Top 50 Best Thrash Metal Albums

Guitar player from Target here. I'm incredibly grateful and blown away by the recent surge in appreciation of our two albums we recorded in the 80's. Thank you for making my day 🤘

Top 20, one per band: 1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace 2. Metallica - Master of Puppets 3. Slayer - Reign In Blood 4. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill 5. Sodom - Persecution Mania 6. Sepultura - Arise 7. Overkill - Ironbound 8. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned 9. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 10. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 11. Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider 12. Aura Noir - Black Thrash Attack 13. Annihilator - Alice in Hell 14. Artillery - By Inheritance 15. Testament - Practice What You Preach 16. Anthrax - Among the Living 17. Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death 18. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 19. Destruction - Eternal Devastation 20. Legion of the Damned - Sons of the Jackal

No doubt Rust in Peace rules, Holy wars is probably my favorite song of all time, I think Thrash metal ends with that Holy wars, no other thrash song surpasses it, and of course the title track is so underrated

Haven’t even watched yet and i already know rust in peace is number 1 lol 😂

1. Ride the Lighting Metallica 1 2. Beneath the Remains Sepultura 1 3. Kill Em All Metallica 2 4. Rust In Peace Megadeth 1 5. Reign In Blood Slayer 1 6. The Years of Decay Overkill 1 7. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Megadeth 2 8. Bonded By Blood Exodus 1 9. Agent Orange Sodom 1 10. Pleasure to Kill Kreator 1 11. Arise Sepultura 2 12. Master of Puppets Metallica 3 13. Seasons in the Abyss Slayer 2 14. New Order Testament 1 15. Eternal Devastation Destruction 1 16. Show No Mercy Slayer 3 17. Iron Bound Overkill 2 18. Extreme Aggression Kreator 2 19. No Place for the Disgrace Flotsam and Jetsam 1 20. Persecution Mania Sodom 2 21. Eternal Nightmare Forbidden 1 22. Doomsday for the Deciever Floatsam and Jetsam 2 23. Metal Church Metal Church 1 24. Fabulous Disaster Exodus 2 25. The Legacy Testament 2 26. Schizophrenia Sepultura 3 27. God Hates Us All Slayer 4 28. Countdown to Extinction Megadeth 4 29. Chaos AD Sepultura 4 30. The Art of Partying Municipal Waste 1 31. Nightmare Logic Power Trip 1 32. Spreading the Disease Anthrax 1 33. Hazardous Mutation Municipal Waste 2 34. Survive Nuclear Assault 1 35. Under the Influence Overkill 3 36. M-16 Sodom 3 37. Coma of Souls Kreator 3 38. Horrorscope Overkill 4 39. And Justice For All Metallica 4 40. South of Heaven Slayer 5 41. Act III Death Angel 3 42. Taking Over Overkill 5 43. Endgame Megadeth 5 44. Tapping the Vein Sodom 4 45. Darkness Descends Dark Angel 1 46. The Gathering Testament 3 47. Code Red Sodom 5 48. Hardwired Metallica 5 49. Tempo of the Damned Exodus 3 50. Quadra Sepultura 4 51. Dark Ages Soulfly 1 52. Feel the Fire Overkill 6 53. The New Machine of Liechtenstein Holy Moses 1 54. Evil Invaders Razor 1 55. Think This Toxik 1 56. Executioner's Song Razor 2 57. Power from Hell Onslaught 1 58. World Circus Toxik 2 59. The Wings of War Overkill 7 60. Spectrum Of Death Morbid Saint 1 61. The Art of Dying Death Angel 4 62. Terrible Certainty Kreator 4 63. Machine Messiah Sepultura 5 64. Sodom Sodom 6 65. Shovel Headed Killing Machine Exodus 4 66. Hell on Earth Toxic Holocaust 1 67. Victims of Deception Heathen 1 68. How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today Suicidal Tendencies 1 69. Dante XXI Sepultura 6 70. So Far, So Good... So What? Megadeth 5 71. Join the Army Suicidal Tendencies 2 72. Alice In Hell Annihilator 1 73. Dimension Hatross Voivod 1 74. Nightmare Logic Power Trip 1 75. Hell Awaits Slayer 6 76. The Ritual Testament 4 77. The Dark Metal Church 2 78. Among the Living Anthrax 2 79. The Electric Age Overkill 8 80. Annihilation of Civilization Evildead 1 81. Power and Pain Whiplash 1 82. Control and Resistance Watchtower 1 83. Zombie Attack Tankard 1 84. Phantom Antichrist Kreator 5 85. Burn Havok 1 86. Sounds of Violence Onslaught 2 87. United Abominations Megadeth 6 88. Feed the Beast Bonded by Blood 1 89. Violent Revolution Kreator 6 90. Lights.... Camera... Revolution Suicidal Tendencies 3 91. Rising from the Sea Exumer 2 92. VI Onslaught 3 93. Slime and Punishment Municipal Waste 3 94. Forward to Termination Sacrifice 1 95. Punishment for Decadence Coroner 1 96. The Aftermath Bonded by Blood 2 97. Rrroooaaarrr Voivod 2 98. Ritual Soulfly 2 99. Killing Technology Voivod 3 100. Finished with the Dogs Holy Moses 2

