particularly liking a certain band makes them 'fanboys' and that 'they can't appreciate other stuff', it's an ignorant way to try to lump a group of people together just because you might not like a certain band as much as they do.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

They are awesome. They are also not progressive thrash.

Perhaps, but there are a lot of epics on the first four, well, maybe not the first, and epics are a common part of prog. While they may not be progressive thrash, there are some progressive influences in their early music.

 

[morguelord]

Aortic Regurgitation

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Aortic Regurgitation

I thought that you were trolling and necro'd this thread to namedrop some crappy goregrind band, but this is surprisingly good. The recording quality is really rough and sounds like a late 80's rehearsal, but the riffs are actually quite good, and the death metal vocals are old-school enough to not take away from the blatant thrashiness of the songs. Reminds me of Ulysses Siren a bit; not really progressive but very respectable riffcrafting abilities.

EDIT: And I would never guess that they were female-fronted and from Hong Kong.

 

[celestialelixir]

Try 'Nevermore'

 

[Hybrid_Child]

Check out Invocator.

 

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[Baroque]

rebumping this thread because prog thrash is the good stuff