50 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums

Album covers Master of Puppets by Metallica and Reign In Blood by Slayer
Criteria: These Thrash Metal Albums were chosen for their musical and lyrical quality, creativity, originality, influence, and popularity within the genre.

(Note: Compilation, Greatest Hits, Best Of, and Live albums are not included.)


Last Updated: 2014-09-08
Greatest Thrash Metal Albums
  1. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  2. Reign In Blood - Slayer
  3. Ride The Lightning - Metallica
  4. Rust In Peace - Megadeth
  5. Kill em All - Metallica
  6. Peace Sells But Who's Buying - Megadeth
  7. To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost
  8. Hell Awaits - Slayer
  9. ...and Justice For All - Metallica
10. Seasons In The Abyss - Slayer
11. Beneath The Remains - Sepultura
12. Bonded By Blood - Exodus
13. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
14. Among The Living - Anthrax
15. Pleasure To Kill - Kreator
16. South of Heaven - Slayer
17. Show No Mercy - Slayer
18. Darkness Descends - Dark Angel
19. The Years of Decay - Overkill
20. Arise - Sepultura
21. Agent Orange - Sodom
22. Killing Is My Business - Megadeth
23. Spreading The Disease - Anthrax
24. Metal Chruch - Metal Church
25. The Legacy - Testament
26. No More Color - Coroner
27. Infernal Overkill - Destruction
28. Alice In Hell - Annihilator
29. Coma of Souls - Kreator
30. Persecution Mania - Sodom
31. Killing Technology - Voivod
32. Game Over - Nuclear Assault
33. Schizophrenia - Sepultura
34. Crossover - DRI
35. So Far, So Good So What? - Megadeth
36. Energetic Disassembly - Watchtower
37. How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today? - Suicidal Tendencies
38. Eternal Nightmare - Vio-lence
39. Eternal Devastation - Destruction
40. Mental Vortex - Coroner
41. Speak English or Die - Stormtroopers of Death
42. Horrorscope - Overkill
43. By Inheritance - Artillery
44. Spectrum of Death - Morbid Saint
45. Extreme Aggressions - Kreator
46. Evil Invaders - Razor
47. Persistence of Time - Anthrax
48. Punishment For Decadance - Coroner
49. Fabulous Disaster - Exodus
50. Victims of Deception - Heathen
Master of Puppets album cover
Reign in Blood album cover
Ride The Lightning CD cover
Rust In Peace CD cover




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