Ranking the '90s albums of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax (w/Martin Popoff)

[@garyjoyce2160]

Tremendous theme series/ love it. Thx. Pete &. Martin. 1-9️⃣0️⃣. Rust in PEACE. 2-9️⃣2️⃣- Countdown to EXTINCTION 3-9️⃣0️⃣Black ALBUM 4- 9️⃣0️⃣ Season in the ABYSS. 5-9️⃣4️⃣ - YOUTHANASIA 👍💯

[@christianhaynes1954]

Love the fun house guys 👍thanks Pete and Martin.

[@markfurru3368]

I didn't include Undisputed Attitude on my list - for the same reason that I didn't include Garage Inc, Hidden Treasures, and Attack of the Killer B's - because it's not a proper studio album. But here's my ranking of the fifteen proper albums from the Big 4 in the '90s... 15. Risk 14. Stomp 442 13. Vol. 8: The Threat Is Real 12. Cryptic Writings 11. Sound of White Noise 10. Diabolus in Musica 9. Youthanasia 8. Metallica (Black) 7. Reload 6. Load 5. Persistence of Time 4. Divine Intervention 3. Countdown to Extinction 2. Seasons in the Abyss 1. Rust in Peace

[@Swullmark]

Well I mean if we include Undisputed Attitude wouldn't we need to have Garage, Inc there?

[@janpoelkamp4229]

@@SwullmarkIt’s half a compilation, but you have a point.

[@simondepass4647]

Love these videos. If I had one complaint/feedback is there any chance Martin gets a new camera and they can be shot in 1080p please? Keep up the awesome fun work!

[@ffghfdsgfgdgsfhgsf]

It was a very entertaining episode guys! I hope you'll do the 2000's one day, there are some controversial albums in this decade.

[@EvilVonRetee]

Great episode once again! Inspired me to dive back on Divine Intervention which I hadn't listened for over a decade, at least. And it was surprisingly solid, a lot better than I remembered!

[@onemarathon7813]

Martin, where did you get that Max Webster shirt? I'm a big Max fan and have never seen that tee before

[@FinalBaton]

Divine Intervention is a very damn good album. I feel like it's been underrated for a long time but in recent years people have been giving it more props.

[@SuperStrik9]

Easily the best Slayer album post Seasons. I love Divine Intervention. Hell, I might even like it better than Seasons. Both albums were 3 and 4 on my list.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

I particularly love DI because it's the most hardcore punk Slayer album (other than Undisputed, duh). And for the same reason classic Anthrax is my favorite of the 4. It's a shame how most metalheads nowadays are dismissive towards this band.

[@SuperStrik9]

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Anthrax are great. Persistence Of Time was 2 on my list.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

@@SuperStrik9 Yes, many of their best riffs ever are on Persistence!

[@jimmyjambhere]

Anthrax Stomp 442 & Volume gets no love!!! I love both of those albums. Ironically those were the 2 best Anthrax shows I’ve ever seen: Buffalo July 1996 w/ The Misfits and Toronto August 1998. Shout out to Martin for having the Volume 8 promo cd w/ diff cover. I got it too 🔥🔥🔥🔥 as well as that Inside Out cd single. Their cover of The Bends is amazing.

[@Chaz4543]

Volume 8 starts off really strong and takes a huge noise dive for me. I like tracks 1-8 quite a bit but the 2nd half falls way off. Stomp I never liked. Its just trying to be heavy for heavy sake and there's no memorable songs. Its like Motley Crue 94 for me.

[@mythicdelirium]

I love STOMP 442, always baffles me that it gets dissed so harshly. At least Martin gave it props.

[@Kyush4]

@@Chaz4543 crue 94 has the heavy guitars to match the heavy lyrics and the songwriting is top notch, my fav crue album

[@Gary_M]

It's criminal what they did to Rust In Peace with the remix.

[@jjstraka1982]

I feel like Cryptic Writings balanced radio friendly songs while still sticking to the band's roots better than any album Metallica did in the same decade.

