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) #74
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #51 Hell Awaits (1985) #53
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #75 Coma of Souls (1990) #340 Enemy of God (2005) #382
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #250 The Gathering (1999) #342 The New Order (1988) #511
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #155 Tapping the Vein (1992) #302 Code Red (1999) #345
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #94 Schizophrenia (1987) #213
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #315 The Years of Decay (1989) #328 Under the Influence (1988) #514
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Black Future (2009) #179 Outer Isolation (2011) #181
10	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #544 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #742
11	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #224 Persistence of Time (1990) #785 Spreading the Disease (1985) #965
12	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #108 The Antichrist (2001) #372 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1137
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #359 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #536 Fabulous Disaster (1989) #1272
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #122 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #220 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #377
15	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #535 Alice in Hell (1989) #1151 Metal II (2022) #3163
16	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #332 Unto the Locust (2011) #608 Burn My Eyes (1994) #862
17	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #381 The Dark (1986) #981 Live (1998) [Live] #1751
18	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #161 Shogun (2008) #757 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1061
19	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #264 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2124 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2396
20	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #59 No More Color (1989) #383 Mental Vortex (1991) #506
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #487 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #899 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1189
22	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #321 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1557 V (2020) #3265
23	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #500 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #971 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3158
24	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #393 Blood Fire Death (1988) #539 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) #255 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1631 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5048
27	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #128 Leave Scars (1989) #1391 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5428
28	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #258 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2211 My Blood (2011) #3182
29	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #153 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
30	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2454 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2516 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2794
31	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3142 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4430 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #5241
32	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1013 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2595 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2689
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	The Dwelling (1996) #1005 Envenom (1991) #1047 Born by Evil Blood (1987) [EP]
34	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #781 Conjure and Command (2011) #2534 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
35	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4573 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5286 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5591
36	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1138 Target Earth (2013) #1430 Killing Technology (1987) #2192
37	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2243 War Without End (2008) #2458 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #2944
38	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #386 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1409 The Sins of Mankind (1993)
39	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #622 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #848 Litany (2000) #872
40	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #552 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7219 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
41	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1296 Dark Ages (2005) #2999 Enslaved (2012) #5237
42	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #577 Tortured Existence (1990) #1304 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
43	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1774 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2280 Netherheaven (2022) #2631
44	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #2173 Survive (1988) #2527 Game Over (1986) #2907
45	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2006 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4702 Visions Fugitives (1994)
46	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1518 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5359 Rotting (1989) [EP] #7905
47	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #438 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1259 Versus All Gods (2019) #6389
48	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2276 This Is Hell (2003) #2960 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5435
49	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2097 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3150 Monolith (2012) #3752
50	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #1883 Swallowed in Black (1990) #4097 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5023

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