Favorite Thrash Metal Albums

[@inmyhouse11]

Taking Over- Overkill Kill em All- Metallica Fistful of Metal- Anthrax Heavy Metal Maniac- Exciter Hell Awaits- Slayer Game Over- Nuclear Assault The Legacy- Testament All For One- Raven Power and Pain- Whiplash Bonded by Blood- Exodus

[@victimofacatthiefpoa2742]

Fistful of Metal! Yes!

[@silentxero5955]

My picks are: 1.Kreator: Pleasure to Kill 2.Slayer: Hell Awaits 3. Possessed: Seven Churches 4. Sacrifice: Torment in Fire 5. Whiplash:Power and Pain 6. Dark Angel: Darkness Descends 7. Destruction: Eternal Devastation 8. Testament: The Legacy 9. Exodus:Bonded By Blood 10. Vio-Lence: Eternal Nightmare Honorable Mention 11. Slaughter Lord: "demo Thrash til Death

[@johnnyhickman8961]

Testament - The Gathering. Dave Lombardo crushes on that album.

[@ehoc42]

So glad someone mentioned this one

[@KickflipGnasty]

Love that record

[@MRSludgedude]

It's the heaveist album I think. Maybe Dominic but vocals didn't sound right on demonic.

[@martinguedes9540]

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

[@LuchaLibertaria]

My Top 10: - Kreator - Extreme Aggression - Destruction - Eternal Devastation - Sodom - Agent Orange - Sabbat - Dreamweaver - Heathen - Breaking The Silence - Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence - Overkill - The Years Of Decay - Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace - Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Anthrax - Among The Living HM: Venom - Welcome To Hell (ground zero for thrash) Raven - Rock Until You Drop (Another huge influence on the genre)

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

No Metallica? Wow you must be so smart because you don’t like popular music. Not

[@b.g.5869]

Sepultura's "Arise" is definitely in my top ten. Awesome album cover too. "Beneath The Remains" kicks ass too.

[@glennandreasen3152]

glad someone mentioned 'Arise'....It's one of my favourites too

[@terrywachter]

From Canada: Sacrifice - Torment in Fire Another great German one: Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory

[@peterskultety5069]

Running Wild is speedmetal

[@theforcemetal]

Exodus: Bonded By Blood forever!!!!

[@koopee27]

Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence is one of my favorites..

[@uneducatedpoetry.bytheuned4330]

FUK YEA!!!❤❤❤❤

[@jgwatson6651]

Yesss

[@treffbennett6534]

@Green Goblin ACT III is Death Angel's thrashterpiece! Amazingly heavy, yet highly melodic and tighter than a frog's poop chute! Love ALL Death Angel (all the newer stuff is top shelf) but ACT III is PERFECT and completely blew my friends and I away! Great mention!

[@beetlebum7760]

I seem to be one of the few that prefer Frolic Through the Park of those first three albums. First half of Act III is excellent too, second half a bit of a slump.

[@treffbennett6534]

@@beetlebum7760 Frolic is awesome from start to end, I played the hell out of it! But I don't see any slumping going on during the masterpiece that is ACT III-but Death Angel, in general, should be counted among the top 5 thrash bands-Rob is a seriously skilled shredder and I can never get enough of Mark's truly fearsome vocals-dudes were tearing it up at recess on the monkey bars (which is where they played their first gig....when they were all 11 yrs. old!) o.k. a little exaggeration, although all members were under 21 (drummer Andy was 14!) when Ultra-Violence debuted. One of the few bands that I don't even need to hear song samples before buying their albums-all killer-no filler! peace and stay safe.

[@dtltmtgt]

Love the variety on your lists guys! Great show 🤘

[@EternalChampion435]

Man, how cool would it be to have a beer with Pete and the guys and just talk music all day. Thats my dream for sure!

[@jamesconnor2461]

Was in Pete’s home about 22 years ago.. ( this was still the era of VHS) was amazed how he had every Robert De Nero movie . Like everyone . Even the crappy obscure ones.. he had em.. I think he might have had all the Pacino ones as well. Interesting guy. def cool to be around.

[@EternalChampion435]

@@jamesconnor2461 what a legend

[@silentxero5955]

yeah, me too! Just hang out and have a few beers and talk about Metal ...and play video games 🎮

[@silentxero5955]

​@@jamesconnor2461 Do you mean like Meet the Parents...those crappy Robert Dinero films? LOL 😆 🤣

[@moc9893]

In recent years, Havok - Time is up. Incredible thrash album

[@gregoryvigneault1824]

Agreed Covering Fire is awesome

[@paulhetrick1759]

No particular order: Sacrifice- Forward To Termination Razor - Violent Restitution Coroner- Punishment For Decadence Deathwish- Demon Preacher Slayer- Hell Awaits Overkill- Feel The Fire Tankard - Zombie Attack Infernal Majesty- None Shall Defy Sadus - Chemical Exposure Dark Angel- Darkness Descends

[@mottahead6464]

Hey, I just checked the Tankard album. Became instantly one of my favourites ever. Tank'em and Tank'em hard !

