All I've been really listening to is late 80s/early 90s thrash. Mainly Testament - "The New Order", Annihilator - "Alice in Hell", Vio-Lence - "Eternal Nightmare", Watchtower - "Control and Resistence" and all Athiest albums. I need more, so any recommendations for me? I'd like specific albums also and please don't say anything like Slayer, megadeth, metallica, Exodus, yeah I've heard of all the mainstream ones.

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You didn't say ANTHRAX!

Check out Sodom and Kreator.

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Forbidden
Coroner
Sadus

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When i said mainstream I ment the likes of Kreator and Sodom. Come on, if I know who Vio-Lence is I've probabaly heard Kreator.

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YOUR LIFE OF THRASH IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THESE ALBUMS


Crossover Thrash:
Assassin - Interstellar Experience
Anthrax - Among the Living

Tech/Jazz Thrash:
Watchtower - Control & Resistance
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Sadus - Swallowed in Black
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

Greman Thrash:
Kreator - Extreme Aggressions
Sodom - Persecution Mania

Bay Area Thrash:
Death Angel - The Ultraviolence
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Testament - The New Order
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends


GO GET THEM NOW!!!

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I prefer Chemical Exposure over Swallowed in Black.

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All I have is Swallowed and A Vision of Misery. Really it's better?

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Fight - War Of Words.

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I think it is, but Swallowed is still great too.

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Check these out motherfucker

KRUIZ - Kruiz
VENDETTA - Go and live stay and die
Brain damage
ACCUSER - Double talk
Who dominates who
Repent
DEATHROW (everything of them)

And you sure know TANKARD right?
"Chemical invasion" and "morning after" are one of the best thrash records ever.

But i guess most of these stuff is hard to find.

As an old ass '80s thrasher and DJ who has owned or heard pretty much all obscure eighties thrash albums, I can tell you that the following are the only ones I still listen to fairly often these days:

Sacrifice: Forward to Termination (This is my favorite)
Rigor Mortis: Rigor Mortis (second favorite) and sometimes Rigor Mortis vs. the Earth
Testament: The New Order and The Legacy
Sacred Reich: Ignorance
Hallow's Eve: Tales of Terror
Flotsam and Jetsam: No Place for Disgrace and sometimes Doomsday for the Deceiver.
Nasty Savage: Nasty Savage
Bloodfeast: Face Fate and sometimes Chopping Block Blues
Possessed: Seven Churches, Beyond the Gates, and The Eyes of Horror

Then of course Megadeth and Slayer. I don't listen to Anthrax or Metallica anymore. Once in a great while I'll bust out "Feel the Fire" by Overkill.


EDIT: I forgot Forced Entry: Uncertain Future (this album RULES)

That is a very cool album...

Slayer's from L.A. homie, well South Gate/Huntington Park to be specific.

Heres some thrash:
Method of Destruciton
Stormtroopers of Death
Exhorder - balls out thrash dude!
Holy Moses
older Necrodeath

Crossover: D.R.I.!

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Have you heard Death to Posers?

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No I haven't, but it just got re-released right?

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i bet steve shot a huge load when he saw the thread title of this.

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Pyracanda
Forced Entry
Dark Angel
Dekapitator
Sodom
Tourniquet

Death Angel is what I suggest for you, and EXODUS.

It did?!! WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SITTING IN FRONT OF THIS CRAP FOR? FIND I MUST!

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I'm not a fan of Exodus myself, but I do listen to Death Angel. Check out The Ultra Violence - thrashiest one IMO - and possibly their newest album because it has some good tracks.

I haven't heard much Coroner, but I have heard that they are (were) very good. I really should check them out myself more.

I won't name any other bands because all that I can think of have already been posted.

Check it yo!!

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=21652

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*buzzer*

It was their first

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Hobb's Angel Of Death

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I think he meant in addition to The Ultraviolence.


