Top 40 Thrash Metal Records | nolifetilmetal

This is MY top 40 favorite thrash metal records. Yes, I realize there are albums left off that others will think should be on it. I also realize that some of these albums others will not like as much. This is just MY personal favorites. If I had done 50 I would have added more bands. However, I do confess that I accidentally left off two bands I might have added, Laaz Rockit, Forbidden, Heathen, Sepultura and others.

[@Malkav65]

I just wanna say that I only recently came upon your channel and love how wholesome and genuine your love for metal is. Great content!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you. I appreciate your encouraging words.

[@oldgroucho2203]

Thrash is my favorite and at 50 years old Im still listening to the classics. really appreciate the ones I never heard of you turned me onto.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you for the encouraging words. Hope you find a couple new bands you will love.

[@MrRoundthetwist]

Was fun watching/listening to your list! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@IronDuke_xX]

Amazing list, plenty of albums I love and several I have not yet heard. I've been banging that Realm album for years. Thanks for making this video!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Appreciate the kind words.

[@helltoupee6664]

Thanks for the content , big man . You’re definitely not a snob, and it’s refreshing . Got a lotta new bands to check out after today . Cheers .

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Hi, Thank you for watching and commenting. I am WAY BEHIND commenting back on this video. I didn't think it would get as many comments as it did. Haha!

[@sooner9971]

Thanks for your videos you’ve helped me find some awesome bands!

[@MetalMarcJK]

Lotsa good stuff here, man! I enjoyed this video not only because I love metal, but because it's just nice to talk about metal (or to hear someone talk about metal, especially if they love it). Thanks for making this video.

[@StevenSchmitt]

Thanks Scott! Really love and appreciate your recommendations.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Steven Schmitt Thanks. Part 2 coming soon.

[@chrishood6514]

Such a great list! It’s awesome that you include so many of those Xian bands. I could care less about their message, but those are some solid albums!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Exactly! It's about the music. I can enjoy Slayer and I can enjoy Deliverance.

[@michiganrecordclub4484]

Excellent Scott! Glad you gave the great bands 2 or 3 records in your list. I took down some note. Great video.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Michigan Record Club Part 2 to this video coming soon.

[@markgreene1162]

Awesome man I was waiting for a video like this. Thrash forever. Cheerz.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Mark greene Part 2 is coming soon.

[@acdcguy2]

This was awesome man. It's one thing to just read lists like this and go listen to the records wondering what their impact must've been like when they came out, but hearing your own personal story with each one really brings some perspective to these albums. You're really preserving and sharing an important part of history here - keep making vids like this!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you. I appreciate the encouraging words. I'm glad you could see that this was a "personal" list of favorites. Reading though the comments on this video you'd think I committed some cardinal sin for not including more European bands, or not picking Bonded By Blood or Reign in Blood as the greatest thrash albums of all time. Haha! Thank you again for watching and commenting.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for your Top 40 Thrash Metal records video. 🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank your for the encouraging words Dianne.

[@holspa]

Always nice to see this lists from you. Have to check some of them like REPENT for exemple. I remember you showed them before. I just bought a box set with ACID REIGN albums, demo and rare stuff.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Oh man, those Acid Reign albums are classic! Will have you moshing around your house and breaking lamps and dishes. Haha!

[@dwaynegarfield1551]

Killer video Scott! Still listing to these bands no matter how age they are... METALLICA! Good choice! Thank's for another killer video Scott! Love that back ground music... They're a great Thrash Metal band! Thank's Scott... 👊🎶🎼🤘

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Dwayne Garfield Kill Em All was really a starring point for thrash metal. How can it not be #1?

[@robertramirez1082]

Helstar Nosferatu, Laaz rockkit know your enemy. Hell even 40 is too short of a list to name all the good shit ! Great video man! I had forgoten a lot of those bands. Thanks for bringing back the memories!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

With a wealth of great and classic thrash I really had to keep it to albums that were very personal to me, thus the 'storytime' with each album I showed. Haha! However, there is a Part 2 an 3 of this video.

[@albertampel4175]

Inspiring video for another "thrash night" with a real friend and some wine. Thank you!!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Cheers brother!

[@v-guy2004]

Great picks, and btw, there are some albums that i haven't heard before, but i hade been introduced to some of them and been interested to listen to them, thanks.👊🤘

[@drewphifer4684]

This video introduced me to Razor and I thank you for that. Rock on!

[@borisvandruff7532]

Razor rules! Violent Restitution is one of the most intense albums I’ve ever heard.