[@SuperStrik9]

Props on the Sacrifice mention. Great band. The Ones I Condemn from 2009 is one of the best thrash comeback albums there are. I heard that Rob and the boys are working on a new Sacrifice album which would be awesome.

[@markc.2824]

Also giving a shout out to Hirax, Sacred Reich, Artillery, Mortal Sin and Nasty Savage to name a few more. Great show, loved it!!!

[@thomasfarmer1730]

.....and Holy Moses🤘!!

[@treignsinblood]

SG Ignorance is high on my list

[@hellojimmypage]

Some obscure stuff worth checking: Devastation - Idolatry Turbo - Ostatni Wojownik Deathwish - At The Edge of Damnation Attomica - Disturbing the Noise Protector - A Shedding Of Skin Merciless - The Awakening Gammacide - Victims of Science Minotaur - Power of Darkness D.B.C. - Dead Brain Cells Morbid Scream - The Signal to Attack: 1986-1990

[@caljerm]

Idolatry 👍👍

[@griefforest1870]

Devastation and Merciless are amazing.

[@oneringdhs]

Awesome show! Of course, all great choices here! One of my favorite thrash albums not mentioned is Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death. I didn’t discover this until about ten years ago but it has rapidly ascended through the ranks. One of the most insane and intense thrash albums I’ve ever heard .

[@Powerslave214]

Fabulous Disaster by Exodus is a fantastic album. One other that has always seemed underrated to me is No Place for Disgrace by Flotsam & Jetsam.

[@taylorroark9911]

No Place for Disgrace is an absolute masterpiece.

[@mayh6825]

1.Rust In Peace 2.Ride the Lightning 3. Show No Mercy 4.Beneath The Remains 5.The Ultra-Violence

[@MetalGuy2004]

Great picks.🤘

[@NotesFromTheUnderground2]

1.Carnivore - S/T 2.Artillery - Fear of Tomorrow 3.Razor - Evil Invaders 4.Whiplash - Power and Pain 5.Coroner - R.I.P. 6.Rigor Mortis - S/T 7.Angel Dust - Into the Dark Past 8.Sodom - Persecution Mania 9.Indestroy - S/T 10.Bulldozer - The Day of Wrath

[@donaldcady3839]

Great list.

[@tttarms1970]

I would of went with ticket to mayhem for whiplash. Relentless

[@eddieyun796]

Finally someone mentioned coroner 👍

[@michaelmorgan4408]

Flotsam and Jetsom, Doomsday for the Deceiver.

[@benedictdonald4338]

Definitely a top ten thrash masterpiece and easily the band’s best!

[@MegaMooncrazy]

Good one

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Flotsam and Jetsam doomsday The Deceiver..... what a deadly album!

[@toasttoasted3492]

So underrated!!

[@rendumen]

Awesome Awesome episode!! Exilent picks from you all :) i agree with you Pete.. Megadeth - Peace Selles Destruction - Infernal overkill Megadeth - So Far so Good..so What Overkill - Under The Influence Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty Kreator - Terrible Certainly Testament - Practice What you Preach Metallica - Kill em All Sepultura - Schizophrenia Annihilator - Never Neverland

[@SquatchMonster]

Holy Terror Mindwars, by far the most underrated thrash band ever. The talent in that band is unbelievable.

[@shawnbrucker1697]

Agreed hard! Fantastic album that many sleep on

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Holy Terror and Holy Moses 🤘

[@andypayne2743]

Mindwars is an amazing album. Still play it from time to time.

[@manuelguzman1312]

I love Holy Terror but what they lacked was more memorable catchy riffs and I wish the solos were more melodic and complementary to the songs. The solos needed more work.

[@MetalGuy2004]

My favorites: 10. Time Is Up (Havok) 9. Darkness Descends (Dark Angel) 8. Bonded By Blood (Exodus) 7. Infernal Overkill (Destruction) 6. Horrorscope (Overkill) 5. Agent Orange (Sodom) 4. Pleasure To Kill (Kreator) 3. Raining Blood (Slayer) 2. Rust In Peace (Megadeth) 1. Master Of Puppets (Metallica) Honorable mentions in no particular order: Feel The Fire (Overkill) Tapping The Vein (Sodom) Ride The Lightning (Metallica) Kill Em All (Metallica) And Justice For All (Metallica) Coma Of Souls (Kreator) Epidemic Of Violence (Demolition Hammer) The New Order (Testament) Among The Living (Anthrax) Endless Pain (Kreator)

[@cyprianalexzander7368]

Good discussion. I like how informative and respectful your shows are, and I like how you show people can have different tastes but also share in the greater interest.

[@oknein9356]

GREAT SHIRT RICH!!! SLAUGHTER FEAR NO EVIL RULES!!!

[@MegaMooncrazy]

Slayer - Reign in Blood S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die Kreator - Extreme Aggressions Stone - Stone Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence Hallows Eve - Death and Insanity

[@vio-lence7267]

The milano mosh!