That is another album I forgot to list (The Ultraviolence). It's the only one of their albums I still listen to and it rules. Their last tour was very disappointing compared to when I saw them in 1988.

Actually they cancelled their show last Tuesday with Kreator, and Vader cancelled as well

Glad to hear that they would have been dissapointing anyways You suck Kylito, seeing them in the year I was born and all. I wish I was born in 1970 or so, that would have been cool.

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It seems plain as day now, silly me.

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Yeah, last tour they only had one cabinet each where I saw them and the scene was pretty lame. The 1988 show was in L.A. and they were at the top of their game and the metal scene was crazy back then. I keep hoping history will repeat itself fully and we'll see some amazing new bands popping up somewhere somehow.

The best part of that Death Angel show in L.A. was when some dude ripped off a rag that was tied around Rob Cavestany's leg and then Rob struck a chord, grabbed the guy by his hair and then kicked him in the face with a steel toed boot, then went back to playing like nothing happened. At the same show someone did a stage dive as the song ended and I could hear his body hit the floor from twenty feet away during the temporary silence.

Overkill - The Years Of Decay
Shah - Beware
Heathen - Victim Of Deception
Agent Steel - Order Of The Illuminati
Artillery - Deadly Relics
Any Coroner
Any Sodom

Damn, there used to be a lot of thrash bands...

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Heathen
Nuclear Assault
Wardog
Hirax

All great bands.

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Yep, the thrash scene got horribly over saturated in the late 1980's, that's partly why it isn't too popular anymore. Too many second-rate Thrash bands being signed, people got tired of them, and were looking for a new kind of music.

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Destruction
Kreator
Slayer
Sodom
Nuclear Assault.

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Yep. The mid-late 80's saw thrash as a huge success, and from the late 80's to mid 90's, thrash became oversatured with second-rate bands as well as many of the first-rate acts being bastardized by record companies trying to cash in on the phenomena, plus certain bands just plain starting to suck of, apparently, their own volition.

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That just plain blows doesn't it?

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Razor - Shotgun Justice or Violent Restituion

now, now, now, NOW.

and Demoltion Hammer's Epidemic Of Violence.

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Carnivore!


You would never guess in a million years which band branched out from them.

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Type O Negative's vocalist/bassist was Carnivore's vocalist/bassist. You're right, I never would have guessed (I had to look it up). Carnivore was alright...

Possessed
Blind Illusion
Forbidden
Suicidal Tendencies
Helloween
Onslaught
Flotsam and Jetsam
Destruction
Dark Angel
Cerebral Fix
Sabbat

My god, I can't believe people have mentioned old Carnivore! Jack Daniels and Pizza anybody?

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One that might be worth looking up is..

Gothic Slam - A Face In The Crowd

A friend of mine recently put me on to this. I think the drummer was later in Il Nino, but I might be wrong. Also, Xentrix were a British 80s Thrash band with that Bay-Area influence. Try their album "For Whose Advantage".

Righteous Pigs - Stress Related. Fucking great!!!!

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yup very true kerry used to live in state st. and i think now his parents still live there or in mountain view st. i forgot

now for the bands ill say

mayhem-fuk u
nuclear assault-game over
virus-pray for war
death angel-darkness descends
possessed-seven churches
assassin-the upcoming terror
and a local band called SAKRIFICER chek out their myspace page

hahaha, mayhem 80's thrash?!

anyway, Forbidden is awesome

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I can't believe no one said this yet

MORBID SAINT

shit...

anyways some more...that isn't record in the 80s but is still fucking total 80s style

Bywar
Violator

and "true" 80s thrash

Artillery - Terror Squad
Evildead (fuck can't believe no one said this)
Gothic Slam (again same as Evildead)
Realm
Tankard

yeah I'm done...i think...most of them have been said.

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A couple more obscure bands and then some...

Hellwitch
Toxik
Anacrusis
D.R.I.
Destruction
Sarcofago
Slaughter [Canada]
Voivod
Mystifier
Sindrome
Mefisto
Vulcano
Devastation
Exhorder
Hexenhaus
old Thought Industry
pre 'Chaos A.D.' Sepultura

...my top fave of course is Coroner.