[@borisvandruff7532]

Also watch Razörfist’s Metal Mythos on Razor. Entertaining and informative.

[@chrislins0814]

Scott, great videos man! Please keep up the metal talk. Like yourself, im an older metal fan. Since i was around 8 till 49, i cant let it go. Really no reason to. Take care of yourself. God bless.

[@cristianosorio2517]

Hi Scott!! great work as always, loved your Hard 'n' heavy series with Trog....... Very interesting list, there are a couple of bands "new" to me like Realm and Havok, just to mention a few. I guess you're right there's a fine line between Thrash & Speed. I'm glad you included bands like dark angel, hirax. cheers and take care

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Cristian Osorio Havok are awesome! You won’t be disappointed.

[@volcanicwinter4417]

What a great list! You reeeeally know your stuff! Now I've got a lot of band to discover, thanks! Salutations!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Cheers! Thanks for watching.

[@benedictdonald4338]

Years Of Decay is my number 1. Overkill really killed it with that one.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Cannot argue with that. It is a killer in their catalog.

[@dustyjoe71]

Listening to thrash since ‘87. A lot of bands from the golden era that I’ve never hear of and a lot of bands that I’ve just forgotten about (Powermad). Excellent video. Subscribed to your channel immediately.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thanks. Glad I could help you at least re-discover Powermad.

[@neillbickerstaff8003]

Hey Scott again you introduced me to another band that is a new favorite! This time it’s overkill🤘🏻

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Nice! Thanks for letting me know.

[@MetalTheologian]

I've known you this many years, but still had to note a couple of these to check out as soon as possible! I'm with you on that Hirax being their best.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Metal Theologian part 2 coming soon. Another 25 or so.

[@fetusthegreat9797]

Great vid i look forward to seeing more parts. Im hoping to see some paradox, vio-lence, artillery, and most importantly my favorite album of all time, coven's blessed is the black. That said its all opinion and i loved the video

[@668_neighbor_of_the_beast6]

Excellent video. 2-3 bands I didn’t know, look forward to checking them out. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I'd be curious to know if you like one of the bands you didn't know. Get back to me if you think about it. Thanks again.

[@668_neighbor_of_the_beast6]

Scott Waters The three bands new for me were : After All, Abbatoir and At War. Listened to After All’s Dawn of the Enforcer this afternoon and absolutely loved it. Amazing band with killer vocals. Going to buy this immediately. Still need to listen to the other two. Thanks

[@nolifetilmetal1]

668_neighbor_of_the_beast Right on! Glad you like After All. Their last album is killer as well.

[@fozzievinylmania310]

Hi Scott. Tons of great thrash albums, beautiful vinyl releases. Awesome video. "Kill'em All" is the greatest metal album ever🤘 Cheers!!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Definitely the once that sparked the wave.

[@detectordean]

Dude! Loving on you man! Puppet of Destruction is keeeeylasssic! Love all this music! Rock and or roll baby!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you! Appreciate the encouragement.

[@GRKMetalHead]

Greetings from Toronto...New to your channel...Love the Top 40 List thrash is my favorite genre in Metal...Time to binge

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thanks brother. Part 2 to this video uploading this weekend. Has a few Canadian gems in it.

[@jontayyee3]

Some great picks. I wanted to give a special shout out to your pick of “Frolic through the Park”. Such a great album that not enough people appreciate. It is by far my favorite by the band. Also, I’m a huge fan of Vengeance Rising’s “Human Sacrifice” as well. Fuck yes & cheers! 🤘🏼

[@MorbidVizions]

Yeah this is a solid list. We have the same taste. Really loving this new wave of old school thrash too!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@rocketrod1444]

Kill em all and Fistful of metal are thrash master pieces IMO. I turned 17 when Kill em all was released and it blew me away too. Lucky you didn't do a top 100 , my cat would have missed his dental appointment at the vet.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

HUGH JARSENBALLS 😂 I probably could have done a Top 100. Would have been a looooong video.

[@billhottenstein532]

Laaz Rockit!!! I thought I was the only person who liked them!! So awesome that you mentioned them(even if you forgot them on the video, LOL!!)

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Laaz Rockit made it into Part 2 or 3 of this videos series I believe. Love 'em. Their first couple albums were not thrash at all. They upped their game with Know Your Enemy.

[@psychopoison]

Where is Sepultura - Arise ? Best Thrash Metal album of all time in my opinion

[@arvindshastry1178]

I think Beneath the remains is better

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Psycho Surfer Sepultura was in either Part 2 or 3 of this thrash series. I went with with Beneath the Remains.