[@ryanbates362]

In no particular order : Razor - Evil Invaders Razor - Violent Restitution Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence Artillery - By Inheritance Shah - Beware Hallows Eve - Tales of Terror Laaz Rockit - Know Your Enemy Turbo - The Last Warrior Onslaught - The Force Rigor Mortis -S/T

[@kaptaink1897]

Megadeth - So Far, So Good. . . So What! Sepultura - Arise Overkill - The Years of Decay Forté - Stranger than Fiction Testament - Souls of Black Slayer - Show No Mercy Razor - Evil Invaders Nuclear Assault - Game Over Holy Terror - Mind Wars Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Limited myself to one album per band.)

[@barbaduzas]

Great show! My top picks: Peace Sells, Ride the lightning, rust in peace.

[@MetalGuy2004]

Oh, great picks.🤩🤘

[@adamparsons4644]

1. Rust in Peace/Peace Sells 2. Ride the Lightning/Master of Puppets 3. South of Heaven/Seasons in the Abyss 4. Among the Living/Spreading the Disease 5. The Gathering/The Legacy 6. Ironbound/Horrorscope 7. Black Future - Vektor 8. Five Serpents Teeth - Evile

[@jasonellsworth1972]

Here's my top 10 in order "as of today": 10. Condition Critical - Extermination Plan 9. Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver 8. Overkill - The Years of Decay 7. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (my favorite Exodus too Pete) 6. Slayer - Reign in Blood 5. Anthrax - Among the Living 4. Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 3. Megadeth - Rust in Peace 2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1. Powermad - Absolute Power Great show guys!! Long live thrash!

[@paulh6673]

Generic as hell, but these are the albums that blew me away at the time and still stand up.. Metallica - Master of Puppets Slayer - Reign In Blood Metallica - Ride the Lightning Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? Anthrax - Among The Living Anthrax - Spreading the Disease Slayer - South of Heaven Exodus.- Bonded By Blood Sepultura - Beneath The Remains Kreator - Pleasure to Kill A few other gems.. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence/No More Colour/Mental Vortex. Take yer pick. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death Artillery - By Inheritance Overkill - The Years of Decay Deathrow - Deception Ignored Pretty much anything Voivod did in the 80s and early 90s.

[@marc.g.with.a.c.]

As always with these top ten lists, people will have such diverse choices, but that’s why I love this type of video! So many Thrashterpieces on show! Great to hear different fans opinions! Stay safe!!🤘🏻

[@cedarneckjams302]

1. Ride the Lightning 2. Killing is my business 3. The years of Decay 4. Hell awaits 5. Alice in hell

[@marcoiacobuzio4075]

Thank you Pete, Rich, and Steve for doing this list here are my ten favorite thrash albums: 1. Slayer ---- "Reign in Blood" (1986) 2. Metallica ----- "Master of Puppets" (1986) 3. Megadeth ------- "Peace Sells" (1986) 4. Anthrax ------- "Spreading the Disease" (1985) 5. Forbidden -------- "Forbidden Evil" (1988) 6. Overkill -------- "Taking Over" (1987) 7. Death Angel ------ "Ultra -- Violence" (1986) 8. Exodus ------- "Fabulous Disaster" (1988) 9. Testament ------- "The Legacy" (1987) 10. Kreator ------- "Extreme Aggression (1989) Honorable Mentions: Possessed -------- "Seven Churches" (1985) Sodom --------- "Agent Orange" (1989) Exiter ---------- "Violence and Force" (1985) Onslaught -------- "The Force" (1986) Dark Angel ------- "Darkness Descends" (1986) Sepultura --------- "Beneath the Remains" (1989)

[@theartofhavoc5467]

Rich, you skipped "Terrible Certainty" - that `87 barn burner is by far the best thing Kreator ever churned out!

[@beetlebum7760]

Toxic Trace is my favorite Kreator track!

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Yes....I’m not really into ‘Pleasure to Kill’,the next album was way better.

[@Neo-Midgar]

Terrible Certainty was where Kreator really solidified their signature sound. The next 2 albums, as well as all their post 2000 material, have all been permutations on that formula.

[@d-hell]

No Coroner?!?

[@Horrorfreak106]

So many good thrash bands, hard to list all the favorites.

[@biorythmicshifter]

I just noticed...even I forgot! No More Color is classic!

[@chriscullen2659]

No More Color right next to it.

[@TharaAkVar]

I'm not much of a Slayer listener anymore, but I cannot deny how important and influental they are. Whenever I hear a death metal (or some other extreme metal) song, I almost always think "that sounds like Hell Awaits" or "that sounds like Reign in Blood". It's just insane how they were the blueprint for so much music moving forward.

[@captainbeyond7469]

Another awesome display of knowledge by three experts. Kudos to Rich for running with the two old dogs and not missing a beat. Great job!! On the same page with all the choices but need explore Overkill more thanks to your high praise.

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

I'm almost as old as those guys. Lol.

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@MetalAsylumNJ No way!! Tough paper route for the other two. LOL. Been listening to the Overkill debut awesome great recommendation. Thanks

[@bschuler6216]

@@captainbeyond7469 Taking Over & Years Of Decay are absolutely essential thrashterpieces too!

