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10 Essential Thrash Albums

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Guest redbaron51

1.) Metallica: Master of Puppets

2.) Slayer: Reign In Blood

3.) Megadeth: Rust In Peace

4.) Exodus: Bonded By Blood

5.) Metallica: Kill 'Em All

6.) Anthrax: Among the Living

7.) Testament: The New Order

8.) Overkill: The Years of Decay

9.) Possessed: Seven Churches

10.) Pantera: Cowboys from Hell.

 

 

 

Discuss...

 

 

Reign In Blood should be replaced by Seasons of the Abyss or South of Heaven.

 

and WTF is Pantera doing up there?

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Guest Nevermortal

Seasons & SoH were both slower (for the most part) albums, which is typically not what thrash is about (being fast....hella fast.)

 

So yeah, Reign in Blood should be there. Either that, Hell Awaits, or Show No Mercy.

 

Stormtroopers of Death should be on that list.

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I think that Vulgar Display of Power should be on there. It's not as fast, but it s much heavier than Cowboys.... although Phil actually effing SINGS on Cowboys....

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Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa

Reign In Blood is thrash metal's pinnacle. It's all been downhill since that one, and it should be at the top. And Pantera should not be on there. And Rust In Peace should be replaced by Peace Sells.

 

Besides that, no real complaints.

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Guest Shaved Bear

i personally hate everything affiliated with Overkill...that is all

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Guest Nevermortal
How is thrash defined?

I think CoreyLaz might want to tell us, remember that one?

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Guest DARRYLXWF

From the book 'Sound of the Beast: The complete headbanging history of Heavy Metal'

 

"By 1985 power metal was no longer fast enough to contain the tempo of the underground. A new generation of thrash metal bands seemingly overnight switched to riffing in Metallica style triplets. While power metal was heavy metal on steroids, thrash metal's repeated fluttering of notes lifted effortlessly into flight. The music was constantly in motion, an intricate flood of enormous sound. Stage costumes and other showbiz trappings went out the door as 'bangers tucked their heads down and concentrated on music and more serious lyrics. Casual observers also call this speed metal; purists would point out that thrash relies more on long, wrenching rythmic breaks, while speed metal, as played by Agent Steel and Destruction, is a cleaner and more musically intricate subcategory, still loyal to the dueling melodies of classic metal.

 

Titans of Trash:

Anthrax: Spreading the Disease

Artillery: Fear of Tomorrow

Carnivore: Carnivore

Death Angel: The Ultraviolence

Exodus: Bonded by Blood

Holy Terror: Terror and submission

Megadeath: Killing is my business...and business is good

Metal Church: Metal Church

Metallica: Ride the lightning/Master of Puppets

Nuclear Assault: Gamer over

Slayer: Reign in Blood

Testament: The New Order

Voivod: Killing Technology

Whiplash: Power and Pain"

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Guest Agent of Oblivion

no, it's one of many myriad subgenres.

 

I wouldn't so much agree with some of the statements given above, and I'd CERTAINLY disagree with some of the examples on that list..particularly the first one..

 

Thrash isn't about completely tight precision, or even a whole lot of variation. It's loud, it's fast, it's heavy, and (at its best) is just a little sloppy and ugly, with balls-out shredding solos and angry lyrics. Sort of 70's punk meets 80's speed metal, in a way.

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Guest cabbageboy

Yeah that's what I've always considered thrash...a hybrid of metal and faster punk. In other words much harder than punk but much faster than regular metal.

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Guest Nookingtons21

List needs Coroner, Death Angel, Annihilator, Voivod, and Nuclear Assault.

 

List needs more Slayer.

 

Less Metallica and Pantera.

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Guest Nevermortal
List needs Coroner, Death Angel, Annihilator, Voivod, and Nuclear Assault.

 

List needs more Slayer.

 

Less Metallica and Pantera.

But more cowbell!

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Guest Nookingtons21
But more cowbell!

Everything needs more cowbell. I got a fever and the only cure is more cowbell.

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Guest redbaron51

Thrash Characteristics are:

 

Rapid-fire heavily palm-muted guitar riffs

Pounding Double-Bass druming

Vocals that shunned histrionics in favour of a gruff, street level delivery

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Guest CoreyLazarus416

And a good counter to redbaron's definition would be Nevermore. Power/thrash, true, but much of their work IS thrash.

 

I only disagree with Cowboys From Hell. Replace it with Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?, and I don't have much against this list.

 

Heh, interesting. On my playlist, Slayer - "Angel Of Death" just started playing.

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