Inner Circles of the Thrash Kingdom: Recommendations

[joe]

Back in the mid/late 80's I was somewhat into thrash metal. It started off with Metallica when I heard 'Phantom Lord' for the first time on "Metal Shop" on a Seattle rock station in 1983. The next weekend I picked up 'Kill 'Em All'(on the Banzai label) and was blown away by this 'new' sound of metal. 'Ride the Lightning' and 'Master of Puppets' were purchased upon immediate release.

Slayer's 'Reign In Blood' was the album that really got me interested in the genre and I'm still a big fan today. Megadeth to a lesser extent and Anthrax never caught my interest.

I did explore other artists during that time:

Possessed-Seven Churches
Testament-The Legacy and The New Order
Metal Church-s/t
Death Angel-Ultra-Violence
Annihilator-Alice In Hell
Exodus-Bonded by Blood
Sacrifice-Torment in Fire
Celtic Frost-Cold Lake
Voivod-Killing Technology and Nothingface

By the 90's, I for some reason(s) lost interest in the music of thrash. Twenty years later I have the interest to hear more artists from today and 'back in the day'.

I wanted to ask the experts to recommend some thrash bands that I haven't heard. I'm not going into this totally deaf, though with an 'untrained ear'.

Bring It On

 

[AboutAGirl]

Let's see... not on your list would be Kreator, Sodom, Flotsam and Jetsam, Accept, Destruction, and Sepultura. Those are the big names that come to mind in Thrash.

If you dig Celtic Frost check out some black thrash like Aura Noir, Venom, Bathory. Venom & Bathory are definitely cursory for a 'full' metal education if you're into that kind of thing.

 

[b.o.b.]

with the almighty Gene Hoglan on drums

We Have Arrived 1984
Darkness Descends 1986
Leave Scars 1989
Time Does Not Heal 1991
Decade of Chaos -Best of/Compilation 1992

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

Dark Angel - Merciless Death

Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal

Dark Angel - Leave Scars

 

[b.o.b.]

Studio albums:
Power From Hell (1985)
The Force (1986)
In Search of Sanity (1989)
Killing Peace (2007)
Sounds Of Violence (2010)

Onslaught - Killing Peace

Onslaught-Power from Hell

Onslaught-Metal Force

 

[b.o.b.]

1988 Forbidden Evil
1990 Twisted into Form
1994 Distortion
1997 Green
2010 Omega Wave

First two albums are highly recommended.

FORBIDDEN : Step By Step

Forbidden - Chalice of Blood (Live)

Forbidden - Forbidden Evil

 

[b.o.b.]

1985 – Fear of Tomorrow
1987 – Terror Squad
1990 – By Inheritance
1998 – Deadly Relics
1999 – B.A.C.K.
2009 – When Death Comes

Artillery - Khomaniac

Artillery - 10.000 Devils

ARTILLERY - Time Has Come

 

[b.o.b.]

Power/Thrash/Speed Metal from Germany

Product of Imagination 1987
Heresy 1989
Collision Course 2000
Electrify Full 2008
Riot Squad 2009

Paradox - Heresy

Paradox - Collision Course

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
The Law

Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die

Sodom - Persicution Mania
Agent Orange

Kreator - Coma Of Souls
Extreme Aggression
Enemy Of God
Past Life Trauma
Pleasuer To Kill
Scenarios Of Violence
Terrible Certainty
Violent Revolution
Voices Of Transgression

Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Release from Agony

Anthrax- Spreading The Disease
Among The Living

Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Suicidal Tendencies
The Art of Rebellion

Nuclear Assult - Handle With Care

Whiplash - Power and Pain
Ticket To Mayhem

Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deciever

Sacred Reich - Ignorance
Surf Nicaragua
The American Way

Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Beneath the Remains
Arise
Chaos A.D.

 

[b.o.b.]

The thrash metal band from Nottingham, England

History of a Time to Come (1988)
Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) (1989)
Mourning Has Broken (1991)

Sabbat - Hosanna in Excelsis

Sabbat - Behind The Crooked Cross

Sabbat - Wildfire

 

[LOU/REALM]

Good old b.o.b beat me....to SABBAT. Excellent band I have their albums...they are to me so original in their style !!
Lots of good names knocking about on this thread already
Im with you too Joe....you cant beat early METALLICA /SLAYER hmm what other "thrash" bands have I got in my collection...3 TESTAMENT albums,KREATOR,XENTRIX...etc...blimey I better look.
Heres some classic thrash....