[@robsongremio]

Great choices by all of you! Act of God - Znöwhite Twisted Into Form - Forbidden No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam and Jetsam Ride the Lightning - Metallica Mind Wars - Holy Terror By Inheritance - Artillery Master Project Genesis - Target Brain Damage - Vendetta Soldiers of Misfortune - Sacrifice Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - Megadeth

[@woutwout8398]

Great show. Rich's Slaughter t-shirt really fits in :-)

[@mutant_blues]

Mr. Bungle's " The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo". Also one of the greatest albums of 2020!!!

[@donaldcady3839]

It's really good. I used to have the demo. What an improvement.

[@JRChiossi]

My top 10, not in order (though Beneath the Remains is my favorite thrash record of all time) and keeping it at one per band: Sepultura - Beneath the Remains Exodus - Bonded by Blood Coroner - No More Color Sodom - Persecution Mania Dark Angel - Darkness Descends Slayer - Hell Awaits Megadeth - RIP Deathrow - Deception Ignored Metallica - Ride The Lightning Kreator - Pleasure to Kill

[@silentxero5955]

Absolutely! I couldn't mention some of my other favorites but Sepultura definitely have some top 10 albums, including Beneath the Remains, Schizophrenia/ Morbid Visions... just too many awesome ones to list. Also; Realm: Endless War, and Suiciety Believer:Extraction From Mortality,and Sanity Obscure Vengeance Rising:Human Sacrifice, and Once Dead

[@caljerm]

👍👍 right on. I think any list without No More Color on it is a joke.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you guys for your favorite Thrash Metal albums!! Wow!! Steve has his own record shop!! I’m looking forward to visiting sometime!! I haven’t traveled for awhile because of the pandemic!! I just work own my own music right now!! Thanks again guys!! Take Care. Rock on!!🎼🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@jeffcoomer8927]

Couldn’t argue with any of those selections. This show made me realise how many classic thrash metal albums there were during the 80’s early 90’s. My honourable mentions would be- Voivod, Coroner, Sepultura, Death Angel.

[@kevinkulow4411]

I’m surprised these guys didn’t even mention DA

[@jaimeres]

“Fire In The Hole” by Lääz Rockit is one kick-ass song..

[@BBMetalKing]

Agreed.

[@Intermentor]

Kick ass song from their best album

[@criticalmass567]

"Fistful of Metal" by Anthrax has a special place in my heart... I was 13-14 at the time it came out and I bought it because I thought the album cover was pretty badass \m/... And at the time I was familiar with stuff like Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, AC/DC, Van Halen, Deep Purple etc... So when I put the needle down and "Deathrider" cranked up, I totally went into WTF mode... but in a good way \m/

[@glebvic]

That Toxik World Circus is something else. Cherishing my og Roadracer pressing. Total classic

[@bksherm]

this site just gets better and better

[@tonyeckman4822]

Hirax, Infernal Majesty, The Great Kat, Razor, Hallows Eve, Coroner, Death Angel, Holy Moses, Onslaught, Havok, Municipal Waste, Pestilence, Sacrifice, Witchery, Bewitched, Toxic Holocaust.

[@wastelander1015]

I'll divide mine into more "conventional" thrash and extreme thrash. 10 of each. Slayer - Hell Awaits Metallica - Master of Puppets Megadeth - Rust in Peace Kreator - Pleasure to Kill Exodus - Tempo of the Damned Overkill - Ironbound Sodom - Presecution Mania Artillery - By Inheritance Testament - The Legacy Sepultura - Arise Absu - Tara Possessed - Seven Churches Aura Noir - Deep Tracts of Hell Destroyer 666 - Phoenix Rising Legion of the Damned - Sons of the Jackal Nifelheim - Servants of Darkness Usurper - Skeletal Season Desaster - The Oath of an Iron Ritual Toxic Holocaust - Conjure and Command Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

[@FDHChidori]

Some picks worth mentioning: Razor - Violent Restitution or Evil Invaders Artillery - By Inheritance Evildead - Annihilation of Civilization Exumer - Possessed by Fire Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death Mortal Sin - Face of Despair Xentrix - For whose advantage Watchtower - Control and resistance Whiplash - Power and Pain

[@DetroitSteeel]

Brilliant picks, especially By Inheritance and For Whose Advantage

[@addrokgarvey4308]

Power Mad “Absolute Power” Faith Or Fear “Punishment Area” Sanctuary “Into the Mirror Black Sick thrash albums also that could have rated . Sick list dudes!!

[@addrokgarvey4308]

@Mark Five That track was epic! So was the vocals on that hook!

[@sadekx5251]

How about the same episode with the other "younger" guys from the square? I would love to see their take for I am from the same generation as the guys from this panel.

[@kevandalzell7906]

Just loved this and all of that the Sea offers. Thanks!!!!

[@fredlaroche6969]

Awesome show!!! Here is mine... Gonna tell you up front, people rarely agree with my choices... 10 - Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 9 - Megadeth - Rust in Piece 8 - Destruction - The Antichrist 7 - Heathen - Victims of Deception 6 - Slayer - Show no Mercy 5 - Testament - Practice What You Preach 4 - Forbidden - Twisted Into Form 3 - Exodus - Fabulous Disaster 2 - Overkill - Years of Decay 1 - Kreator - Enemy of God (this is the perfect album for me... my fave of all times) Honorable mentions: Xentrix - For Whose Advantage Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care Sodom - Agent Orange

[@Jaggedknife11]

Year of decay is a stunning album. Masterclass in metal.