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Ritual Carnage-I, Infidel (Not 80's, but the vibe is so Vio-Lence that it should be illegal)
Dark Angel-Time Does Not Heal
Forbidden-Twisted Into Form
Cancer-The Sins of Mankind
Laaz Rockit-Know Your Enemy

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Slaver sure is worth checking out (as in NOW) if you like good ol' 80's thräsh.


Their MySpace


Oh, and Black Moor is quite good too (Heavy metal with balls mixed with thrash). Check out the song Beyond Hell!

Dude, whe someone asks for 80's thrash, don't say Slayer. That is like if he is looking for a religion and you say something as popular and common as Christianity.

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Learn how to fùcking read. SlaVVVVVer. Brazil. Good.

Holy fuck, sorry about that. A lowercase y and v look pretty similar and were the only difference between teh two words, but I still fucked up, ha.

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not the blackmetal one the thrash one from the U.S

so people wont get confused again i mean VIRUS not THE VIRUS

Well, judging by your first reply I'm sure you'll understand that being accused of naming SlaYer whilst being asked for (80's) thrash ís quite... Insulting.



But do check out SlaVer

I'm pretty sure DEAD is finished looking for old thrash, considering this thread is a year and a half old. I'm leaving it open not so people can hit and run with their favorite thrash bands, but for the benefit of new people who might want to ask the same question.

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And Agressor. One of the first thrash bands from france, started in 86 i believe

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Anybody mentioned Aussie thrashers Mortal Sin?

Reanimator
Xentrix
Acid Reign
Detente
Onslaught
Toranaga
Cerebral Fix
Living Death

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haha, this is true.

Canadian Thrash:
WARMACHINE
Anonymus

And some others but you can look them up.

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Pestilence
Solstice
Exhorder
Pantera
Sepultura
Whiplash

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Mandator is a pretty decent band that hasnt so far been mentioned. You should check their album Perfect Progeny out, very Metallica influenced if i remember correctly.

i think this was said already...
but TOXIK...great technical band

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Yea Toxik should be at the top your your list along with Laaz Rockit, Vicious Rumors, Realm and Helstar

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Well if your anything like me you hate anthrax, slayer is ok, and metallica sucks. So here is a link to an awesome site that list thrash bands click here

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Razor and Chakal are great too

Good call!

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TANKARD

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Not sure if this band has been mentioned already: Reckless Tide I just found out about them recently. Any fans of Testament should definitely check them out.

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fuck yeah.. Tankard rocks...although they don't change to much...music that involves partying and drinking beer is cool in my book.

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some bands:

Suicidal Tendencies
No Mercy
Excel
Attitude Adjustment
Cro-Mags
Hirax
Exhorder
Voivod
Death
Corrosion Of Conformity
Warzone
Sadus
Razor

Invocator from Denmark. They are similar to Sadus but a bit more technical.

I really suggest Megadeth. They are still a great band and still release great albums. I'd pick up Ruse In Peace, Countdown To Extinction, and Youthanasia.

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Hey thanks, I've never heard of Megadeth.

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Alright then, Corrosion Of Conformity, Death, and No Mercy are all great thrash metal.

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^^^

I just checked out Believer, highly recommended.

You should probably just read the posts around for a while to get a better feel for the genre of metal as well as a better feel for the people in this forum. The way things are going right now, the smart people in the forum will be laughing at you, the stupid people in the forum will flame the shit out of you, and you, being 15, will respond in a manner that is likely to get you booted. I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just trying to give you a heads up.

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Unbelievable totally underrated band, they just reunited for some live shows. I don't see the Sadus similarities, but they are mandatory to check out if you like technical thrash like Coroner, Believer, Toxik, etc. "Excursion Demise" is their masterpiece, and "Weave The Apocalypse" is more groovy and post-thrash oriented, but still kicks ass. Jacob Hansen is a damn riff MACHINE.

