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- Slayer – Reign In Blood (1990)
- Metallica – Master Of Puppets (1986)
- Megadeth – Rust In Peace (1986)
- Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984)
- Metallica – Metal Militia
- Exodus – Piranha
- Overkill – Rotten to The CORE
- Anthrax – Caught in A Mosh
- Testament – Into The Pit
- D.R.I. – Couch Slouch
- S.O.D. – Kill Yourself
- Onslaught – Metal Forces
- Dark Angel – The Burning of Sodom
- Kreator – Pleasure to Kill
A ferocious statement of intent from the biggest of the Big Four, promising “the metallisation of your inner soul!” Metal up your ass, indeed.
Gleefully vicious insanity from Paul Baloff and the Bay Areakings. Quite possibly the most outrageously thrrrraaaaasssshh song ever recorded.
Still a staple of these New York veterans’ live sets nearly 30 years on, this is the sound of metal on steroids and cheap street speed. Fucking lethal.
An ageless classic from the rightfully revered Among The Living album. Thrash with furious singalong power and some of the greatest riffsever written.
Does exactly what it says on the thrash tin. If you want to know why Testamentare many people’s favourite non-Big Four thrashers, listen to this. Loud.
A seething blast of flat-out thrashing skate-punk from the masters of the genre. Short, sharp, snotty and delivered at neck-wrecking velocity.
Some prime stupidity from Scott Ian, Dan Lilker, Billy Milano and Charlie Benante. Obnoxious? Yes. Thrash as fuck? Double yes.
Proof that the British thrash scene had plenty to offer, Onslaught’s early records were dirtier, nastier and heavier than most. The title says it all.
The only band capable of challenging Slayerfor the coveted “most vicious band in thrash” trophy, Dark Angel kicked opened the gates of hell with this gem.
Germany’s finest brought a new level of violence to thrash. The title track from their 1986masterpiece is an ageless chunk of murderous mayhem.
A new generation of thrash metal bands emerged in the early 2000s, drawing lyrical and visual inspiration from the older groups. Thrash metal was an inspiration for later extreme genres such as death metal and black metal. This list also includes certain bands which belong to the first wave of black metal.
BandFormedOrigin2004Germany2010United States1998Denmark1996Sweden- Carnal Forge. Veterans of Sweden’s highly-populated melodic death metal scene, Carnal Forge have the dark spirit of thrash pulsing through their veins. After several albums of heads-down, no-nonsense speed worship, they’ve diversified somewhat in recent times, but if you want music that promises to kick your face off, few do it better.
- Blood Tsunami. Powered ferociously along by former Emperor drummer and notorious ex-jailbird Faust, these Norwegian miscreants are so in love with thrash that they named their debut album after it.
- Bolt Thrower. The Coventry crew released eight studio albums over the course of their thirty year career. Steadfastly influenced by thrash and punk, their energetic breed of death metal made a huge impact on the metal scene right up until they called it quits in 2016, following the death of their drummer Martin Kearns.
- Death Angel. Once regarded as the most likely band to succeed The Big Four, Death Angel’s time for greatness might have gone. But, after a decade away, they re-formed in 2001, and have been busy since.
Thrash metal is heavy metal that is usually at a higher tempo with influences from punk, speed metal, and hard rock. It's been one of the most successful metal genres, with many platinum albums by the famous bands called the Big Four of Thrash metal which include Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer. MembersOnline. •. FleshunterSocial. ADMIN MOD.
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Sep 28, 2019 · A landmark moment in thrash history, Pleasure To Kill stands with Ride The Lightning, Reign In Blood, Rust In Peace, Bonded By Blood , Darkness Descends and Among The Living as one of the greatest thrash albums ever recorded. This precociously vicious shitstorm instantly struck a chord with thrashers worldwide and Kreator found themselves ...
Feb 26, 2021 · Walking a very thin line between thrash and death metal meant that Demolition Hammerwere instantly one of the heaviest bands around, and when you’re packing heat as powerful as album opener (and all-time thrash classic) “.44 Caliber Brain Surgery”, thrash fans are gonna sit up and listen!