[@rjc7289]

My top 10 in no particular order... 1. Kill 'Em All -- Metallica 2. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good -- Megadeth 3. Seasons In The Abyss -- Slayer 4. Fistful Of Metal -- Anthrax 5. Horrorscope -- Overkill 6. Pleasure To Kill -- Kreator 7. We Have Arrived -- Dark Angel 8. First Strike Still Deadly -- Testament 9. Fabulous Disaster -- Exodus 10. The Ultra Violence -- Death Angel

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Pleasure to kill Kreator, dark angel darkness descends., bonded by blood, Sodom's persecution mania ; Sepultura' s Schizophrenia to me are the thrash metal albums that created the whole death metal genre. they are so fast and heavy 🤘

[@stevsh89]

Great albums. Sepulturas first two even more so potentially though also influential to black metal. To me bonded by blood doesn’t sound much different from kill em all on the extremity scale - others on the list much more violent.

[@paulburrows7908]

Paradox- Heresy Metal Church- Metal Church Megadeth- Peace Sells...but whose buying Artillery- By Inheritance Slayer Reign in Blood Exodus- Bonded by Blood Kreator- Pleasure to Kill Flotsam and Jetsam- Doomsday for the Deciever Annihilator- Alice In Hell Death Angel- The Ultraviolence Metallica- Kill em All Anthrax- Fistful of Metal

[@donq311]

Pete, may I suggest you take SoT show on the road (in a post-covid world, of course)? I’m sure many on here, myself included, would buy a ticket to enjoy a live version of your show. HV Squares, special musical guests, merch table, interactive Q+A, etc.

[@sadboi7537]

Violent Restitution is an absolute juggernaut from start-to-finish. It’s a perfect thrash album.

[@recordmass6298]

yes, Razor rips and a great album indeed. Furthermore, I don't think there's any need to mention the already overly well known obvious mainstream thrash, speed, thrash-death, etc albums by all the sodoms, slayers, megadeths, sepulturas, kreators, metallicas, overkills etc etc... Instead, some tops that are more interesting for me: At the pinnacle is Dark Angel-Darkness Descends--the definition of thrash made real for me. The list is huge but....: Sacrifice-forward to termination, Slaughter (the real slaughter)-strappado, Pyracanda-two sides of a coin, Voivod-Killing Technology, Sadus-Illusions, Hobbs Angel of Death-s/t, D.B.C -Universe, Acid Storm-Biotronics genetics, Mortal Sin-Mayhemic destruction, Agent Steel-Sceptics Apocalypse, Acid Reign-Obnoxious, Sabbat-dreamweaver, Hexenhaus-At the edge of eternity, Cyclone-inferior to None...Forced Entry-Uncertain Future, Powerlord-The awakening, Exumer-Possessed by Fire, Razor-Violent Restitution, Minotaur-power...

[@sadboi7537]

@@recordmass6298 Great minds think alike my friend! 👍 Razor is an insanely underrated band. Every time I listen to Violent Restitution, my head gets ripped off. Same thing with Shotgun Justice and Open Hostility. Those albums completely scorch the earth. Lol. Also agree about the Big 4. While Puppets, Reign in Blood, Peace Sells and Among The Living are absolute classics and highly influential, obviously, they are NOT the “End all be All” of Thrash albums. The Big 4 are a good way to get into metal/early thrash, but the rabbit goes insanely deeper with better albums by, arguably, better bands. Some of my favorites are Evil Dead-Annihilation of Civilization, Vio-lence-Oppressing the Masses, Uncle Slam-Will Work for Food, Mortal Sin-Mayhemic Destruction among a handful of others. Now is a great time for Thrash in general. So many underground bands right now putting out INSANELY good albums. Look up these two bands called Critical Defiance and Thrash Wall. They’re debut albums are absolutely phenomenal examples of what people are calling the “New Wave of Old School Thrash” and are brutal/in-your-face thrash done properly. There’s actually an official YT channel called New Wave of Old School Thrash, if you didn’t know, it’s “ground zero” for new albums by modern thrash bands. A complete treasure trove of new stuff. 💪🙌👍🔥

[@recordmass6298]

@@sadboi7537 Yes indeed!, Critical Defiance is great stuff! Good to see people that are deep into thrash! wether old or new but quality stuff amongst all the mediocre albums being released

[@willfitzpatrick1107]

Sea of Tranquility got a mention on Alan Averill's (Lead singer of Primordial) podcast in Episode 36. The guest is Comedian, Drummer Steve Hughes and apparently he is a huge SOT fan.

[@craigrogers9016]

Peace sells ,by far the greatest off all time 🤘🤘🤘

[@sadboi7537]

It’s a great album, no doubt about that, but it doesn’t hold a candle to other albums.

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

@@sadboi7537 You’re tripping, Peace Sells and Rust in Piece are two of the greatest thrash albums. Thrash perfection.

