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) #142
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #24 ...And Justice for All (1988) #72
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #54 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #56
4	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #220 The Gathering (1999) #317 The New Order (1988) #481
5	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #94 Coma of Souls (1990) #338 Enemy of God (2005) #345
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #168 Tapping the Vein (1992) #298 Code Red (1999) #409
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #118 Schizophrenia (1987) #229
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Years of Decay (1989) #273 Ironbound (2010) #314 Under the Influence (1988) #508
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #11 Outer Isolation (2011) #171 Black Future (2009) #182
10	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #247 Persistence of Time (1990) #767 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1054
11	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Trapped! (1992) #618 Lingua Mortis (1996) #659 Strings to a Web (2010) #706
12	Destruction 1983, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #125 The Antichrist (2001) #348 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1182
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #351 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #442 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1409
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #123 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #195 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #384
15	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #459 Alice in Hell (1989) #976 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3036
16	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #347 Unto the Locust (2011) #602 Burn My Eyes (1994) #810
17	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #415 The Dark (1986) #1026 Live (1998) [Live] #1810
18	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #57 No More Color (1989) #369 Mental Vortex (1991) #525
19	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #262 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2089 Monotheist (2006) #2140
20	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #166 Shogun (2008) #723 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #965
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #490 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #831 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1208
22	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #437 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #1012 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3315
23	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #296 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1651 V (2020) #3318
24	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #353 Blood Fire Death (1988) #405 Hammerheart (1990) #1139
25	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #158 Leave Scars (1989) #1646 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5400
26	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #280 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2299 My Blood (2011) #3343
27	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #605 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1386 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
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) #1984 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5385
30	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2544 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2607 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2932
31	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #196 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
32	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3301 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #3982 Sonic Beatdown - Live in Germany (2009) [Live] #4191
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #850 The Dwelling (1996) #962 Live at Blokula (1995) [Live] #1759
34	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1133 Definition of Method (2019) #2616 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2706
35	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #875 Target Earth (2013) #1493 Killing Technology (1987) #2280
36	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #830 Conjure and Command (2011) #2635 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
37	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4851 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5638 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5948
38	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #447 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1227 The Sins of Mankind (1993) #7118
39	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	War Without End (2008) #1648 Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2330 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #3090
40	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1469 Dark Ages (2005) #3091 Ritual (2018) #4891
41	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #648 Litany (2000) #846 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #904
42	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #636 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7715 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
43	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #1962 Survive (1988) #2562 Game Over (1986) #2662
44	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #635 Tortured Existence (1990) #1322 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
45	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1829 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2357 Revocation (2013) #3367
46	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #2106 Swallowed in Black (1990) #3308 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5377
47	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2000 Kaleidoscope (1992) #5001 Visions Fugitives (1994)
48	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1578 Schizophrenia (2024) #2332 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4853
49	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2353 This Is Hell (2003) #2731 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5804
50	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #501 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1869 Versus All Gods (2019) #6808

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