[@Kenmo.6274]

Great video ... talking thrash is never too long, Scott...you don’t have to apologize..🎸 All good choices, I would have probably added Tourniquet “Stop The Bleeding” to that list.

[@mr.d.572]

I agree Ken! That would be on my list. Looks like I'll have to figure out what my top 40 would be. 🤷‍♂️

[@Kenmo.6274]

Mr. D. Hi Mr. D! Making “best of” or “Top 40” always appeal to me...until I start deciding which ones to cut ...it’s easier said than done!

[@scubavader]

Loved to see Deliverance, Sacrament Believer and Vengeance show up but was a bit surprised that Tourniquet's Stop the Bleeding didn't make it. Great vid and sweet collection. Most of my original pressings are on cd.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Love Tourniquet as well. I believe I showed Stop the Bleeding in Part 2 of this thrash series.

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Another great video. Great choices.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you.

[@darcysixstringsninelives3493]

A whole lot of thrashterpieces in this video ! A few I still need to check out : After All ( that album cover is awesome ) , Realm & Hirax . I’ve followed Flotz since ‘86 , so many great albums , but tough to beat Doomsday For The Deceiver & No Place For Disgrace ! I like Exodus’s cover of Low Rider too , my dad had the original 45 from War ! Great video 🤘 Good friendly violent fun lol

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Darcy Six Strings Nine Lives Do check out After All. They do not disappoint.

[@turtleonspeed6673]

I love the music going on in the background - more KZbinrs should do this.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thanks. Yeah, that is the first Living Sacrifice album. They never released another album like it unfortunately. They went the way of death metal, then groove metal, then metalcore.

[@neillbickerstaff6671]

Thank you for getting me into thrash!! My dad isn’t very fond of me getting into the genre😂!

[@melvinramone2605]

Wow Man, I thought I knew thrash but you had a bunch of stuff in there I don't know. Guess I got some homework to do. I'm with you on the Death Angel, Testament, and Exodus picks. Those are my favorites by those bands too.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thrash has always been on of my favorite genres of heavy metal. It has aggression and speed but retains the hooks, guitar work and melody of heavy metal, which are all sorely lacking in most metalcore and deathcore IMO.

[@hinjurock70]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Metalcore, deathcore and pretty much all new school extreme metal is trash - the "vocals" (term used loosely) are highly limited and all sound pretty much the same, the riffs are generic, and the songs are unmemorable. All newer fans of the genre seem to care about now are shredding guitars and super-fast double bass, but a lot more goes into making great metal than that.

[@KISSDUDE333]

I'm so glad you put Vengeance's Human Sacrifice at #2. For me it would be #1 because that album is what introduced me to that style of music. I didn't hear anything like it up to this point and when I first heard it, it blew me away. It still blows me away to this day. After this album, I had to buy everything thrash metal.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Angelo Scanzelli Cool. I can totally understand that. Kill Em All was my introduction to thrash this it being in the #1 spot.

[@speedking4951]

Excellent video Scott. No matter how much you already have in your collection, there is still so much to check out. Need to add At War and Deliverance to my collection. Toxik is one of my favourite forgotten thrash bands🤘. Fistful of Metal is my favourite Anthrax record. Cheers my friend 🍻.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Speed King Yes! You gotta check out Deliverance’s first two albums. And At War are essential. If you are interested Boone’sOverstock.com has the first two Deliverance in CD or vinyl and this weekend they are using a $2 shipping sale.

[@speedking4951]

@@nolifetilmetal1 i will look it up. Thanks bro 🤘.

[@kirbydouglas2371]

just earned a new sub mate, such a good video got heaps of new thrash records to check out now, cheers from AUS \m/

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Kirby Douglas Thanks metal brother. Part 2 to this video coming real soon.

[@hmetaljustin]

Killer list Scott! Practice what you Preach, Among the Living, Ride the Lightning and Peace sells are in my top list too. One album I would add would be Sodom's Agent Orange. One of the best thrash albums ever IMO.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

hmetaljustin Part 2 is uploading now. Sodom is in Part 2.

[@ralfwalter3923]

Great list! Ultimatum was awesome too (definitely on my list of vinyls to get).

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you. I thought about showing Into the Pit but I would have just caught a bunch of crap for "self promotion".

[@kyleisreal_tv]

Shocked Think This Toxik did not make your top 40 but hey its your list. Great picks I will check some of these out \m/

[@nolifetilmetal1]

If I did this list again Think This might make the list. So many great thrash albums.

