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Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums

Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now, I've discovered many more such as Vektor, Testament and Nevermore thanks to MS.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by nonZero on 04.03.2024



AJ's Ranking Of 2008

Top 50 of 2008. Albums I rated 8 and above.

Album count: 210
Average rating: 6.84

1.Septicflesh - Communion
2.Opeth - Watershed
3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
4.Ihsahn - AngL
5.Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt

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Created by AJ The Great on 09.01.2024



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Let`s Have Some Pvn - Word Play In Metal Albvm Titles

The most difficult way to create the title for an album may be to try something that is clever and/or funny.

Likewise, making a list of these titles is also not easy as it would be a very subjective task. In order to apply at least some objective criteria, the resulting (alphabetical) list consists of album titles that contain a pun or pun-related word play ( - possibly even independent of how well these titles worked).

Puns (or pun-related word play examples) rely on (1) the different possible meanings of a word or (2) the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
In addition, this list contains numbers in titles that (3) contribute to the sound of the corresponding word or (4) that fit optically to the written word.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of such album titles for this list, if they fit to one of the criteria 1 – 4 (in order to keep the list in shape).
Still, it would also be interesting, if you could share other clever and/or funny album or song titles in the comments.



1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun
3.Alestorm - Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum
4.Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's
5.Alice Cooper - The Beast Of Alice Cooper

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Created by Plattner on 29.06.2023



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Great Bass Songs Top 50+

Great Songs on the 4 Strings, Classic songs… Remember from the rehearsal of your band, when the guy on the bass start to move the fingers on that song? Well this is a tribute to that moment and a tribute to those genius of the 4 strings.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.Rush - Moving Pictures
4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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Created by Blackcrowe on 15.06.2023



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My Must Listen Albums

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Created by P3YM4N on 12.12.2022



My Top 150 Albums Of All Time

This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
3.In Flames - Clayman
4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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Created by nikita_ducati on 16.10.2022



Essential Metal Albums To Own

Work in progress until a good foundation is made. No real order other than what pops in my head.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Slayer - Hell Awaits
4.Slayer - Reign In Blood
5.Slayer - South Of Heaven

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Created by rgemmell82 on 14.10.2022



My Top 30 Albums Of 2008

1.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
2.Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul
3.Opeth - Watershed
4.Septicflesh - Communion
5.Moonsorrow - Tulimyrsky

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Created by JHK on 10.05.2022



Top 10 Math Metal Albums

1.TesseracT - One
2.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
3.Meshuggah - ObZen
4.Meshuggah - Chaosphere
5.Meshuggah - Koloss

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 23.03.2022



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A Chronology Of Masterpieces

What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately strike me, while in recent times most albums are good but nothing is groundbreaking. We have a tide of releases in the last decades, and standing above the other requires an impossible lot of talent.
Or is it my listen habbits that changed ? I felts I listened to the old albums albums for a lifetime while I'm only surface checking the new ones. Too little time, too little time to truly live...
Also the mixing technology, the sound is too flat nowadays and lack impact and personnality

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out
2.The Who - Tommy
3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 16.02.2022



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My Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2021

Based on Last.fm.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Vital Remains - Dechristianize
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Infant Annihilator - The Battle Of Yaldabaoth
5.Tool - Lateralus

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Created by Qualeen on 01.01.2022



Ultimate Collection Of Metal

The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Chimaira - Chimaira
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Testament - The New Order

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Created by nikita_ducati on 18.10.2021



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400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 11 April 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically will include albums I've rated 8 & above. Sorted by year since I'll need a Venn diagram to sort by genre (seriously MS please make it happen if possible). Will feature multiple releases per year (obviously) and per band (since if a band is putting out better albums it deserves more recognition). Keeping the metal faith alive from India

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



A Little Further (Into The Progressive)

One album per artist in alphabetical order which happen to be my favorites. Feels like an addendum to the ?Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection" (http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=58) often mentioning the same band but different releases.

1.36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
2.Agrypnie - 16[485]
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
5.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

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Created by niklas_sn7 on 28.04.2020