[@samhouston1979]

yeah! totally do the 2000s episode with these guys

[@RodrigoAlves-bc8qq]

If Garage Inc. is out so is Undisputed. 15-Risk/ 14- Vol 8/ 13- Diabolos/ 12-Crypting/ 11-Stomp/ 10-Reload/ 09-Euthanasia/ 08-Persistence/ 07-Black Album/ 06-Divine Int./ 05-Countdown/ 04-Load/ 03-White Noise/ 02-Seasons/ 01-Rust in Peace

[@machoburgerking]

I'm surprised Pete rated Persistence of Time so low. I'm not a big Anthrax fan, but Persistence is easily my favorite album of theirs.

[@monkeyhousescouse]

Me too! 🎉

[@SuperStrik9]

Same Here. Anthrax darkest and most serious album of the Belladonna era imo. I remember Pete not liking State Of Euphoria and Anthrax humor in general and so he probably didn't give Persistence Of Time a chance. He should though imo.

[@donnybrookdetritus]

Would love to see the one song clouding the album for you show. First one that comes to mind is “I Was Made for Loving You” for Kiss-Dynasty

[@Mark-bi5dk]

Was wondering if you guys ever heard dave mustaine side project in the 90s MD45.pretty good album with Lee Ving from FEAR on vocals ...then years later it was re-recorded with Dave singing to appeal to megadeth fans..the album is called the craving its better with lee Ving on vocals

[@nickvickers3486]

I remember buying MD45 when it came out - very cool record!

[@gamleskalle1]

1. Seasons in the abyss 2. Rust in peace 3. Black album 4. Load 5. Countdown 6. Divine 7. Diabolus 8. Reload 9. Youthanasia 10. Anthrax

[@KowankoMusic]

Great episode!

[@mcsmoothie7052]

Why is “ bluesy” used as a put down so much? I don’t get it, I love bluesy.

[@djacobmadrigal]

I like bluesy too but many of us don’t want a thrash or metal band to do too much blues if any at all.

[@gergonikk]

​@@jimmycampbell78 so Black Sabbath aren't metal?

[@Cam-uv5sc]

Blues playing is heavily based around e minor pentatonic, all of these bands have used that scale just sped up at some point. It is all bluesy so that is a dumb complaint.

[@steelerfreak1977]

Why can’t blues guys just let metal people have something? God, you are like women who can’t stand it when guys have their own spaces.

[@DFMusic811]

​@jimmycampbell78 Little bands named Black Sabbath, Motorhead, and Danzig who would like a word with you.

[@tommyaddison6539]

Another great episode

[@nikkobogdan]

Liking these albums is not a problem once you are a teenager in this decade :)))) Stomp 442 is my favourite Anthrax album, Metallica's black album is one of my all time favourite metal albums. I resented Load when it appeared, but now I goddamn love it. Countdown to Extinction, Seasons in the Abyss - excellent albums.

[@Robx-gx8zy]

Talking music IS fun..Therefore Martin Popoff = fun

[@MIKE197923]

Please do the 2000's for these bands. That would be a very interesting show.

[@mdarts8861]

What does everyone think about the differences between the 1990 copy of rust in piece and the 2004 remix/re-issue?

[@ericrobertson2024]

Liked it more.. but for the life of me I've never got the praise for that album.

[@Assimilator702]

Black Album is vastly superior to Load and Reload. It was the beginning of the end but still a 10/10 Metallica release.

[@miaajaniss]

True

[@antonnee]

Agree 100% I don't get it when people say it's not a heavy album; it's plenty heavy, just the speed is toned down way low.

[@johnoliva7972]

There is a cool KZbin video of Megadeth in 2010 at the Palladium in Los Angeles where they play the Rust in Peace album in it's entirety as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of that album.

[@Alexi676]

Love this episode. Let's give this a try. I'll drop Undisputed from the ranking. 15. Risk 14. Reload 13. Vol 8 12. Diabolos 11. Load 10. Stomp 442 9. Black Album 8. Cryptic 7. Persistence 6. Youthanasia 5. Divine 4. White Noise 3. Countdown 2. Seasons 1. Rust In Peace

[@danielsolano602]

Hell yeah this is a fun show! Martin's just a humble guy..😉

[@monkeyhousescouse]

Persistsnce of time is the best Anthrax album! Crazy that Martin had it at a lowly #10! 😮

[@patrickmurphy1803]

I'm lovin Martin's thin lizzy book honesty is no excuse its top notch

[@Swullmark]

Would definitely love a 2000's episode. I already know my #1 for that time period (2000-Today?) is The Sick, The Dying, and the Dead (Megadeth - 2022). Freaking killer album, best since Rust In Peace. Anthrax came back going hard as all hell as well.

