Digging deeper into the countdown of what is the most influential sub-genre of metal . It opened the door for bands to play louder, harder and faster thus spawning Death metal, black metal, grind core etc.. yeah doom stayed on it's own path. The bands that came out of it are now considered the biggest bands in metal...I mean Metallica and Slayer, come one end of debate. Normally I try to limit it to one album per artist. There are some artists that had much more of an impact so they might get another entry or two. There is thrash ranging from proto-death metal to hard core to power metal bands that evolved with the times. I grew up during the rise of thrash and listened to it through out highschool so some of this is determined by which albums did I listen to the most as they came out and which have endured the test of time. Lets face it none of your Toxic Holocausts or Revocations can touch these bands. They are pretty much tribute bands in comparison
30- Vio-Lence -"Eternal Nightmare"
1988 Two of this band's members went on to form Machine Head. The punkvocal approach set these guys apart along with the very sharp hooky riffing.
29- Coroner- " Punishment for Decadence" 1988
1988 was a good year for thrash the genre had it's legs under it enough to begin experiementing. This Swiss band was highly technical but still cared about writing songs.
28- Nuclear Assault - "Survive" 1988
Three in a row from 1988. Dan and John were both former members of Anthrax. Lilker's bass playing propels this album along with the commanding howl of Connelly.
27-Voivod -"Killing Technology" 1987
Still rooted in thei more punk sound, they just began to cross over into a more spacey prog form of thrash. Way ahead of their time.
26- Fear of God - "Within the Veil" 1991
In 1991 women in metal were rare. Women fronting band's this heavy unheard of. The late Dawn Crosby was capable of harsh snarls and clean vocals , this album is wonderfully dark.
25- Metal Church - "Blessing In Disguise"- 1989
1989 Their previous efforts with David Wayne are great ,but lean more toward power metal. Here the attack is more fine tune and Howe's voice is less flashy, and he focused his grit to serve the songs.
24- Sanctuary- "Refuge Denied" 1987
Produced by Dave Mustaine the guitar has that Megadeth bite but with soaring vocals that still carry menace ratherthan just being operatic for the sake of being operatic.
23- Overkill- "Under the Influence"
1988 I am sure many of you want to see "Taking Over" here instead , but guess what this is my list, go make your own, the songs here are better.
22- Power Mad- "Absolute Power" 1989
One of the best metal bands you have not heard. They did make it into Lynch's " Wild at Heart" movie which is their claum to fame, but they were froward thinking when it came to song writing.
21-Sacred Reich - "the American Way"
These guys were ahead of the curve when it came to how metal was about to change. There is enough groove here to transcend thrash .
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