The Top 50 Thrash Albums of All Time 10 - 1

These are the top ten albums of what is the most influential sub-genre of&nbsp; 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<

10- Death Angel -"Frolic Through the Park " 1988

I am sure there are people screaming for the Ultraviolence. Truth is the songs on this album are better. Yes it is impressive they were kids when they made, hell they were still kids when they made this album and broke down more barriers musically.







9- Testament - "Practice What You Preach"

This album edges out their others. The band obviously hit their peak here as evident from what happened aftter "Souls of Black"





8- Slayer -" South of Heaven" - 1988

Another tough call between this and their other album that beat this one out. They slowed down and got melodic here and it was perfectly where they needed to go sonically at the time.






7- Metallica -"Ride the lightning"-1984"

Punk rock kids are who is going to tell you "Kill'em All" is a better album. They just like that one because it sounds more like Motorhead. This is the album where they came into their own musically.






6-Pantera -"Cowboys From Hell -1990


This album is the reason grunge did not kill metal.


 


5-Megadeth - "So Far So Good So What" 1988 

 Yeah I am sure you wan "Peace Sells" or " Rust In Peace" here, this is the best balance of what those two albums had. The in your face attitude of "Peace Sells" but with more polished songs and better production, though less wanking than "Rust In Peace" and the production was not so slick that it lost it's edge.





4-Anthrax - 'Among the Living"1987 


Here is where it becomes a tough call as any of the top 4 albums could arguably be number one. The most under rated band of the big four.


3-Voivod- "Dimenson Hatross"1988 


 The dark horse in the top 4, this album was mind blowing when it came out I had heard nothing like it. It went on to influence Tool , Meshuggah, Fear Factory and any metal band into sci fi. A concept album where the concept was not so dense it felt like a musical.


 

2-Metallica- Master of Puppets- 1986 


 What a year 1986 was ! I bough this tape when it came out and This album still sounds great all these years later. It needs little defense as to why it belongs here.







1- Slayer- Reign in Blood- 1986 


 Why did this beat "Master of Puppets", well I got both albums when they came out. I listen to this one more. Some of the songs on "Puppets" can be long winded . I love "Disposable Heroes" but it is not written as in your face and compactly with not a minute waster as any song on this album. It is also darker and has a more sinister feel to it.