[@sadboi7537]

@@Cheddar_Wizard Both are amazing albums, that’s obvious, but they are no where near the greatest of all time.

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

@@sadboi7537 I respect your opinion. What do you personally think are the greatest thrash records of all time? Other than those two, Ride the Lightning, Bonded by Blood, The New Order, Beneath the Remains and Cowboys From Hell are top contenders for me, though I'm always checking out new records so it changes.

[@sadboi7537]

@@Cheddar_Wizard Personally, I think Bonded By Blood, The Legacy and Show No Mercy are some of the best debuts in Thrash/greatest of all time. Kill em’ All and Killing is my Business are legendary, of course, but I think those three edge them out slightly. They’re all great really, I guess I just have Metallica/Megadeth fatigue at this point since those two are always the “gold standard” of thrash albums. Lol. Exodus is also one of my favorite bands of all time, across any musical genre, so my bias towards Bonded is pretty strong. I would also say Years of Decay, Taking Over and Horrorscope are Overkill’s best and are top tier thrash albums, as well as New Order, Practice and Souls Of Black for Testament’s early years. Both bands are on an absolute tare over the last decade, putting out some of their strongest material since those early days, so that’s promising. Also, bands like Annihilator, Vio-lence, Forbidden, Dark Angel etc. are often omitted from the “greatest of all time” conversations, when some of those bands albums far supersede a good percentage of some of the Big 4’s output. Some bands kept it real throughout the 90’s, while others obviously shifted away from thrash. Pantera, for instance, saved metal in the 90’s and kept it afloat, even though some criticize them for being “redneck metal”, when Dime was literally one of the greatest players to ever pick up a guitar. It all boils down to taste at the end of the day, which I’m cool with. I just have my favorites with varying opinions. As long you like metal/thrash, it’s all good, because there’s waaaaaaaay too much garbage out there these days being promoted as music.

[@dtltmtgt]

The bass work on Toxik World Circus!! Never heard this until today. Very cool Pete!

[@lahloonatic]

Testament is my favorite thrash band. It’s not even close, and “Titans of creation” is an unbelievable record.

[@gwaptiva]

I'm an old dude, so I still vote for The Legacy (if I cannot vote for the live at DAO EP, where I'm on the cover)

[@integrity101]

I love Testament. New Order for me

[@gwaptiva]

@@integrity101 The guys made good points that those two are right up there

[@recordmass6298]

Can't stand that album or similar ones, they use the artificial overproduced production template.

[@stephanea5364]

@@recordmass6298 And it sounds crushing on a great system, trust me.

[@chiragchittar4179]

Great list but geez this is so hard haha... Because I feel there are so many albums with comparable quality. Every thrash band more or less had a stand out album and many bands are still going strong. Since thrash is my favorite metal genre and my favourite genre of all tike I had too many picks and coming with a top 10 was hard. Sadly I couldn't include the newer bands because it was just so difficult. I have gone with one album per band like pete 1. Metallica-...And justice for all 2. Megadeth-Rust in peace 3. Exodus-Fabulous disaster 4. Testament-The new order 5. Heathen-victims of deception 6. Sepultura-arise 7. Coroner-grin (not really thrash but has some elements and coroner were a thrash band so will give the benefit of doubt) 8. Artillery-by inheritance 9. Slayer-hell awaits 10. Kreator-extreme aggression

[@absurditarantella7082]

Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death Sodom - In the Sign of Evil EP Artillery - By Inheritance

[@stevesekora]

What a stack of classics, Enjoyed this video.

[@koolkool3856]

01: Artillery - By Inheritance 02: Megadeth - Rust in Peace 03: Razor - Violent Restitution 04: Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death 05: Toxik - Think This 06: Vektor - Outer Isolation 07: Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence 08: Forbidden - Twisted Into Form 09: Voivod - Killing Technology 10: Num Skull - Ritually Abused If anybody is interested, here's a list of Thrash Metal bands I've made for myself. It's not the most well constructed list, but here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/18F36uZUe7r5A7yiBYPjRp7gSzVvCpanf/view?usp=sharing

[@immanuel_cunt7688]

Cool dude, you have already done my work! You mentioned some brutal thrash bands! Killer!

[@majorleerager7126]

Dark Angel " Darkness Descend" the Greatest Thrash Metal album of all Time !!!

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Just got into this band...Black Prophecies is my favorite from that album

[@majorleerager7126]

@@SPak-rt2gb The next 2 albums are great too

[@profile1674]

@@majorleerager7126 I always preferred "Leave Scars", probably because that was the first one I ever heard from them.

[@majorleerager7126]

@@profile1674 Leave Scars is a great album too, actually I prefer Ron Rinehart's voice over Don Doty's, but I think the songs on Leave Scars tend to be unnecessarily long It's just a small complaint Dark Angel is my favorite Thrash Metal band

[@profile1674]

@@majorleerager7126 Yeah, that's my favorite thing about that album, Ron's vocal delivery. It sounds as if the guy has two sets of lungs! I actually never noticed the length of the songs on "Leave..." to be honest. Still, awesome band!