[@Cam-uv5sc]

Most of these albums are the reason I mainly gravitate towards Death Metal and Prog Metal for the 90s. My “hot take” as well is I personally prefer Peace Sells to Rust in Peace, and Seasons in the Abyss never did the same thing as Hell Awaits or Reign in Blood for me. I also don’t hate the Black album as much as most people do though. The big thing for me is that if I want to hear radio rock or lighter stuff, I don’t want to hear it from thrash bands.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another of my mind calls the 'blender' series. Not familiar enough with all these albums to even try a ranking such as this but, again, that in no way diminishes the interest of watching Martin and Pete ranking these albums and comparing their relative preferences of the combined catalogue. Of the ones that have listened to, personal top pick of those hears would be the same as the top choice of the episode. Thanks once again, gents, for another fun time in the Funhouse. There ya go!

[@mattseager2870]

I’ve always liked Divine Intervention and Sound of White Noise, but I hardly ever think to circle back to those albums for some reason. I will definitely be revisiting those after listening to this.

[@SamperorTV]

Both Sound of white Noise and Divine Intervention have grown on me a lot after some years have passed by. They have grown so much that I had to re-purchase both CD's a while ago, as I had already got rid of those many years ago.

[@SuperStrik9]

1. Rust In Peace 2. Persistence Of Time 3. Seasons In The Abyss 4. Divine Intervention 5. Attack Of The Killer B's 6. Countdown To Extinction 7. Black Album 8. Youthanasia 9. Sound Of White Noise 10. Undisputed Attitude

[@nickvickers3486]

Great call sticking Attack of The Killer B's in there, there's some really cool stuff on there and it's great fun! Your top 3 are the classic thrash albums of 1990 and they stack up very well against the 80s thrash albums - I really can't understand why Martin and Pete had Persistence of Time so low!

[@SuperStrik9]

@@nickvickers3486 Thanks. From what I've heard Martin and Pete say about Anthrax is they aren't into the band's humor particularly the album State Of Euphoria. Which was the album released right before Persistence. So I don't think either of them have given Persistence Of Time a chance which is unfortunate imo. It's easily Anthrax most serious album of the Belladonna era and my favorite Anthrax album.

[@thekivster]

Why is Garage Inc not on here if Slayer’s covers album is?

[@ericrobertson2024]

Idk but it's my favorite if included

[@gellargod]

I rank Cryptic Writings way higher. Always loved that album. In my top 5 Megadeth albums.

[@tombiby5892]

I like it too. But it was my first so I have that bias.

[@Chaz4543]

Trust and Almost Honest are obvious attempts to write radio hits. They even have the sappy lyrics and Megadeth was never known for that. Still like the album though because the other songs are good. They kept playing She-Wolf live years and years later because it became a fan favorite.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Its actually my favorite album. Countdown is my second favorite. Rust has dropped a bit just because i listened to it too much.

[@SuperStrik9]

Some good songs on that album. She-Wolf, The Disintegrators ,Vortex, FFF, Trust. Saw Megadeth on the tour for the album as well. Glad I got to see the Mustaine - Ellefson - Friedman - Menza lineup live.

[@gellargod]

@@SuperStrik9 I saw that tour as well. Also the RISK tour with Marty

[@Swullmark]

To be honest this is very hard but I think I know where I'm sitting here (I do NOT remember any of the Anthrax albums from this era if I'm being honest so I can't rank those. But yes, I will revisit them later 12 - Diabolus in Musica 11 - Risk 10 - Youthanasia 9 - Cryptic Writings 8 - Countdown To Exctinction 7 - The Black Album 6 - Divine Intervention 5 - Load 4 - ReLoad 3 - Garage, Inc 2 - Rust In Peace 1 - Seasons In the Abyss

[@TheElderofRock-dz4zg]

Wow a whole show and Martin didn't mention four on the floor drumming once.

[@leonscoretzka801]

great show guys! Really enjoy these ranking videos. But how come undisputed attitude is in the ranking when garage inc. isnt? they are both full lenght cover albums from the 90s?