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Aww, Chris is such a nice guy! What a big teddy bear you are!

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I'm also an excellent hugger.

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Watchtower is all you need.

Demolition Hammer? Laaz Rockit? Morbid Saint? Anyone? C'mon people, learn your thrash.

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sorry im not thrash enough.

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Dam, man laaz rockit are defo a Need to hear before you die

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I need to get their other album!

Yeah, Demolition Hammer are vicious.

Hah. Fag. You think you know thrash. How cute.

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HAHA so do you. ahaha we're one of a kind.

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aight, here goes some dutch awesomeness:

Flesh Made Sin
Dead Head
Fuelblooded
Legion of the Damned
Izegrim
Stormrider (all-star 80's coverband!!!)
Laaz Rockit!

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Sacrament
Vengeance Rising

Both christian bands, or at least they were.

Nostalgia! Damn!

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you forgot destruction

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I just checked out Solstice. Very good Death/Thrash.

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Anything from Brazil gets the job done.

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dew-scented anyone?

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Haha, all their albums start with 'I'.

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@TheDoctor - Laaz Rockit aint from Holland, i think its just the bassist whos dutch.


But speaking of Laaz Rockit, you really wont be dissapointed

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And I have. IMO a definite step down from their previous one due to the album being 90% groove, 5% thrash and 5% semi-technical riffs. That said, I'm still enjoying it at the moment.

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indeed, theyre playing the old dynamo club here in eindhoven soon (just as sacred reich)

anyway, im playing some old school SxTx now, fucking brilliant

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Some Thrash I have recently acquired:

Cynic - 1990 Demo
I've only listened to this once, but I could hear some slightly 'Focus' sounding parts which combined with raw Thrash is pretty interesting.

Tankard - Chemical Invasion - 1987
Finally got something by this band and for some reason I was expecting something less thrashy and simpler so no complaints. Good production. Catchy stuff. Amusing lyrical themes. TANTRUM. WHO STOLE MY BEER? TANTRUM. YOU MUST DIE.

Defiance - Void Terra Firma - 1990
I like these guys. Not quite as good as their first album, but still solid. Plenty of interesting riffs and some really good solos. The vocals like it says on MA sound like a drunk Chuck Billy, and the guitars sound paper thin, but it doesn't detract too much from the album.

Tourniquet - Stop the Bleeding - 1990
Damn, this is some weird shit, but really good. Recently I've been checking out Christian Thrash bands and each one of them has far surpassed my expectations, this band in particular. Each Christian band I've listened to just sounds really unique, and for some reason seem to use their talent more than other Thrash bands.
The vocals in this album are all over the place. The first two songs are mostly melodically sung sounding very much like the Cyclone Temple vocalist in both their range and style. The second song could easily have been put on a late-80s Overkill album and probably go unnoticed, and also there's a part that sounds very Annihilator. The third song is much heavier than the first two with staccato vocals to match, but sounds like Control Denied in the chorus. Then there's a part that I'm sure I heard in a Papa Roach song, and then some interesting drumming including the use of a cowbell with some whispered vocals before one of the impressive melodic solos to be found on this album. I can't be bothered to write much more but basically the riffs are plentiful and in lots of different styles, sometimes incorpating slides and dives. The vocals really are all over the place. Loads of ideas, all the time!

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I haven't seen INFERNÄL MÄJESTY mentioned here yet!
Do something about it!

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Haven't heard of them before. Just looked them up now and the reviews are good. I'll probably get 'None Shall Defy' soon.

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Make sure that you do! Holy shit is that a neck-wrecker.

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This is a seriously underrated thrash classic, and the excellent music is only half the reason why. Puke and Tantrum have the greatest thrash lyrics ever, and of course, the song where he dumps his girlfriend because she says he drinks too much. I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but it's hilarious.

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oh and Demolition Hammer of course

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