[@jaimeres]

I haven’t seen the video yet, but Flotsam and Jetsam’s “No Place For Disgrace” better be on this list.

[@rememberbeginning]

It's on my list!

[@benedictdonald4338]

I’ll go with “Doomsday”, instead.

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

That is my favorite Flotsam And Jetsam album. I do love the debut Doomsday For The Deceiver big time as well.

[@reason2008]

A couple connections to my area are that Alex Perialas is a professor at Ithaca College and one of Overkill's guitarists Rob Cannavino is from my town.

[@jcrockandmetalreviews]

10. Meliah Rage "kill to survive" 9. Forbidden "Twisted into form" 8. Kreator "Coma of Souls" 7. Overkill "ironbound" 6. Anthrax "Among the Living " 5. Suicidal Tendencies "lights, camera, revolution " 4. Metallica "Ride the Lightning " 3. Testament "Practice what you preach " 2. Sepultura "Beneath the remains " 1. Megadeth "Rust in peace"

[@JDJD666JD]

Possessed - Seven Churches Exodus - Bonded by Blood Destruction - Infernal Overkill Krearor - Pleasure to Kill Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty Slayer - Show no Mercy Dark Angel - Darkness Decends Sepultura - Morbid Visions Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion Exciter - Long live the Loud

[@texasboy5527]

Not a huge thrash fan but these albums would be my top 10: 1. Megadeth - Rust in Peace 2. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 4. Overkill - The Years of Decay 5. Coroner - Mental Vortex 6. Vektor - Black Future 7. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence 8. Kreator - Coma of Souls 9. Voivod - Killing Technology 10. Testament - The New Order

[@austinbohlmann9859]

It's awesome to hear mention of the New York Death Militia in a Sea of Tranquility video no matter how brief! Thank you for creating such badass and consistent material, Pete (and company!) - IDDM/NYDM Warrior

[@biorythmicshifter]

Atrophy’s second album was Violent By Nature....classic! Sabbat History Of A Time To Come is top tier stuff. Whiplash Insult To Injury is also an underrated masterpiece.

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Atrophy’s ‘Slipped Through the Cracks’ is probably my fav thrash song

[@fulcilives98]

1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace 2. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains 3. Slayer - Reign In Blood 4. Exodus - Bonded By Blood 5. Anthrax - Among The Living 6. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 7. Overkill - The Years Of Decay 8. Testament - The New Order 9. Sodom - Agent Orange 10. Kreator - Extreme Aggression Honorable mentions: Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo Vektor - Terminal Redux Annihilator - Alice In Hell Dark Angel - Darkness Descends Evile - Enter The Grave Death Angel - The Ultra Violence Every Testament album since The Formation Of Damnation

[@mordantfilms]

Thrash metal got me through jr high school. I had a huge thrash metal cassette collection, and some vinyl. I don't listen to much thrash these days, but in the thumbnail for this video I saw many exact albums I had owned and was astounded! Stuff by Deathrow, Blood Feast, Nuclear Assault(vinyl), Exodus, Anthrax, Voivod(vinyl), Overkill, Virus(vinyl), Dark Angel, Slayer's debut...crazy. Ahh memories.

[@Rolf2112]

First of all Rich I love your shirt... Your lists are great, some of the comments are great, I would say Sabbat-Dreamweaver, very underrated band and album, later Martin formed Skyclad, another beloved band and sad story. Also Xentrix. English thrash so great after all. Annihilator had multiple singers and that was bad for them I suppose. Razor, Sacrifice great bands from Canada. Atrophy 2 albums both great, especially Violent by Nature.

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Thanks, Slaughters Fear No Evil is an overlooked underrated "hair" metal album from the 90s. Hopefully doing a show topic concerning such albums, like Winger- Pull, Warrant-Dog Eat Dog, and others.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

@@MetalAsylumNJ Slaughter's Fear No Evil is a solid Melodic Hard Rock album 👍Unfortunately pretentious music journalists label Slaughter as 'hair metal' (to imply that its not legitimate music and you are not 'supposed to' like it) and people will dismiss that album even before listening to it bcs they dont think it's legitimate music. Anyway I think Fear No Evil is Better than their first two albums.

[@matthewwigzell2119]

Anyone remember some of the great thrash bands we had in the UK: Acid Reign, Slammer, Onslaught... ?

[@stevefirminger3659]

Don’t forget Sabbat

[@matthewwigzell2119]

Hey bud, yeah, you're not wrong! I feel bad now for omitting them. History of a time to come, Dream Weaver & Mourning has broken are classics!!!

[@gamleskalle1]

Master, ride, hell, show, reign, South, seasons, peace, rust, spreading, among, countdown, dystopia, beneath, arise etc...

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Holy Moses -‘Finished With The Dogs’

[@aliens_exist_23]

Great show loved it!

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

Great list I grew up on most of these as a kid in the 80s! All hail the legends. I own most of these on vinyl or CD. I'm also really digging the newer thrash bands like Havok, Toxic Holocaust, Municipal Waste, Power Trip and Warbringer! Just as good as the classics many times

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Great Show Guys. IMO Rust in Peace is my favorite Thrash metal album. You have named some others that would rank also. I might also include Heavy Metal Maniac by Exciter.

