What is your favorite thrash albums?

[SonOfNun]

it’s good, man

 

[OzzyIsDio]

Metallica-Kill 'Em All
Slayer-Hell Awaits
Overkill-Taking Over
Anthrax-Among The Living

 

[Goodman]

Here is my list:
1. Metallica 1984-Ride the Lightning
2. Metallica 1983-Kill 'Em All
3. Razor 1984-Armed & Dangerous
4. Anthrax 1985-Spreading the Disease
5. Destruction 1985-Infernal Overkill
6. Exodus 1985-Bonded by Blood
7. Kreator 1985-Endless Pain
8. Megadeth 1985-Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
9. Overkill 1985-Feel the Fire
10. Razor 1985-Executioner's Song
11. Razor 1985-Evil Invaders
12. Sacrifice 1985-Torment In Fire
13. Hexx 1986-Under The Spell
14. Kreator 1986-Pleasure to Kill
15. Megadeth 1986-Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
16. Metallica 1986-Master of Puppets
17. Razor 1986-Malicious Intent
18. Slayer 1986-Reign in Blood
19. Sodom 1986-Obsessed by Cruelty
20. Accuser 1987-The Convicion
21. Anthrax 1987-Among the Living
22. Artillery 1987-Terror Squad
23. Assassin 1987-The Upcoming Terror
24. Heathen 1987-Breaking the Silence
25. Holy Moses 1987-Finished with the Dogs
26. Kreator 1987-Terrible Certainty
27. Necronomicon 1987-Apocalyptic Nightmare
28. Overkill 1987-Taking Over
29. Sacrifice 1987-Forward To Termination
30. Sepultura 1987-Schizophrenia
31. Sodom 1987-Persecution Mania
32. Testament 1987-The Legacy
33. Anthrax 1988-State of Euphoria
34. Assassin 1988-Interstaller Experience
35. Deathrow 1988-Deception ignored
36. Grinder 1988-Dawn For The Living
37. Megadeth 1988-So Far, So Good... So What!
38. Metallica 1988-...And Justice for All
39. Necronomicon 1988-Escalation
40. Razor 1988-Violent Restitution
41. Sadus 1988-Illusions
42. Testament 1988-The New Order
43. Accuser 1989-Who Dominates Who?
44. Annihilator 1989-Alice in Hell
45. Defiance 1989-Product of Society
46. Demolition Hammer 1989-Necrology
47. Grinder 1989-Dead End
48. Mandator 1989-Perfect Progeny
49. Mortal Sin 1989-Face of Despair
50. Onslaught 1989-In Search of Sanity
51. Sepultura 1989-Beneath The Remains
52. Sodom 1989-Agent Orange
53. Testament 1989-Practice What You Preach
54. Viking 1989-Man Of Straw
55. Anthrax 1990-Persistence of Time
56. Artillery 1990-By Inheritance
57. Demolition Hammer 1990-Tortured Existence
58. Exodus 1990-Impact Is Imminent
59. Megadeth 1990-Rust in Peace
60. Razor 1990-Shotgun Justice
61. Sadus 1990-Swallowed in Black
62. Sodom 1990-Better Off Dead
63. Tankard 1990-The Meaning of Life
64. Testament 1990-Souls of Black
65. Accuser 1991-Double Talk
66. Grinder 1991-Nothing Is Scared
67. Heathen 1991-Victims of Deception
68. Metallica 1991-Metallica
69. Overkill 1991-Horrorscope
70. Razor 1991-Open Hostility
71. Volkana 1991-First

 

[Burkhard]

68. Metallica 1991-Metallica

Are you serious? It's beyond me how this album can be considered Thrash Metal.

Considering how long your list is, I'm surprised none of the following bands popped up:
Anacrusis, Coroner, Détente, Flotsam & Jetsam, Fordbidden, Hexenhaus, Mekong Delta, Nuclear Assault, Sacrilege (the one from the UK), Toxik, Voivod, Watchtower, Znowhite

Don't you like any of them or is it that you simply haven't heard any of their albums yet?

 

[no country for old wainds]

there is some thrash on metallica, it's just in the songs everyone forgets because they suck balls ('holier than thou', 'the struggle within'). the exception is 'through the never' which is a solid thrashy tune IMO.

 

[CiG]

Goodman's lists are suss. He included Sabotage, Never Say Die and Technical Ecstasy in his 70's metal list but nothing else by Black Sabbath.

 

[AHAV22188]

