That faustus track is actually ok, but that's just one track and the only reviewer on MA listens to ghey bands so can't trust it
By the way, I appreciate everone's contributions for previous years, and hope to see more!
This is from 2010, but I had to share this. Someone posted it on Metallum, sick death/thrash band with no full length yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnUZLtwYtus
I'm going to wrap up 1996 tonight/tomorrow, any more submissions? So far it looks like overall:
1993 was the beginning of the downturn
1994 was a low point
1995 thrash rebounded quite a bit
1996 was a new low, lower than 1994
Hopefully 1997 will bring more quality stuff.
I don't understand why you keep referring 90's thrash. It's all garbage. I listen to your samples and albums and songs and they are all doo-doo. There is no reason, at least that I can tell, to look for a thrash album in the 90s. Move on man
I haven't listened to them for a very long time, but they definitely aren't thrash metal. If I had to label them, I'd probably opt for (slightly) progressive metal. (I saw them live once in 1991 as opening act for Psychotic Waltz, who definitely were a progressive metal band - at least way back then.) I could also check some old reviews to see what they were refered to when the albums were released.What do you think of the Battlefield full-lengths? They aren't very thrashy but I think they're kinda interesting, at least hard to make reference points to other bands for me.
Time for 1997 thrash.
While not necessarily a thrash album, this song by Megadeth on Cryptic Writings is pretty thrashy.
Nemesis - s/t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSeLglX9jNs
Nocturnal Breed - Aggressor (thrash/black)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0vwIPATv0U