[@MrPsaunders]

As a guitarist, I'm a huge Megadeth and Marty Friedman fan. Still never risked listening to Risk though.

[@samhouston1979]

“one song taking over your mind space” would obviously be “I was made for loving you” by KISS on Dynasty

[@janpoelkamp4229]

I’m perplexed by the low rating of Persistence Of Time. It would easily reach my Top 5 along with RIP, Countdown, Seasons and Black Album. 1. Rust In Peace 2. Seasons In The Abyss 3. Countdown To Extinction 4. Persistence Of Time 5. The Black Album An honorable shout-out will go to Anthrax’s awesome everything-including-the-kitchen-sink collection Attack Of The Killer B’s!

[@miaajaniss]

Easily their best 90s album

[@ericrobertson2024]

After hearing the initial 3 albums from each of these bands,i would've never expected Megadeth to be anywhere near the 2nd out of the 4 in terms of popularity, and get this...those first 3 are my favorites...I just liked the other bands far more and thought they had more of what metal fans would continue to purchase.

[@michaeleaster1815]

19:48 "what the hell is this?" ... I was watching late at night in bed and this line cracked me up so bad... literally LOL for 5 minutes. I'm not into Metallica but I do remember the reception in 1996.

[@tosse2011]

Interesting video ... Looking forward for Sodom ranking the albums soon I hope

[@mikesekula3949]

Good show boys!

[@ericrobertson2024]

Garage Inc is actually my favorite...My overall favorite album of the 90s is the Live Meltdown Priest album.

[@ericrobertson2024]

Seasons,White Noise, Garage Inc were all great but I liked Kreator Metal Church Death far more during the 90s...I legit have forgotten the late 90s Megadeth albums,can't remember at all.

[@irishspagetti6565]

Kreator- outcast is very good

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@irishspagetti6565 Yep,the only Kreator I didn't like was the most recent.

[@jackcamp6149]

I'd be so interested if you guys do the 2000's

[@StainedClass88]

I never imagined Martin’s reappraisal of Slayer was for him to land on Divine Intervention as the most highly rated in this exercise. Pete’s top 4 is spot on IMO.

[@marcdiego1]

My top 5 would be: 1. Season in the Abyss, 2. Sound of white noise, 3. Rust in peace, 4. Divine Intervention, 5. Countdown to Extinction

[@michaelsprigle4471]

Mother love for Divine Intervention here has me in my Glory!!! Thank you gentlemen for actually listening to this record to acknowledge the song writing. Everyone shits on this record.

[@superunknown2812]

Personally i love Undisputed Attitude from Slayer,They picked some great covers back in the 90s i was into punk and Thrash And Death metal so i definitely was a staple in my list of albums from that time.Diablous in musica didnt really like it at the time but dig it alot more now,sure they left that thrash sound behind but it was still a very heavy album and theres some good groove too it.I wouldn't classify it anywheres as a "Nu Metal"album like alot of people do.

[@beetlebum7760]

This is gonna be fun! My guess is Megadeth will be the big winner.

[@gamleskalle1]

Nope

[@cmlguerra]

nope 👎🏻 third at best

[@Nocturnal_Spectre]

Rust in peace slays the other albums

[@gamleskalle1]

@@Nocturnal_Spectre slays Slayer lol?

[@stephanea5364]

RIP is so far ahead of all the others, it's not even funny

[@ericdinse5047]

Martin / Mr Fun !!!

[@michael7v6]

Great List. Love the CTE love.

[@davidburns6284]

I never complained about ...And Justice for All. Absolutely love that album. They lost me with the Black Album. Here are my top 5 90's albums from the Big 4: 1. Seasons in the Abyss 2. Rust in Peace 3. Persistence of Time 4. Divine Intervention 5. Sound of White Noise

[@ryanjacobson2508]

AJFA was well received when it came out but has been retroactively nit-picked by some people.

[@theflipside-vinylcommunity]

I think vol 8 Is awesome

[@Hecatecrossways]

Metallica going Goth + Def Leppard going Grunge = Mid Life Crisis

[@manuelper]

Have you guys done this series with Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and some other notable NWOBHM? If not, that has to be on the list, no?

[@dertodesking8379]

I only listen to 2 1990s albums of all these bands, and that’s Seasons in the Abyss & R.I.P.

