Name essential thrash albums...

[Hammer of Might]

I want to get more into some proper thrash metal but I know nothing about the genre really.

I want to know some essential bands/albums to check out, because the list I've heard is utterly pitiful. I thought of chcking out stuff like kreator, Destruction, Testament, Exodus...etc.

Please help!

Some people I know worship metallica, and while I do enjoy their older albums occasionally I know there's much better stuff out there that needs to be checked out.

 

[King Chaos]

Dew Scented - Ill Natured
Impact
Inwards (all are ace)
Corporation 187- perfection in pain
Godforbid- Gone Forever

thats all I got for now (that isnt too obvious)

 

[MrMajs]

If you want proper old school thrash check out these records:

Testament - The Legacy
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Death Angel - Ultra Violence

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends, Time Does Not Heal

Absolutely essential.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Sodom - In the Sign of Evil
Sodom - Agent Orange
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Kreator - Coma of Souls

Many more, of course.

 

[oneshotendsthiswar]

If you want proper old school thrash check out these records:

Testament - The Legacy
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Death Angel - Ultra Violence

what he said.

 

[Hammer of Might]

Thnaks, this is great so far. yeah, I want the old school, essential classics. What about names like Annihilator, Overkill, Destruction, etc?

 

[Ben_t]

Check Sadus. I like this band.

 

[speed]

Dont forget Dark Angel- Darkness Descends
Sepultura BEneath, Arise, Schizo
Slayers first 4
Megadeths first 4
Well ill stop, i think everything has been named already.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Overkill- Bloodletting. Newer album but still very much old school
Dark Angel- Leave Scars

 

[no country for old wainds]

Anacrusis - Suffering Hour

Hell Awaits > Reign in Blood

 

[Necro Joe]

Sodom - In the Sign of Evil
Sodom - Agent Orange
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Kreator - Coma of Souls

All of these as well as:
Heathen - Breaking the silence
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Sadus - Illusions
Possessed - Seven Churches (Mandatory death metal as well)
Anacrusis - Suffering Hour
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Megadeth - Peace sells....but who's buying?

 

[no country for old wainds]

Burnt Offerings > Night of the Stormrider

 

[Hell Mike]

add these:
Desruction - Sentence of Death, Infernal Overkill, Mad Butcher and more. The Antichrist is bloody excellent too to judge from the two tracks I have heard.
Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies A new release by a new band but it is fucking excellent.

 

[Burkhard]

Some albums that haven´t been mentioned yet:

Coroner - R.I.P.
Coroner - No More Color
Znowhite - Act Of God
Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta - The Music Of Erich Zann
Mekong Delta - Dances Of Death
Holy Moses - Finished With The Dogs
Détente - Recognize No Authority
Voivod - Killing Technology
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Testament - Live At Eindhoven
Hexenhaus - A Tribute To Insanity

Something very technical:
Watchtower - Control And Resistance
Sieges Even - Life Cycle

As for Annihilator, I only have got there first two albums, of which I would recommend "Alice In Hell".

 

[ShadowOfDeath]

Thnaks, this is great so far. yeah, I want the old school, essential classics. What about names like Annihilator, Overkill, Destruction, etc?

Annihilator - Alison Hell
Annihilator - Never, never land
Overkill - The years of decay

Also check out

Metallica - Ride the lightning
Metallica - Kill 'em all
Metallica - ...and justice for all(lots of technical guitar work)
Pantera - Cowboys from hell
Pantera - A vulgar display of power
Exodus - Bonded by blood
Exodus - Pleasures of the flesh
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - Seasons of the abyss
Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - God hates us all
Slayer - Show no mercy
Megadeth - Rust in peace
Megadeth - Killing is my business....and business is good
Megadeth - Peace sells...but who's buying?
Anthrax - Among the living
Anthrax - Fistful of metal
Anthrax - The sound of white noise
Testament - The new order
Testament - Practice what you preach
Testament - The legacy
Possessed - Seven Churches(I know possessed is more death metal but they're also considered thrash by some)
Kreator - Pleasure to kill


Death Angel, Carnivore, Celtic Frost, Metal Church, Nuclear Assault, Flotsam & Jetsam, Sacred Reich, Suicidal Tendencies

Other good thrash bands

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Most things > Slayer

 

[no country for old wainds]

Most things > Slayer

Hell Awaits was consistantly cool, and Reign in Blood certainly has its moments. Show No Mercy also wasn't too shabby.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I'm not a fan, that's all. I think they're overrated, and I don't really like them because I'm not really a thrash fan, except Darkness Descends, and some others.

 

[oneshotendsthiswar]

the new exodus might be a good starting point, its catchy as all hell and manages to stay completely true to the genre, which is a big deal after this long. much better than testament-the gathering. add big beefy modern production and youve got a winner.