...Top 20 Essential Thrash Metal Albums

[Spiderchrist]

Lists are awesome, faggots. Join Nickelback if you disagree.
In no order:
1. Beneath The Remains- Sepultura
2. Reign In Blood- Slayer
3. Pleasure To Kill- Kreator
4. Darkness Descends- Dark Angel
5. Bonded By Blood- Exodus
6. Rust In Peace- Megadeth
7. Among The Living- Anthrax
8. The Years Of Decay- Overkill
9. Energetic Disassembly- Watchtower
10. Release From Agony- Destruction
11. The New World Order- Testament
12. Forward To Termination- Sacrifice
13. Eternal Nightmare- Vio-lence
14. Metal Church- Metal Church
15. The Ultra Violence- Death Angel
16. Master Of Puppets/Kill Em' All/Ride The Lightning- Metallica (Tied)
17. Alice In Hell- Annihilator
18. Persecution Mania- Sodom (Agent Orange is overrated. I'd put Tapping The Vein, but I'm not sure if it is as essential.)
19. Black Metal- Venom
20. By Inheritance- Artillery

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good!
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Testament - The Legacy
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Testament - The New Order
Sepultura - Arise

Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
Whiplash - Power and Pain
Sadus - Illusions
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Razor - Violent Restitution
Heathen - Breaking the Silence
Artillery - By Inheritance
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death

 

[Bitencourt29]

In no particular order, one album per band:

1 - Slayer - Reign in Blood
2 - Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
3 - Sepultura - Arise
4 - Exodus - Bonded by Blood
5 - Megadeth - Rust in Peace
6 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
7 - Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
8 - Sabbat - Dreamweaver
9 - Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
10 - Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
11 - Destruction - Infernal Overkill
12 - Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
13 - Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
14 - Sodom - Agent Orange
15 - Sadus - Swallowed in Black
16 - Rigor Mortis - S/T
17 - Forbidden - Twisted into Form
18 - Artillery - By Inheritance
19 - Testament - The New Order
20 - Anthrax - Among the Living

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Are these lists supposed to be quasi-objective or are we just listing our favorites?

 

[Spiderchrist]

You can just pick a list of 20 essentials from all the Thrash Metal you like, but try not to be completely bias on what you choose.

 

[Lateralus14]

These are the only thrash bands I'd consider remotely essential...won't even hit 20 with one album per band...

Slayer - Hell Awaits
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy
Slaughter - Strappado
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Rigor Mortis - Freaks
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Sodom - Persecution Mania


Suppose I could get to 20 if I included thrashy stuff like DRI, Sarcofago, Possessed, etc. but w/e.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

In that case...

Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Coroner - No More Color
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Possessed - Seven Churches
Prong - Beg to Differ
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Sodom - In the Sign of Evil
Testament - The Legacy
Voivod - Killing Technology
Watchtower - Control & Resistance
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly

FWIW I don't really think of Celtic Frost as thrash but whatevs.

 

[Avigrus]

Metallica – Kill ‘em All
Metallica – … And Justice for All
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Megadeth – Rust in Peace
Megadeth – Peace Sells but who’s Buying
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer – South of Heaven
Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
Merciless – The Awakening
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Obliveon - Nemesis
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Torture - Storm Alert
Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
Incubus – Serpent Temptation
Incubus – Beyond the Unknown
Thanatos – Realm of Ecstasy
Destruction – The Antichrist
Sodom – Agent Orange
Kreator – Coma of Souls
Deströyer 666 – Unchain the Wolves
The Crown – Deathrace King
Cancer – Death Shall Rise
Dark Angel – Darkness Descends
Coroner – No More Color
Hobbs Angel of Death - Hobbs Angel of Death
Seventh Angel – Lament for the Weary
Testament - The New Order

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Obliveon

 

[Burkhard]

In alphabetical order:

Agent Steel - "Skeptics Apocalypse"
Anacrusis - "Suffering Hour"
Anacrusis - "Reason"
Coroner - "R.I.P."
Coroner - "Punishment For Decadence"
Death Angel - "The Ultraviolence"
Détente - "Recognize No Authority"
Forbidden - "Forbidden Evil"
Hexenhaus - "A Tribute To Insanity"
Hexenhaus - "Dejavoodoo"
Megadeth - "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?"
Mekong Delta - "Mekong Delta"
Metallica - "Ride The Lightning"
Nuclear Assault - "Game Over"
Sacrilege - "Behind The Realms Of Madness"
Sacrilege - "Within The Prophecy"
Testament - "The Legacy"
Voivod - "Killing Technology"
Watchtower - "Control And Resistance"
Znowhite - "Act Of God"

 

[Umodian]

Pretty much the same as everyone else but whatever.

Anthrax - Among the Living
Artillery - By Inheritance
Coroner - R.I.P.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Sabbat - History of a Time to Come
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - South of Heaven
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Voivod - Killing Technology
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

 

[Spiderchrist]

Pretty much the same as everyone else but whatever.

Anthrax - Among the Living
Artillery - By Inheritance
Coroner - R.I.P.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Holy Moses - Finished with the Dogs
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Sabbat - History of a Time to Come
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - South of Heaven
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Voivod - Killing Technology
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

Interesting Sepultura choice. I love that album though. Classic Thrash/Death. Escape To The Void kicks fucking ass!

 

[Onder]

Well the lists are pretty similar in this case. They should definitely include Vio-lence, Coroner, Forbidden, Morbid Saint and Artillery. Some early Sodom or Sepultura too I guess. Otherwise it's the classic classics.

 

[Lateralus14]

Morbid Saint is 2nd rate tbh.

And Sepultura's best album is death metal :/

 

[Spiderchrist]

Well the lists are pretty similar in this case. They should definitely include Vio-lence, Coroner, Forbidden, Morbid Saint and Artillery. Some early Sodom or Sepultura too I guess. Otherwise it's the classic classics.

I put Vio-lence in my list..they were kick ass. Of course Robb went on to form Machine Head...he was better off in Vio-lence.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Morbid Saint is 2nd rate tbh.

And Sepultura's best album is death metal :/

Which album? Morbid Visions?

 

[Krow]

Metallica – Kill ‘em All
Metallica – … And Justice for All
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Megadeth – Rust in Peace
Megadeth – Peace Sells but who’s Buying
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer – South of Heaven
Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
Merciless – The Awakening
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Obliveon - Nemesis
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Torture - Storm Alert
Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
Incubus – Serpent Temptation
Incubus – Beyond the Unknown
Thanatos – Realm of Ecstasy
Destruction – The Antichrist
Sodom – Agent Orange
Kreator – Coma of Souls
Deströyer 666 – Unchain the Wolves
The Crown – Deathrace King
Cancer – Death Shall Rise
Dark Angel – Darkness Descends
Coroner – No More Color
Hobbs Angel of Death - Hobbs Angel of Death
Seventh Angel – Lament for the Weary
Testament - The New Order

Lots of death metal here.

Morbid Saint is 2nd rate tbh.

And Sepultura's best album is death metal :/

You've been quite menstrual lately.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Morbid Saint is 2nd rate tbh.

And Sepultura's best album is death metal :/

......

 

[Lateralus14]

Lots of death metal here.



You've been quite menstrual lately.

I fail to see any such tendencies outside of that little convo in the DM thread.

 

[Avigrus]

Lots of death metal here.

No pure death metal though - only death/thrash and it's all thrashy enough and awesome enough for me to include here.