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) #140
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #21 ...And Justice for All (1988) #69
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #53 Hell Awaits (1985) #57
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #93 Coma of Souls (1990) #335 Enemy of God (2005) #361
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #232 The Gathering (1999) #315 The New Order (1988) #479
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #167 Tapping the Vein (1992) #298 Code Red (1999) #405
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #25 Arise (1991) #116 Schizophrenia (1987) #228
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Years of Decay (1989) #297 Ironbound (2010) #312 Under the Influence (1988) #515
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #9 Outer Isolation (2011) #171 Black Future (2009) #178
10	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Trapped! (1992) #620 Lingua Mortis (1996) #660 Strings to a Web (2010) #708
11	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #247 Persistence of Time (1990) #762 Spreading the Disease (1985) #996
12	Destruction 1983, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #123 The Antichrist (2001) #345 Day of Reckoning (2011) #1135
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #385 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #504 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1394
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #120 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #194 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #382
15	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #455 Alice in Hell (1989) #968 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3023
16	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #344 Unto the Locust (2011) #617 Burn My Eyes (1994) #804
17	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #413 The Dark (1986) #1014 Live (1998) [Live] #1799
18	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #56 No More Color (1989) #367 Mental Vortex (1991) #518
19	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #263 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2084 Monotheist (2006) #2136
20	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #168 Shogun (2008) #720 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #956
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #487 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #825 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1205
22	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #433 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #1001 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3304
23	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #293 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1639 V (2020) #3307
24	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #350 Blood Fire Death (1988) #412 Hammerheart (1990) #1147
25	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #159 Leave Scars (1989) #1676 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5995
26	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #605 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1376 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
27	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #277 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2292 My Blood (2011) #3334
28	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #58
29	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #249 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1981 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5339
30	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2535 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2600 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2920
31	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #195 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
32	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3398 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #3958 Sonic Beatdown - Live in Germany (2009) [Live] #4160
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #844 The Dwelling (1996) #953 Live at Blokula (1995) [Live] #1752
34	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1130 Definition of Method (2019) #2610 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2701
35	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #871 Target Earth (2013) #1487 Killing Technology (1987) #2274
36	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #824 Conjure and Command (2011) #2627 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
37	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4806 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5592 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5901
38	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #444 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1224 The Sins of Mankind (1993) #7062
39	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2323 War Without End (2008) #2540 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #3081
40	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #649 Litany (2000) #840 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #902
41	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #638 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7661 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
42	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1459 Dark Ages (2005) #3082 Ritual (2018) #4849
43	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #1959 Survive (1988) #2553 Game Over (1986) #2655
44	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #606 Tortured Existence (1990) #1310 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
45	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1823 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2350 Revocation (2013) #3357
46	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #2099 Swallowed in Black (1990) #3297 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5330
47	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #1997 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4957 Visions Fugitives (1994)
48	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1571 Schizophrenia (2024) #2325 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4808
49	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #494 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1864 Versus All Gods (2019) #6755
50	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1441 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5672 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8381

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