Best Thrash Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #15 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #137
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #19 ...And Justice for All (1988) #73
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #52 Hell Awaits (1985) #53
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #74 Coma of Souls (1990) #341 Enemy of God (2005) #382
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #255 The Gathering (1999) #343 The New Order (1988) #509
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #154 Tapping the Vein (1992) #301 Code Red (1999) #345
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #96 Schizophrenia (1987) #205
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #314 The Years of Decay (1989) #328 Under the Influence (1988) #512
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Black Future (2009) #178 Outer Isolation (2011) #180
10	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #543 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #742
11	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #223 Persistence of Time (1990) #785 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1096
12	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #109 The Antichrist (2001) #373 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1135
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #359 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #535 Fabulous Disaster (1989) #1272
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #121 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #219 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #378
15	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #332 Unto the Locust (2011) #607 Burn My Eyes (1994) #858
16	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #381 The Dark (1986) #979 Live (1998) [Live] #1746
17	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #534 Alice in Hell (1989) #1150 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3223
18	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #161 Shogun (2008) #757 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1060
19	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #262 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2120 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2391
20	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #59 No More Color (1989) #383 Mental Vortex (1991) #505
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #488 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #896 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1189
22	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #321 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1551 V (2020) #3254
23	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #480 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #967 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3148
24	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #392 Blood Fire Death (1988) #538 Hammerheart (1990) #1297
25	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #54
26	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #252 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1626 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5033
27	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #127 Leave Scars (1989) #1390 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5414
28	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #257 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2206 My Blood (2011) #3171
29	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #152 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
30	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3133 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4421 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #5231
31	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1012 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2591 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2683
32	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	The Dwelling (1996) #1004 Envenom (1991) #1046 Born by Evil Blood (1987) [EP]
33	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2511 Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2710 The End of Chaos (2019) #3086
34	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #781 Conjure and Command (2011) #2529 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
35	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4562 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5275 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5579
36	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1136 Target Earth (2013) #1426 Killing Technology (1987) #2188
37	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2239 War Without End (2008) #2454 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #2935
38	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #614 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #846 Litany (2000) #868
39	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #551 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7211 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
40	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1296 Dark Ages (2005) #2991 Enslaved (2012) #5226
41	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #408 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1406 The Sins of Mankind (1993)
42	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #575 Tortured Existence (1990) #1303 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
43	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1768 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2276 Netherheaven (2022) #2627
44	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #2169 Survive (1988) #2522 Game Over (1986) #2897
45	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2001 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4688 Visions Fugitives (1994)
46	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1870 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5346 Rotting (1989) [EP] #7895
47	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #439 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1259 Versus All Gods (2019) #6376
48	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2272 This Is Hell (2003) #2952 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5421
49	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2093 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3140 Monolith (2012) #3744
50	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #1877 Swallowed in Black (1990) #4088 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5008

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