[@bobilly]

Martin "Hot Take" Popoff's lists are WILD. I can at least agree that Divine Intervention is super underrated

[@Mr.Davidian]

This was surprisingly tough lol. 1. Rust In Peace 2. Youthanasia 3. Seasons In The Abyss 4. Divine Intervention 5. Metallica 6. Countdown To Extinction 7. Persistence Of Time 8. Diabolus In Musica 9. Load 10. Sound Of White Noise 11. Volume 8: The Threat Is Real 12. Stomp 442 13. Reload 14. Cryptic Writings 15. Risk

[@dougsmith8104]

I know you didn't include EPs, but Anthrax's Attack of the Killer Bs would rank really high for me!

[@metalcousins1209]

Pete,I love Martin,but to put Cryptic Writings below the 2 Load albums, ouch that hurts.

[@michaeleaster1815]

19:56 re: shocking (part 2). But it as Martin pointed out, there was the music but also the goth look and an album cover with blood & semen... it was a pretty weird twist under the rubric of "artistic growth"

[@TheBerndude]

Another great episode, gentlemen. I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth, but will we be getting a Anno Domini review soon?

[@ajaybhalla-jl7el]

Spot on! Rust in peace definitely the best.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

1. Cryptic Writings (Theres my unpopular pick for you all. This album means alot to me) 2. Countdown to Extinction 3. Rust in Peace 4. Seasons in the Abyss 5. Metallica 6. Hidden Treasures 7. Youthanasia 8. Divine Intervention 9. Garage Inc. 10. Diabolus in Musica 11. Undisputed Attitude 12. Risk 13. Load 14. Reload 15. Attack of the Killer B's 16. Sound of White Noise 17. Persistence of Time 18. Volume 8 : The Threat is Real 19. Stomp 442

[@mrl1807]

1. Sound of White Noise 2. Seasons in the Abyss 3. Persistence Of Time 4. Stomp 442 5. Rust in Peace 6. Countdown to Extinction 7. Metallica (Black) 8. Vol. 8: The Threat Is Real 9. Divine Intervention 10. Load 11. Reload 12. Youthanasia 13. Diabolus in Musica 14. Cryptic Writings 15. Risk

[@Almeida5]

15. Risk 14. Stomp 442 13. Vol. 8: The Threat is Real 12. Diabolus in Musica 11. Re-load 10. Cryptic Writings 09. Divine Intervention 08. Load 07. Black 06. Youthanasia 05. Sound of White Noise 04. Countdown to Extinction 03. Persistence of Time 02. Seasons in the Abyss 01. Rust in Peace

[@LeatherRebel75]

I enjoyed Load and Reload well enough for what they were. Those albums get accused of being Metallica going alt-rock, but I hear Metallica going 70's hard rock instead. But I do have to admit, that if you cherry picked the best material from both disks, you'd have one really strong and creative album.

[@nickvickers3486]

I really Load and Reload when they came out and still dig them today. I got into metal as a teen in the early 90s, loved the thrash stuff and the Black Album but for me when they came out with Load they were one of the coolest bands on the planet! Yes they changed but so did The Beatles going through the 60s and in both cases those changes kept the bands massive. And you make a great point about Metallica going for 70s hard rock (which is what a lot of grunge acts did too) If in an alternate universe a rock band put out Load/Reload songs in the 1970s they'd have been as big as Led Zepp!

[@marcessex7831]

1. Seasons in the Abyss 2. Rust In Peace 3. Metallica 4. Countdown to Extinction 5. Divine Intervention 6. Persistence of Time 7. Youthanasia 8. Load 9. Undisputed Attitude 10. Diabolus in Musica 11. Cryptic Writings 12. Sound of White Noise 13. Reload 14. Risk 15. Vol. 8 16. Stomp 442

[@cleftturnip7774]

I think Martin would be the only person who doesn't like the Anthrax logo.