[@kyleisreal_tv]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Indeed still finding hidden gems thanks to youtube hahaha

[@GRockVC]

Quite a list. This will be a good reference for anyone wanting to expand their collection or check out new bands 🤘🤘

[@JamesThomas-dz4vj]

Great call with Havok! I'd go with "Time Is Up" as their best, but man I love "Burn" as well. I gotta thank you for introducing me to freaKings as well!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Time Is Up kills too!

[@JamesThomas-dz4vj]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Sure does! Have you ever checked out a thrash band called In Malice's Wake? If not, you should definitely do so! Killer stuff that borders on "blackened thrash". Rock on, Scott!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

@@JamesThomas-dz4vj No. New one to me. Thanks for the tip.

[@JamesThomas-dz4vj]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Sure thing, my friend! If you have time, let me know what you think of them!

[@click2reboot633]

Just found your channel. Great choice in old school thrash.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you.

[@blaggermouth]

Hey , love my thrash. Also from the U.K. myself, acid reign still kick ass, saw them with napalm death in the late 80s, still til this day, one of my favourite gigs I’ve ever attended. I still have Ordered to kill by at war, love it. Agent steel’s first album was ‘skeptics of the apocalypse’. Keep up the great work my dear friend.

[@SuperDriven1]

Scott, I just started watching your videos and didn't realize you were in Ultimatum. I bought Into the Pit when it came out. I dig the wrathchild cover.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you. Yes, I sang in Ultimatum from 1992 - 2012. Very proud of my 20 years in that band. Appreciate the encouraging words.

[@Joefaf104]

Canadian band everyone forgets... Infernal Majesty None shall Defy

[@hinjurock70]

Aren't they more death metal than thrash?

[@silverblack5475]

Criminally underrated

[@lorenzocabrini]

One song by a Canadian band that really shook my foundations was Blower by Voi Vod. I'm too old to understand the difference between blackened folk-prog-speed-thrash and folkened black-prog-doom-thrash, but when Voi Vod's first album came out, they were considered to be thrash. Great album too. War & Pain, was it? I've never really cared much about genre's and sub-genres (not to mention sub-sub-sub-sub-genres). Another Canadian band I really liked a lot (still do) is Anvil. I guess they are more heavy metal (speed metal?). Who cares? They make good music. I'll have to give Infernal Majesty a listen.

[@hinjurock70]

@@lorenzocabrini I thought VoiVod's first two albums were noisy sloppy crap - I got into them when Nothingface came out.

[@lorenzocabrini]

@@hinjurock70 Interesting. I'm not sure why, but I never really properly listened to Voi Vod beyond the first two albums. I'm going to have to change that.

[@georgegsroomofrock9868]

Great list Scott! I will definitely check out Havok, Deliverance and At War!🤘

[@nolifetilmetal1]

George Gatta Deliverance moved away from speed metal and thrash after their first three albums so just be aware of that.

[@georgegsroomofrock9868]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Just got the Havok Burn album along with the new Testament album at the Vintage Vinyl in Fords NJ. Thanks for the recommendations Scott!

[@kevinw8688]

Good to see different views/ideas on best thrash albums. It is just so hard to qualify what album I like or think is better. Some classics for me include and I am just naming them as they come to my mind: 1-Reign in Blood (Slayer), 2-Master of Puppets (Metallica), 3-Bonded by Blood (Exodus), 4-Peace Sells (Megadeth), 5-Seven Churches (Possessed), 6-Hell Awaits (Slayer), 7-Kill Em All (Metallica), 8-The Legacy (Testament, they have a couple records "better" but for pure thrash this is insane) 9-Killing Technology (Voivod), 10-Violent Revolution (Kreator---yep I know it's not 80s classic), 11-By Inheritance (Artillery), 12-Among the Living (Anthrax), 13-Years of Decay (Overkill), 13-The Ultra Violence (Death Angel), 14-Agent Orange (Sodom), 15-Ride the Lightning (Metallica), 16-South of Heaven (Slayer), 17-No Place for Disgrace (Flotsam & Jetsam), 18-Alice in Hell (Annihilator), 19-Dimension Hatross (Viovod), 20-Survive (Nuclear Assault), 21-Killing Peace (Onslaught), 22-Eyes of Horror EP (Possessed), 23-Eternal Nightmare (Vio-lence), 24-Fabulous Disaster (Exodus), 25-Spreading the Disease (Anthrax)...25 is enough LOL.

[@tiefighter3445]

Great collection!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

TieFighter34 Thank you.

