Great Thrash Albums from Bands NOT in the Big Four

Thrash til' Deth · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:58 am

While the Big Four have indeed produced some genre defining classics, they are by no means the "be all, end all" of thrash metal. Here are a few albums which deserve mention right along side Rust in Piece and Hell Awaits:

1. Heathen-Victims of Deception
2. Tankard-Chemical Invasion
3. Artillery-By Inheritance
4. Kreator-Extreme Aggression
5. Sodom-Agent Orange
6. Testament-The Gathering
7. Destruction-Eternal Devastation
8. Exodus-Bonded by Blood
9. Overkill-Ironbound
10. Sepultura-Beneath the Remains

No particular order here and not at all complete. What other unheralded thrash records deserve an emphatic horns up? Show me those lists, thrash fukks!

North From Here · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:54 am

I know very little about thrash...but these two are favorites of mine:

Sadus- A Vision in Misery
Vektor- Outer Isolation

Nickelback666 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:05 am

1.Holy Terror-Mind Wars
2.Slayer-Reign in blood
3.Sadus-Illusions/Chemical Exposure
4.Kreator-Pleasure to Kill
5.Dark Angel-Darkness Descends
6.Razor-Evil Invaders
7.Sepultura-Beneath the Remains
8.Demolition Hammer-Tortured Existence
9.Sodom-Agent Orange
10.Morbid Saint-Spectrum of death

My top ten list from the Tez forum:

Honorable mentions:

Nasty Savage-Nasty Savage
Overkill-Taking Over
Hirax-Hate, fear, power
Atrophy-Socialized Hate
Realm-Endless War
Toxik-World Circus

traptunderice · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2014 6:58 pm

WTF thrash!? Darkness Descends, motherfucker. The best thrash album period.

Honorable mentions: Gammacide - Victims of Science, obvious Sepultura and Sodom albums.

Nickelback666 · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2014 6:32 pm

I included on my list and it should be higher than Illusions, but Sadus's speed and savagery has meant more to me than Dark Angel as of late. I agree by and large that its a superior album, but this has more to do with personal preference.

Thrash til' Deth · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2014 10:08 am

traptunderice wrote:

WTF thrash!? Darkness Descends, motherfucker. The best thrash album period.

Honorable mentions: Gammacide - Victims of Science, obvious Sepultura and Sodom albums.

Black Prophecies is a major fuckin' rager! :dio:

Goat · **Posted:** Mon May 19, 2014 12:41 pm

Didn't see 'em, so Voivod - Killing Technology, Dimension Hatross, etc.

Also Sabbat - History of a Time to Come. Atheist and Pestilence's debut deserve a shout, too.

The Evil Dead · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2014 4:59 am

Flotsam and Jetsam: No Place For Disgrace

Voivod is pretty awful.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2014 10:00 pm

In no particular order:

Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
Tankard - Chemical Invasion
Vendetta - Brain Damage
Sodom - Agent Orange
Destruction - Infernal Overkill, Eternal Devastation
Vektor - Outer Isolation
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Gammacide - Victims of Science
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
Overkill - Feel the Fire, The Years of Decay, Ironbound
Razor - Evil Invaders
Sacrifice - Forward to Termination
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill, Extreme Aggression
Sabbat - History of a Time to Come, Dreamweaver
Artillery - By Inheritance

I'm sure I've forgotten some.

Adveser · **Joined:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:26 am **Posts:** 2491

No one has mentioned Destruction yet.

Thrash til' Deth · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2014 12:30 am

Adveser wrote:

No one has mentioned Destruction yet.

Two people have Eternal Devastation on their lists.

Adveser · **Joined:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:26 am **Posts:** 2491

Thrash til' Deth wrote:

Adveser wrote:

No one has mentioned Destruction yet.

Two people have Eternal Devastation on their lists.

Maybe should have read all that in slight more than 5 seconds then.

North From Here · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2014 7:49 am

Goat wrote:

Atheist and Pestilence's debut deserve a shout, too.

I can see Pestilence, but Atheist? Or are you just arguing Atheist's debut was thrash?

Goat · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2014 12:47 pm

North From Here wrote:

Goat wrote:

Atheist and Pestilence's debut deserve a shout, too.

I can see Pestilence, but Atheist? Or are you just arguing Atheist's debut was thrash?

The latter, and that it was terrific - not with me on that?

North From Here · **Posted:** Sat May 24, 2014 5:42 pm

Goat wrote:

North From Here wrote:

Goat wrote:

Atheist and Pestilence's debut deserve a shout, too.

I can see Pestilence, but Atheist? Or are you just arguing Atheist's debut was thrash?

The latter, and that it was terrific - not with me on that?

Yes, it was terrific, and I guess you could call it thrash, I'll have to relisten.

Thy Serpent · **Posted:** Fri May 30, 2014 6:58 am

Anything by Anacrusis.

Goat · **Posted:** Fri May 30, 2014 12:29 pm

The Evil Dead wrote:

Voivod is pretty awful.

BOO

Thy Serpent · **Posted:** Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:21 am

I'd like to add Sodom's Tapping The Vein. One of the most underrated albums and probably their heaviest.

North From Here · **Posted:** Mon Jun 02, 2014 3:50 am

North From Here wrote:

Yes, it was terrific, and I guess you could call it thrash, I'll have to relisten.

Atheist's debut still sounds very good, but I also still prefer Unquestionable Presence.

Thrash til' Deth · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:50 am

Sarcafago-INRI
Possessed-Seven Churches

You could argue these two are proto-death metal but I've always thought of them as just dirty thrash.

I'll also throw in some crossover releases that deserve a shout:

Agnostic Front-Cause for Alarm
DRI-Dirty Rotten LP, Thrash Zone
S.O.D.-Speak English or Die
Suicidal Tendencies- S/T, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow, Lights...Camera...Revolution (Trujillo like a mofo!)

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