[@dertodesking8379]

I’d agree with Martin on this

[@cleftturnip7774]

@@dertodesking8379 you'd be the only one

[@zoef234]

Great logo

[@jimekberg]

1. Rust in Peace 2. Seasons in the Abyss 3. Undisputed Attitude 4. Countdown to Extinction 5. Youthanasia 6. Sound of White Noise 7. Cryptic Writings 8. Hidden Treasures 9. Garage Inc. 10. Divine Intervention 11. Metallica 12. Diabolus in Musica 13. Risk 14. Load 15. Reload 16. Persistence of Time 17. Volume 8: The Threat Is Real 18. Stomp 442

[@janbrykalski4136]

Rust in Peaxe and Seasons but although from 1990 those are kind of eighties masterpieces

[@Skycladatdusk78]

1. Seasons In The Abyss 2. Rust In Peace 3. Countdown To Extinction 4. Divine Intervention 5. Youthanasia 6. Persistence Of Time 7. Metallica 8. Diabolous In Musica 9. Sound Of White Noise 10. Cryptic Writings 11. Undisputed Attitude 12. Load 13. Reload 14. Risk 15. Stomp 442 16. Volume 8

[@Chaz4543]

Outlaw Torn is the best song on Load and Reload combined. Its got amazing atmosphere and top notch vocals and lyrics from James. I guess some like Martin can find it boring but for me its so amazing. Thats how you do a album closer, right. I think Fixxxer on Reload was attempt to copy that same formula and its ok but not as good.

[@fergalholmes]

‘Outlaw Torn’ dull? I’ve heard it all now.

[@djacobmadrigal]

Check out the footage of Train Of Consequences from the David Letterman Show with you know who on harmonica!

[@ericrobertson2024]

Bill Clinton??

[@djacobmadrigal]

@@ericrobertson2024 No; why would Bill Clinton play harmonica on The David Letterman show?

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@djacobmadrigal lol he played saxophone on Arsenio Hall around that time.

[@djacobmadrigal]

@@ericrobertson2024 it’s Paul Schaefer, the funny guy, musician who led the band on The David Letterman show. Geeze.

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@djacobmadrigal I love Paul,Anton,Will,etc but I quickly switched the tv or radio every time I heard Megadeth begin in that era, but I liked the early albums.

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Rust In Peace (1990) 2. Metallica (1991) 3. Countdown to Extinction (1992) 4. Seasons in the Abyss (1990) 5. Sound of White Noise (1993) 6. Hidden Treasures (1995) 7. Youthanasia (1994) 8. Garage Inc. (1998) 9. Load (1996) 10. Persistence of Time (1990) 11. Divine Intervention (1994) 12. Cryptic Writings (1997) 13. ReLoad (1997) 14. Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998) 15. Diablos in Musica (1998) 16. Undisputed Attitude (1996) 17. Stomp 442 (1995) 18. Risk (1999)

[@richard-mr1vz]

LA Woman by The Doors is “The Album Where The Wheels Fell Off The Wagon” according to Martin Popoff, the man who single-handedly ruined Sea Of Tranquility…I need a Homer Simpson right about now-DDDUuuuhhh!

[@mr.intamin1081]

Of course Martin likes volume 8……. I could’ve predicted this a mile away…. The album sucks FOR EVERYONE

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

😂😂😂 love Martin but his hot takes are fucking terrible 😂😂😂

[@mr.intamin1081]

@@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688I don’t think he’s ever had a good take

[@miaajaniss]

It’s better than Stomp 442

[@StonedJesus]

Reload and Load are the best Metallica albums songwriting-wise

[@daanthing6002]

"Steely Dan of trash"... like that one

[@Hecatecrossways]

Even though I don't care for any of these albums, aside from Rust in Peace. I still like this discussion.

[@wretchedforever]

I love this topic. I think Megadeth had the best 90s releases. Two anyway. An absolute classic in Rust, and a minor classic in Countdown. The Black album was good. Anthrax Persistence and Sound of white noise were great albums. Slayer never released a bad album. Exodus had some lackluster albums in the nineties. Overkill never gets any love. My favorite Testament album came out in 92. I could go on and on about this, but i wont. Good day.