[@megiloth3634]

I picked up that Flotsam & Jetsam at one of those local warehouses that buys lost freight. I just happened to to see it in a box for 99 cents or something ridiculous. Great picks! I would have added SOD's Speak English or Die, just based on the musicians and that they were the intros and outros of Headbanger's Ball back in the late 80's with the car crashes, stunts gone wrong, and train wrecks. I guess it was more of a punk/metal crossover sound, but songs were definitely thrashy.

[@var_misc7704]

good Video a lot of Bands i didnt knew before. Greetings from Germany.

[@shakey27]

I'm from the Minneapolis area and absolutely love Powermad, who was on your list, they have 2 full length albums as well Absolute Power and Infinite which came out in 2015, both outstanding records. Fun fact, Todd Haug. the guitar player, is a head brewer for 3 Floyds out of Munster, Indiana. Understanding this is your top 40 I'm still kind of surprised you didn't have Vio-lence - The Eternal Nightmare on it, top 10 thrash record for me.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Powermad rule! I have both full length albums on CD and vinyl, as well as the EP, the demos, a few promo releases, etc. Great band! As for Violence, I love them as well. With a wealth of great and classic thrash I really had to keep it to albums that were very personal to me, thus the 'storytime' with each album I showed. Haha!

[@jocksilver7]

Man, when you said that about Dark Angel's Time does Not heal, that really made my day. Nothing against Slayer, on the contrary, but, imo, after South of Heaven their slatanic thrash became more trimmed and groomed in the big corporate picture ; with Dark Angel it went shooting up for the sky with Darkness Descends, which I've always considered not necessarily better but at least a more interesting ride than Reign in Blood ( and that isn't even metal blasphemy, since there are many thousands of metalheads who think the same). 3 years later, Leave Scars was maybe not as fast but surely at least twice as heavy - it's a very intense and brutal thrash masterpiece. Also maybe the band's approach in taking time to record and play live, has always been rewarding because Time does not heal is the sum of all previous parts plus a new hint of crystal clear sound yet sharp as a Samurai sabre. Cheers from Portugal.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Well glad to see at least one person agrees with me. About half the comments on this video are how I committed blasphemy by such words, or have sinned for not including someone else's favorite band or even how I am "ignoring European bands" in this list of personal favorites. Haha! Geez people are sensitive. Dark Angel rules!

[@metalmayhem7774]

Thanks Scott awesome video awesome collection besides iron maiden Metallica's probably one of my favorite band I watched the whole entire video wrote some of them bands down to check out thanks again I love your stories. P.s is xentrix trash for speed metal band I have been getting to them recently and I would like to see who your favorite death metal bands your pal Steve God bless

[@galvatron3214]

Im really glad you included a Testament album. I think practice what you preach and souls of black, are 2 must have thrash metal albums. Ride the lightening is my favourite metallica album too. And it doesnt mean metallica sold out just because they did a softish ballad song on that album, no one accuses venom of that, for the song burried alive. Anthrax's album spreading the disease is the first album i ever bought on CD. You should have included Sepultura's album Arise, another must have thrash album.

[@Godzillerz]

Sick video man, I heard Vektor is getting back together to put out another record, I’m sure someone already commented that, but just in case. Sweet content \m/

[@donaldcady3839]

Cool At War shirt. I seen them play with Bloodfeast and Sacrifice back in the day.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

At War rules!

[@bvdaussiemetalhead9338]

Great list mate 🤘Repent is so killer. Plenty you showed that I don’t have in my collection but certainly will be checking out. At War sounds right up my alley as I’m a huge Slayer fan. Love stuff like Warbringer, Lost Society and both of them have new releases recently. Check out an Awesome new Aussie band Wartooth, new album Programmed Dichotomy rips 🤘Death Angel my favourite non big 4🤘I agree regarding Hell Awaits, I just played it the other day. stay heavy

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Wartooth! Mental note taken. Thanks. Yes, Repent are great! So glad to have met Jurgen, even if only online. I have a big old box of records to send him when this virus thing settles down.

[@bvdaussiemetalhead9338]

Scott Waters I sent packages to the UK and New zealand a couple of weeks ago and I still think they haven’t left the country yet. Ridiculous, our postal service is saying up to 65 days 😂

[@shaunbouilloncube1667]

When i heard Canada I definitely was expecting some Annihilator, I think their best album is Never, Neverland. I was surprised to see no Sepultura though. Great list!!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

With a wealth of great and classic thrash I really had to keep it to albums that were very personal to me, thus the 'storytime' with each album I showed. Haha! Sepultura and Annihilator are FANTASTIC! Love 'em both. I think I listed both bands in parts 2 or 3 of this video series on favorite thrash releases.