[@shawnbrucker1697]

Good list guys! Would love to see you guys do this with death metal! If you do I'd fill one of the little boxes up! Lol appreciate the content as always. Hope you're all doing good!

[@almosthuman56]

Good call on World Circus by Toxik. Underrated classic. My List: 1 - Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare. (The Best Thrash Album of all time in my world HANDS DOWN ) 2 - Dark Angel - Darkness Decends 3 - Exodus - Bonded By Blood 4 - Sodum - Agent Orange 5 - Onslaught - The Force 6 - Metallica - Kill Em All (First Thrash Metal Album imo) 7 -- Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence 8 - Slayer - Hell Awaits (I like Haunted The Chaple even more. But that's an EP) 9 - Whiplash - Power And Pain 10 - Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence Honrable mention" Megadeth - Peace Sells, Nuclear Assault - Game Over and Overkill - Years Of Decay

[@chrisconlan751]

I keep trying to get into toxic but can't seem to get past the vocals

[@beholder2572]

I'm amazed that no one is mentioning Paradox "Heresy"

[@billvrabel1502]

classic!

[@LuchaLibertaria]

HM: - Holy Moses - The New Machine of Liechtenstein (Sabina Rules🤘) - Artillery - By Inheritance - Mortal Sin - Every Dog Has Its Day - Xentrix - For Whose Advantage?

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

Love artillery just discovered them recently

[@ramonace4770]

Annihilator "Alice in hell" and "Set the world on fire"

[@blasterofmuppets4754]

Metallica - Kill'em all, Ride the Lightning Deathrow - Raging Steel Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow Sodom - Agent Orange S.O.D. - Speak English or Die Dark Angel - Darkness Decends Slayer - Reign in Blood. Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence Exodus - Bonded by Blood

[@neugey]

My top 10 before watching: 10 - Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 9 - Possessed - Seven Churches 8 - Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace 7 - Suicidal Tendencies - Feel like Shit/Deja Vu 6 - Slayer - Reign in Blood 5 - Death Angel - The Ultra Violence 4 - Metallica - Master of Puppets 3 - Anthrax - Among the Living 2 - Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 1 - Megadeth - Rust in Peace

[@richboutin4044]

It’s sad that none of them even mentioned death angel.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Possesed is more death metal dude

[@marcoiacobuzio4075]

@@arturoalmazan5262 it wasn't called that back in 1985 it was under the category of thrash metal

[@arturoalmazan5262]

@@marcoiacobuzio4075 technically it wasnt yet death metal but Possesed coined and phrased the death metal genre. the song death metal was the start of it. songs like burning in hell were faster than anything that came out in 85

[@marcoiacobuzio4075]

@@arturoalmazan5262 yes your absolutely right very true not too many were as fast and gravelly voiced as possessed you can almost say they were more close to black metal

[@MrJericholic]

Thanks Rich for pulling out F&J Doomsday. I was watching and it was almost at the end and couldn't believe no one had mentioned F&J

[@carlarmou7293]

What about Death Angel? Some great albums to be considered

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Was never huge on them to be honest, though they do have some good albums.

[@caljerm]

Pete's #1 is the true #1. Peace Sells is the ultimate thrash album 👍👍

[@themightydecibel-heavymeta7130]

MIA: RAZOR - Evil Invaders and Violent Restitution, ONSLAUGHT - Power From Hell, WHIPLASH - Power and Pain, ARTILLERY - Fear Of Tomorrow and KREATOR - Cause For Conflict.

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

Razor! Yes one of my all time fave speed metal / thrash bands.

[@donaldcady3839]

I found an original Power From Hell recently. Memories of my late teens. Bloodfeast-Kill for pleasure too. My name is on the thanks list.

[@sadboi7537]

I like where you heads at my friend. 👌🏻

[@jondevon64]

1 Reign in Blood 2 Master Of Puppets 3 Black Metal 4 The Ultraviolence 5 Doomsday For The Deceiver 6 Game Over 7 Burn My Eyes 8 Peace Sells 9 Seven Churches 10 Scream Bloody Gore Reign In Blood just blew me away when i first head it.

[@N2Uhtive]

10 Kreator - Pleasure To Kill 9 Possessed - Seven Churches 8 Deathrow - Deception Ignored 7 Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 6 Blessed Death - Destined For Extinction 5 Slayer - Hell Awaits 4 Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh 3 Nuclear Assault - Survive 2 Venom - Black Metal 1 Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath My numbers 1 and 2 will be debatable to a lot of people, but in my opinion, these albums were essential to the creation of Thrash Metal. They had all of the elements present that would become the dominant traits of Thrash Metal... So there it is.

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

Hahaha This was a trip! a video of other people from the Hudson Valley talking about metal to pop up on my feed. I bought my copy of Toxic - World Circus from one of the band members when he was set up at stormville flea market. Been to Rock Fantasy a few times, Great store. I was set up for a few years at the flea market at the dutchess mall and sold mostly horror movies on VHS, along with metal, arcade machines, old toys and oddities.