[@DokkenSabbath]

16. Stomp 442 15. Volume 8: The Threat Is Real 14. Reload 13. Load 12. Risk 11. Cryptic Writings 10. Diabolous in Musica 9. Undisputed Attitude 8. Divine Intervention 7. Sound of White Noise 6. Persistence of Time 5. Metallica 4. Rust in Peace 3. Countdown to Extinction 2. Seasons in the Abyss 1. Youthanasia

[@Frank-n-Sense]

The heyday of 'big four' thrash bands was the '80s, not the '90s. The music business tried to erase thrash in the Summer of 1991. Only acts like Suicidal Tendencies, Nuclear Assault, Rancid, S.O.D., Rage, Overkill, (and I would argue progenitors Motorhead, and Accept) stayed badass thrash. The rest of the thrash acts turned '90s Nu 'metal' quicker than the Rolling Stones & the Bee Gees turned disco in the mid-'70s.

[@Kyush4]

Rancid?

[@Frank-n-Sense]

@@Kyush4 rancid? what if there was a thrash band called rancid from dallas and another thrash band called rancid from michigan? oh wait.

[@miaajaniss]

Martin surely you don’t honestly believe albums like Stomp 442 are better than Persistence of time and The Black album

[@MartinPopoff]

Better is a deep, weird subject, especially when you try to define it as completely objective. This is our personal rankings.

[@irishspagetti6565]

I don't understand why people still try to separate grunge and metal, like metal disappeared with the rise of grunge, while not every grunge band was embracing it, the two best alice in chains and soundgarden in my opinion had alot of metal inspiration in their songs

[@ericrobertson2024]

The more Megadeth changed, the more they sold,the more Anthrax detoured the less they sold lol Is kinda what Martin meant....Slayer actually had the most steady pace of all these bands as far as sales and style also.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Slayer sold the least of these bands, back in the 80's (no videos on MTV). There wasn't really a sense that they would ever be a "commercial" band. So I feel they stayed under the radar, whereas Metallica and Megadeth kept getting bigger.... Anthrax were always rather a divisive band, and booting Joey's distinctive (for better or worse) voice and bringing in the gruff howl of John Bush didn't really attract any new fans while antagonizing established fans.

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@ryanjacobson2508 I would estimate worldwide sales from 1983-2023 were Metallica 110 million/Megadeth 30 million/Slayer 20 million/Anthrax near 15 million based off the Soundscan # and Billboard for the pre 1992 releases..... Slayer never had that drastic a change in sales or style,while the others all did with both....

[@ryanjacobson2508]

​@@ericrobertson2024I would like to know Slayer's #s for pre 1990. Anthrax had lots of MTV exposure, Slayer had no videos at all before the 90's. From 1990-1992, thrash had huge sales, but in the actual 80's, sales were growing but still thrash was fairly niche. The early 90's cultural revolution was big for Slayer cuz in the 80's, they were the type of band that some parents would disown you for listening to.

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@ryanjacobson2508 I found this on UK Mix Forums.... Soundscan sales as of december 2005 Show No Mercy: 158,000 Haunting The Chapel: 109,000 Live Undead: 67,000 Hell Awaits: 482,000 Reign In Blood: 509,000 South Of Heaven: 485,000 Seasons In The Abyss: 659,000 Decade of Aggression: 406,000 Divine Intervention: 493,000 Undisputed Attitude: 238,000 Diabolus In Musica: 290,000 God Hates Us All: 304,000 Christ Illusion: 101,918

[@MartinPopoff]

@@ericrobertson2024 I think that's too high for all of them. I'd knock about 40% off that?

[@oliverl.5834]

"Metallica" was actually my 1st Metallica-Album. Made me a Fan. My Sister bought "Load" a bit later. And I hated it. I don't think "Metallica" sounds similar to either "Load"-Album at all.

[@bobsavage1007]

Couldn’t disagree more about Load and Reload. Tons of atmosphere and depth in those albums, listen to those way more now than the 80’s albums thrash gets boring too quick for me anyways.

[@gwyld]

Cryptic Writings isn't a bad album. But noticed you have the one with the black cover, which is the remix, which sounds crappier.

[@bobilly]

Call me crazy, but I'll take Risk over Super Collider any day. That's the absolute worst of Megadeth's discography

[@miaajaniss]

Facts

[@zakkhale181]

Megadeth’s 90’s output is absolute perfection.

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

Never understand Anthrax . Maybe they don't have "seal song " who everybody knows . Maybe i'm in wrong .

[@integrity101]

Try... I am the law 1987 Indians 1987 In The End 2011 Only (John Bush vocals) 1993

[@andrewcarr5923]

Their cover of "Antisocial" is probably their best known song.