[@HPTFan]

I am bummed that you didn't include Living Sacrifice's self-titled album. It is one of my favorites from them. I appreciated that you play it in the background. I'm glad you included Deliverance, Vengeance Rising, Believer, Sacrament, Seventh Angel, Havok, and Death Angel on your list. Havok's new album, V, is awesome. God willing you can see your friend, Trog, again. The shutdowns done more harm than good. I can't go to concerts until it is okay to go. I hope you are staying safe, and thank you for the video. Stay Metal!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

AVJR Living Sacrifice has not been released on vinyl yet so couldn’t show it. Part 2 video coming soon.

[@davidhobson8326]

@@nolifetilmetal1 somebody needs to release living sacrifice first three albums on vinyl please!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

David Hobson the band is preselling their first album on vinyl now.

[@davidhobson8326]

@@nolifetilmetal1 sweet!! thanks

[@magnuswesterfalk1482]

Total Awesome list! Essential trash albums for me are also Whiplash ”Power and Pain” Destruction ”infernal Overkill” Artilllery ”Terror Squad”.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Great choices as well. With a wealth of great and classic thrash I really had to keep it to albums that were very personal to me, thus the 'storytime' with each album I showed. Haha!

[@noisespektrum5416]

wow, huge undertaking . id probably pull my hair out trying to narrow it to 40. something tells me if u did this again in 6 months the list might change a bit. Amazing vid...you Rule Bro.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

NoiseSpektrum I had a hard time getting it down to 40. Left out some gems...Forbidden, Coroner, Sacrifice, etc. Really had to just go with what came to mind and not second guess myself.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

NoiseSpektrum Decided to do a Part 2.

[@noisespektrum5416]

@@nolifetilmetal1 right on!!!! this is gonna be killer.bring it on.

[@8BitLatinGamer]

Awesome video!! Totally rocks!! Great list!! Many of those bands I never heard of and I will most definitely check those out. I totally agree with your top 10. BTW what outer sleeves do you use? Love how crystal clear and crisp they look.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Angel Ruiz - Angel's Vinyl World I used the poly resealable sleeves.

[@joshalan5125]

Awesome collection. Mine is not nearly extensive as yours but here are the bands I currently own albums from (obviously, my collection is not done yet) Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, Death Angel, Havok, Warbringer, Toxic Holocaust, Sodom, Kreator, Power Trip, Sepultura, Tourniquet, Sacrament, Seventh Angel and Hand of Fire. I plan on getting Annihilator's Alice In Hell pretty soon along with Accuser's latest. I tried getting into Overkill but I just cant get past the vocals. Their music is good but unfortunately, Bobby's voice just annoys me. Anyway, thanks for sharing. Take care and God bless.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

I thought about including Tourniquet but they never really were a thrash band IMO. I easily could have included Stop the Bleeding or Psycho Surgery. I was just trying to be a bit strict on my definition of thrash/speed metal.

[@joshalan5125]

@@nolifetilmetal1 Tourniquet is usually listed as technical thrash so you could have gotten away with it. However, they definitely have a spound of their own.

[@worgothcgd]

My favorite Flotsam Jetsam album is "Cuatro!" I love the snappy vocals and the Crunch!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Great album! Definitely not thrash though.

[@johnappleton8133]

F and J No Place For Disgrace is my favorite.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

@@johnappleton8133 Mine too. I love No Place for Disgrace.

[@dustyjoe71]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5WsaKh_Z86UjpY

[@worgothcgd]

@@nolifetilmetal1 I would grade it as Power Metal.

[@marioreese4907]

hahaa! i just wanted to say, that "leave scars" is even better...you're good

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Leave Scars rules! DA had found their sound with that album IMO.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Scott, last i heard, the original Vektor guy had planned on keeping the band alive, but I dont know how up to date that is. Also, holy crap i had no idea that Tim Owens and Chris Poland played on the last Tourniquet album. Wow.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Dark Hymns From The Cold North The last Tourniquet is brilliant. Highly recommended.

[@rafamartinrecio1145]

Hola desde España, echo de menos en la lista 2 bandas espectaculares, Forbidden (Twisted Into Form) y Heathen (Victims of Decepction). Great List!! Best regards!!!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Yes, Forbidden and Heathen would be great additions.

[@gyurka777]

Scott, you don't need to get Amazon Prime and pay 79.99 a year as me. You have enough Metal to enjoy 70 times 7 quarantine. God bless you!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

gyurka777 Haha. True.

