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) #143
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #21 ...And Justice for All (1988) #76
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #4 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #54 Hell Awaits (1985) #59
4	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #237 The Gathering (1999) #316 The New Order (1988) #515
5	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #92 Coma of Souls (1990) #363 Enemy of God (2005) #388
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #157 Tapping the Vein (1992) #302 Code Red (1999) #407
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #25 Arise (1991) #114 Schizophrenia (1987) #225
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Years of Decay (1989) #306 Ironbound (2010) #307 Under the Influence (1988) #536
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #8 Outer Isolation (2011) #165 Black Future (2009) #185
10	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #240 Persistence of Time (1990) #754 Spreading the Disease (1985) #996
11	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #655 Trapped! (1992) #661 Strings to a Web (2010) #701
12	Destruction 1983, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #111 The Antichrist (2001) #341 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1099
13	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #117 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #193 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #380
14	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #391 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #502 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1395
15	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #458 Alice in Hell (1989) #1023 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3258
16	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #340 Unto the Locust (2011) #614 Burn My Eyes (1994) #767
17	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #417 The Dark (1986) #1016 Live (1998) [Live] #1793
18	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #265 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2067 Monotheist (2006) #2116
19	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #58 No More Color (1989) #352 Mental Vortex (1991) #595
20	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #163 Shogun (2008) #714 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #951
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #471 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #821 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1215
22	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #310 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1637 V (2020) #3279
23	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #355 Blood Fire Death (1988) #449 Hammerheart (1990) #1154
24	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #545 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #1003 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3276
25	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #146 Leave Scars (1989) #1484 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #6084
26	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #604 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1378 Fever (2010) #3615
27	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #276 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2267 My Blood (2011) #3305
28	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #56
29	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #251 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1673 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5283
30	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2513 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2575 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2893
31	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #194 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
32	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3369 Sonic Beatdown - Live in Germany (2009) [Live] #4115 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4383
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #842 The Dwelling (1996) #891 Live at Blokula (1995) [Live] #1753
34	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1138 Definition of Method (2019) #2585 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2671
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #820 Conjure and Command (2011) #2603 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
36	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #451 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1236 The Sins of Mankind (1993) #6980
37	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4750 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5525 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5833
38	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1177 Target Earth (2013) #1491 Killing Technology (1987) #2253
39	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2298 War Without End (2008) #2518 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #3049
40	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1306 Dark Ages (2005) #3050 Ritual (2018) #4790
41	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #647 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #888 Litany (2000) #978
42	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #617 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7550 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
43	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #605 Tortured Existence (1990) #1441 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
44	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1815 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2329 Netherheaven (2022) #2529
45	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #1883 Survive (1988) #2595 Game Over (1986) #2821
46	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #2078 Swallowed in Black (1990) #3269 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5275
47	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2045 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4899 Visions Fugitives (1994)
48	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1570 Schizophrenia (2024) #2172 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4060
49	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #493 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1858 Versus All Gods (2019) #6675
50	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1445 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5599 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8268

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