A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome. My favourite genres are Doom, Black and Gothic Metal, but I also like Progressive, Thrash and Death Metal. All albums on this list are at least worth an 8/10 rating. I included genres of each album as well.

1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2. Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

3. A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

4. After Forever - Prison Of Desire

5. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

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1. Acid Reign - The Fear

2. Anacrusis - Suffering Hour

3. Annihilator - Alice In Hell

4. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

5. Artillery - Terror Squad

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RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Energetically performance

1. Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2. Metal Church - Metal Church

3. Holy Terror - Mind Wars

4. Nuclear Assault - Game Over

5. Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise

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1. Slayer - Reign In Blood

2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4. Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5. Overkill - The Years Of Decay

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RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Historical value

4. Performance

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Deep Purple - In Rock

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1. Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2. Fatal Opera - The Eleventh Hour

3. Fatal Opera - Fatal Opera

4. Sacred Blade - Of The Sun + Moon

5. Legend (UK) - Death In The Nursery

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Thrash Metal is, and will always be my favorite type of music. No matter how many sub-genres or idiotic names some bands give to their music style, they'll never reach the complex "simplicity" of Thrash metal. It's raw, heavy, fast, aggressive, and has a historical impact that probably no other type of heavy metal style will ever reach.

1. Venom - Welcome To Hell

2. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

3. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5. Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse

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So we just entered 2013, a new year in the metal world. For those not familiar with my Thrash List, I know it can be a bit overwhelming, but calm down, breath, and let me give you few tips on how to browse this thing properly. First, it is important that you understand that it is ordered by years of release. Knowing that, if you're an old school thrash fan, you might not like albums past the year 1995 which is currently marked by Meshuggah's album ''Destroy Erase Improve''. Though if you do like modern thrash, you may proceed past this point. Just take my list like if it was a big encyclopedia of nice thrash releases. Hope you enjoy it and don't be shy to let me know if you do or don't.

1. Venom - Black Metal

2. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

3. Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

5. Slayer - Show No Mercy

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Currently being updated as of 5 September 2012

1. Annihilator - Never, Neverland

2. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3. Artillery - By Inheritance

4. Satan - Blaze Of Obscurity

5. Toxik - World Circus

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Favorite releases from 1988

1. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

2. Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death

3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence

4. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

5. Wargasm - Why Play Around

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