[@Lordestroyer]

Only have a few disagreements on your list but pretty on point bro! Vengeance at #2 made me smile! Check out the track track Apes of Wrath by GWAR for a straight lift of the main riff from Human Sacrifice, lol. Blatant as hell!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

That's interesting. Hirax has a direct lift from Human Sacrifice as well on their New Age of Terror album. Guitarist Glenn Rogers said it was very intentional.

[@Lordestroyer]

@@nolifetilmetal1 i have that Hirax album, never took 2 and 2! What song?

[@nolifetilmetal1]

@@Lordestroyer "Massacre of the Innocent" ends with the opening notes of "White Throne"

[@billhottenstein532]

LOVE thrash/speed metal!! Love most of your choices(not a fan of Nuclear Assault, e.g.) and HUGE fan of Anthrax, & Overkill, Testament, Death Angel, Exodus (I, too, love "Toxic Waltz")would be my NEXT 4. I would personally pick Peace Sells... over Rust In Peace)

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Peace Sells could probably top Rust in Peace depending on the day of the week and my mood. Haha! I love 'em both so it's always hard to pick between the two.

[@darthsidious5038]

Love that you mentioned Realm, Believer and Sacrament. I grew up with those 3 records by each. You sir have excellent taste in thrash. Being you're in Christian metal, did you ever meet any of those dudes? Any stories you could share?

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Thank you. Yes, I've met many, many bands over the years since I sang in one for 20 years. I also sang in Vengeance Rising under the name Once Dead for two years.

[@mariohnyc]

Nice list ! Though i was a bit surprised that there was no Sepultura, specifically Arise or Beneath the Remains in the list. Cheers from a fellow east coast metalhead.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Fairly sure I listed Sepultura in Part 2 of this thrash series. With a wealth of great and classic thrash I really had to keep it to albums that were very personal to me, thus the 'storytime' with each album I showed. Haha!

[@mariohnyc]

@@nolifetilmetal1 wait, there's a part 2? awesome, will check it out ! \m/

[@nolifetilmetal1]

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[@nolifetilmetal1]

@@mariohnyc kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpSweptoosyobac

[@CoreysChannel]

Killer run through 40 great thrash albums!!~Corey

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Just Add Vinyl Part 2 coming soon.

[@CoreysChannel]

I meant 20! Lol

[@stazjohnson8618]

I find it interesting that despite Thrash being a genre which attracted a ton of bands to it, & it being the kind of genre that the fans love to find the new band that no one else has heard of, the 'underground' so to speak, ultimately it is those classic albums by the bands everyone knows that rises to the top. For example, I didn't listen to much Thrash beyond the mid 1980's (by which time my taste had veered more towards the power/progressive metal of bands like Queensryche) but even so your top few picks are fairly familiar to me (apart from your number 2 which I admit I'd never heard of), & my top ten thrash albums wouldn't differ to far from your own. Personally I would have Doomsday For The Deceiver & Master Of Puppets & Mortal Sin's Mayhemic Destruction in there somewhere, but otherwise it would be bands like Megadeth, Overkill, Anthrax & Exodus. Cool video.

[@metalmickey]

I had the Agent Steel album on today I love it, quite a few I've not heard but lots of classics too.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Agent Steel is classic speed metal!

[@billhottenstein532]

LOVE Overkill!!!! Taking Over, Under the Influence, & Years of Decay are a triumphant trio!!!

[@strangeskills]

feel the fire !!

[@metalmogul]

I decided to watch this in 10 album chunks or I'll forget what you've shown by the end 😀. Not surprised to see you showing some modern thrash bands, Vektor and Havok, are great choices. Great to see Acid Reign getting some love, I used to be a hater but I'm a total convert now - I did an acid reign collection video a couple of weeks back and got a comment from H! I just picked up my first Seventh Angel album this week (Lament) on cassette, great doom-thrash. Love that Realm cover. Speed or Thrash? - i agree, who cares. back later...

[@metalmogul]

Accusser are fantastic, love that album. The second ten may be mainstream bands but they were all soooo good how could they not be there.

[@metalmogul]

Part 3, though to be honest I've lost count lol. I need to revisit both the Deliverance that you sent me and the Believer albums, not spun either for quite some time now. I always admired Anthrax for having a singer who could singer rather than a typical thrash metal vocalist. Looking forward to the top 10.

[@metalmogul]

So glad to see Spreading the Disease in the top 10, such a massive influence on my life. My top 10 would be different, but I cannot find fault with yours at all. Fantastic video.