Exhumer...Possessed By Fire! 1986...German thrash/speed metal. Title track, great guitar tone and vocals..🖤🖤

I bless and approve this top 50.

Wargasm - Why Play Around? Better be on the list!

1. Rust In Peace 2. Seasons in the abyss 3. Reign in blood 4. South of heaven 5. So far so good so what 6. Killing is my business 7. Killm all 8. Hell awaits 9. Show no mercy 10. Night of the storm rider 11. Bonded by blood 12. Burnt offerings 13. Among the living 14. Spreading the disease 15. Ride the lightning 16. Master of Puppets 17. And justice for all 18. Peace sells

Very good overall. Thrash metal is favorite genre of metal, and you introduced me to several bands that I've never heard of before.

Really appreciate you putting names on the screen. I have poor hearing so this is very helpful!!!

Very cool to see someone your age with this type of knowledge. Make America Metal Again

My favorite thrash albums have always been the 3 „R‘s“: RUST IN PEACE RIDE THE LIGHTNING REIGN IN BLOOD

May all Earth's warheads rust in peace.

Annihilator's best ones being so high wasn't a surprise, but Razor being up there was. Nice! I like that one too. Cool having a few Canadian thrashers.

Great list Maybe a top 50 Power Metal albums one day? My top 10 1. Rust in peace - Megadeth 2. Evil invaders - Razor 3. Arise - Sepultura 4. Weapons of our warfare - Deliverance 5. Alice in hell - Annihilator 6. Sanity obscure - Believer 7. The years of decay - Overkill 8. Serpent temptation - Opprobrium 9. Peace sells.. - Megadeth 10.Ride the lightning - Metallica

1. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth 2. Pleasure to Kill - Kreator 3. Forward to Termination - Sacrifice 4. Leave Scars - Dark Angel 5. The Force - Onslaught 6. Eternal Nightmare - Vio-Lence 7. Epidemic of Violence - Demolition Hammer 8. Deception Ignored - Deathrow 9. Tapping The Vein - Sodom 10. Chemical Assault - Violator Honorable Mentions: Dimension Hatröss - Voivod World Circus - Toxik The Edge of Eternity - Hexenhaus Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer I Hate Therefore - Cyclone Temple Raging Violence - Hirax For Whose Advantage? - Xentrix Possessed by Fire - Exumer The Ultra-Violence - Death Angel The New Machine of Liechtenstein - Holy Moses Game Over - Nuclear Assault No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam and Jetsam Twisted into Form - Forbidden Victims of Deception - Heathen

Release From agony! Hell yes

The ritual from Testament is just so underrated, so many good songs on that album…

This is a much better list than the Metalhammer article!