Here is my list:
1. Metallica 1984-Ride the Lightning
2. Metallica 1983-Kill 'Em All
3. Razor 1984-Armed & Dangerous
4. Anthrax 1985-Spreading the Disease
5. Destruction 1985-Infernal Overkill
6. Exodus 1985-Bonded by Blood
7. Kreator 1985-Endless Pain
8. Megadeth 1985-Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
9. Overkill 1985-Feel the Fire
10. Razor 1985-Executioner's Song
11. Razor 1985-Evil Invaders
12. Sacrifice 1985-Torment In Fire
13. Hexx 1986-Under The Spell
14. Kreator 1986-Pleasure to Kill
15. Megadeth 1986-Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
16. Metallica 1986-Master of Puppets
17. Razor 1986-Malicious Intent
18. Slayer 1986-Reign in Blood
19. Sodom 1986-Obsessed by Cruelty
20. Accuser 1987-The Convicion
21. Anthrax 1987-Among the Living
22. Artillery 1987-Terror Squad
23. Assassin 1987-The Upcoming Terror
24. Heathen 1987-Breaking the Silence
25. Holy Moses 1987-Finished with the Dogs
26. Kreator 1987-Terrible Certainty
27. Necronomicon 1987-Apocalyptic Nightmare
28. Overkill 1987-Taking Over
29. Sacrifice 1987-Forward To Termination
30. Sepultura 1987-Schizophrenia
31. Sodom 1987-Persecution Mania
32. Testament 1987-The Legacy
33. Anthrax 1988-State of Euphoria
34. Assassin 1988-Interstaller Experience
35. Deathrow 1988-Deception ignored
36. Grinder 1988-Dawn For The Living
37. Megadeth 1988-So Far, So Good... So What!
38. Metallica 1988-...And Justice for All
39. Necronomicon 1988-Escalation
40. Razor 1988-Violent Restitution
41. Sadus 1988-Illusions
42. Testament 1988-The New Order
43. Accuser 1989-Who Dominates Who?
44. Annihilator 1989-Alice in Hell
45. Defiance 1989-Product of Society
46. Demolition Hammer 1989-Necrology
47. Grinder 1989-Dead End
48. Mandator 1989-Perfect Progeny
49. Mortal Sin 1989-Face of Despair
50. Onslaught 1989-In Search of Sanity
51. Sepultura 1989-Beneath The Remains
52. Sodom 1989-Agent Orange
53. Testament 1989-Practice What You Preach
54. Viking 1989-Man Of Straw
55. Anthrax 1990-Persistence of Time
56. Artillery 1990-By Inheritance
57. Demolition Hammer 1990-Tortured Existence
58. Exodus 1990-Impact Is Imminent
59. Megadeth 1990-Rust in Peace
60. Razor 1990-Shotgun Justice
61. Sadus 1990-Swallowed in Black
62. Sodom 1990-Better Off Dead
63. Tankard 1990-The Meaning of Life
64. Testament 1990-Souls of Black
65. Accuser 1991-Double Talk
66. Grinder 1991-Nothing Is Scared
67. Heathen 1991-Victims of Deception
68. Metallica 1991-Metallica
69. Overkill 1991-Horrorscope
70. Razor 1991-Open Hostility
71. Volkana 1991-First

 

[AHAV22188]

Good to see some great and not so popular bands like Grinder, Mortal sin and Defiance mentioned here.

 

[Goodman]

Are you serious? It's beyond me how this album can be considered Thrash Metal.

Compared to Metallica-1991, this album:

:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)

is pop-rock.

 

[Goodman]

Anacrusis, Coroner, Détente, Flotsam & Jetsam, Fordbidden, Hexenhaus, Mekong Delta, Nuclear Assault, Sacrilege (the one from the UK), Toxik, Voivod, Watchtower, Znowhite

1. I have never heard Anacrusis, Hexenhaus, Watchtower, Znowhite
2. Mekong Delta, Voivod are more prog-metal. They're not clear thrash.
3. Coroner, Détente, Flotsam & Jetsam, Fordbidden, Nuclear Assault are good bands but they don't have perfect albums.
4. Sacrilege is boredom.

 

[Burkhard]

Compared to Metallica-1991, this album:

is pop-rock.

Maybe in a parallel universe. BTW, why did you include an album you consider "pop-rock thrash" your "clear thrash" list?

2. Mekong Delta, Voivod are more prog-metal. They're not clear thrash.

I don't know which of their albums you are familiar with, but nearly any of them is clearly more thrash than Metallica's black album (which I'm really happy I didn't buy).

3. Coroner, Détente, Flotsam & Jetsam, Fordbidden, Nuclear Assault are good bands but they don't have perfect albums.

Do you really consider all 71 albums you listed perfect? I know, musical tastes are different, but apart from the fact that I can't think of any album I'd consider absolutely perfect in each and every regard (this goes even for my overall favourite albums), I'd say that's at least a very controversial opinion.

4. Sacrilege is boredom.

Considering how different their three albums sound (I wouldn't consider the last one thrash metal, though if we can have "pop rock thrash", we could perhaps also have "doom thrash" or something along these lines), I find this opinion a bit surprising, but as I said, musical tastes are different.

 

[Bloopy]

The only Mekong Delta album I can get into is Dances of Death, but it's damn cool. I was specifically looking to see if I liked any technical/proggy early 90s thrash and it was a winner for me.

 

[Goodman]

Maybe in a parallel universe. BTW, why did you include an album you consider "pop-rock thrash" your "clear thrash" list?

For me both of these albums are thrash metal. But the sound of Megadeth-1990 is noticebly lighter than Metallica-1991.And so far no one has found fault with "rust in peace", which some put in first place.

 

[Goodman]

Do you really consider all 71 albums you listed perfect?

Yes.

 

[Slammed]

Do you know the meaning of the word perfect?

 

[LethalCockSlap]

Anthrax's first album fistful of metal is good, i also like spreading the disease, but i listened to the first track of "among the living" and thought it was kinda just a worse version old metallica...anthrax is neat just in the sense that they tend to blend genres.

Good to see some great and not so popular bands like Grinder, Mortal sin and Defiance mentioned here.

uhm, could you maybe mention albums instead of being sarcastic??

 

[no country for old wainds]

based on my vast knowledge of AHAV22188, i’m pretty sure that wasn’t sarcasm

 

[LethalCockSlap]

based on my vast knowledge of AHAV22188, i’m pretty sure that wasn’t sarcasm

oh, whoops, i just didn't see where the bands were mentioned but they were all in that incredibly long list.

 

[Bourbon]

Compared to Metallica-1991, this album:

is pop-rock.

 

[CiG]

Like I said, Goodman is sus.