[@Hispandinavian]

I got the Metal Blade reissue of Flotsam & Jetsam: Doomsday For The Deceiver. Voivod is up favorite Canadian band ever. I have the first 4 on vinyl. Personally I love War & Pain just because it is just so rough and raw. The vocals were really harsh for the middle 1980s. I like the Believer: Sanity Obscure because not only is the music awesome, but the vocals reminded me of early era Voivod. One of my friends did not like the puking/constipated sounding vocals, but I think it intensified the music even more.

[@mr.d.572]

Very interesting list... Some of those albums I would have considered speed metal and not quite thrash, but they're in the general ballpark anyway. Looks like I'll have to figure out what my list would be. Some more recent finds could end up on there, like Dagon, Mad Dragzter, Temple of Blood, Enshrouding....we'll see. 🔍👀🕵️‍♂️

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Mr. D. Mad Drafzter is ok but they definitely need to step it up to be on the level of many of these bands. Yes. Some of the bands I showed are speed metal. The like between speed metal and thrash is a fine line.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Mr. D. Oh and Temple of Blood are great. Wish they were in vinyl.

[@DrkKnight2]

Cool list overall. I'd have to go: 1. Exodus - Bonded By Blood 2. Dark Angel Darkness Descends 3. Whiplash - Power and Pain 4. Sodom - Persecution Mania 5. Destruction - Infernal Overkill 5. Razor - Malicious Intent 6. Slayer - Hell Awaits 7. Sacrifice - Forward to Termination 8. Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy 9. Kreator - Endless Pain 10. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

No Metallica, actual poser bc you’re pretending to not like it. Or you don’t actually understand how good and important their early albums actually are

[@hollowman6282]

Another great list. If you like Seventh Angel have you heard Detritus. Try their album Perpetual Defiance. I think that's right up your street.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Oh yes. In fact I show their first album Perpetual Defiance in part 2 to this video that is uploading this weekend.

[@billhottenstein532]

Love Realm!!I first got into them when they did a cover of "Eleanor Rigby"!!

[@romanwalczak7748]

Hey Scott, what would you consider KING DIAMOND - heavy metal or speed metal. I watched so many people talk about all these genres of metal and no one ever include KING DIAMOND.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

roman walczak King Diamond is heavy metal imo.

[@frankmathiesen1779]

Interesting List the albums i dig at the moment is Holy Terror: Mind Wars, Gammacide: Victims Of Science, Whiplash: Power And Pain, Forbidden: Forbidden Evil.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Frank Mathiesen All solid thrash albums.

[@MoveitorLoseit2]

Wow, some very unique albums here. Especially "Seventh Angel" where did you find Vynl for that? Must be incredibly rare. I prefer their second album "Lament for the Weary" over "the Torment"

[@sennstrato7281]

I have lots of Vinyl metal from the 80's. In great condition. I was in a band called VILE from Minneapolis in the 80's. And yes we played shows with Powermad. One of my favorite shows was at 1st Ave with the Plasmatics, Power Mad and Vile. Good memories.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Did Vile release anything? Would love to hear it.

[@sennstrato7281]

Here ya go. VILE from 1986.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3aZnKWgh96ehJY

[@sennstrato7281]

@@nolifetilmetal1 VILE- Minneapolis, MN kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWTdq4iQfbl3nNk

[@journeyintothebible]

Never heard Accuser until now. Thank you! I saw Overkill and Megadeth in '86 in SLC. Ever heard Satan's Court In The Act? Add that to your list.

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Yes, I have Satan's Court In the Act. Classic metal album. Hope you discover and enjoy Accuser's lengthy catalog.

[@valuevinyl110]

I saw what you posted on my Facebook the other day when I had a bad time... I got better and took the post down... I did not want what happened to turn into drama. Are you serious? You know me... I love everything. Especially when it is given with love from a friend!

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Value Vinyl yes. Big ol box of wax coming your way.

[@stofopdenaald132]

Got a stash of 27 mainly trash records recently, I remembered seing the Accuser album, wasn't shure anymore I got it with the lot, but after a quick search through the kallax; luckily I did. Original German pressing as well 😁🤘

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Nice! Original pressings in good shape are hard to find.

[@MetalHeart8787]

Good to see Over Kill on the list, good video i just wouldn't say dark Angel is better than Slayer, But i did but time does not heal on tape back in 1991. it's Good

[@nolifetilmetal1]

Overkill are a no brainer for me. One of my all time favorite bands.