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) #144
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #19 ...And Justice for All (1988) #72
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #49 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #53
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #71 Coma of Souls (1990) #338 Enemy of God (2005) #380
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #257 The Gathering (1999) #341 The New Order (1988) #513
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #152 Tapping the Vein (1992) #297 Code Red (1999) #349
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #27 Arise (1991) #103 Schizophrenia (1987) #217
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #312 The Years of Decay (1989) #326 Under the Influence (1988) #515
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Black Future (2009) #176 Outer Isolation (2011) #178
10	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #545 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #737
11	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #223 Persistence of Time (1990) #785 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1050
12	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #96 The Antichrist (2001) #371 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1135
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #356 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #538 Fabulous Disaster (1989) #1275
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #114 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #215 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #381
15	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #379 The Dark (1986) #976 Live (1998) [Live] #1745
16	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #331 Unto the Locust (2011) #607 Burn My Eyes (1994) #919
17	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #537 Alice in Hell (1989) #1149 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3212
18	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #159 Shogun (2008) #752 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1062
19	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #259 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2115 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2384
20	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #59 No More Color (1989) #382 Mental Vortex (1991) #507
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #487 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #892 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1190
22	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #318 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1547 V (2020) #3243
23	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #510 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #966 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3135
24	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #54
25	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #240 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1624 Beyond the Gates (1986) #4660
26	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #406 Blood Fire Death (1988) #509 Hammerheart (1990) #1302
27	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #126 Leave Scars (1989) #1390 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5388
28	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #254 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2199 My Blood (2011) #3157
29	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #156 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Beyond the States of Hell (2014) [Live]
30	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3121 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4402 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #5202
31	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1009 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2588 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2677
32	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	The Dwelling (1996) #1001 Envenom (1991) #1046 Born by Evil Blood (1987) [EP]
33	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2503 Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2702 The End of Chaos (2019) #3076
34	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #779 Conjure and Command (2011) #2525 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
35	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4539 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5251 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5556
36	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2231 War Without End (2008) #2446 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #2928
37	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #614 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #845 Litany (2000) #866
38	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #553 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7164 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
39	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1219 Target Earth (2013) #1426 Killing Technology (1987) #2458
40	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1301 Dark Ages (2005) #2985 Enslaved (2012) #5197
41	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #407 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1406 The Sins of Mankind (1993)
42	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #575 Tortured Existence (1990) #1309 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
43	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1770 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2268 Netherheaven (2022) #2623
44	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #2163 Survive (1988) #2518 Game Over (1986) #2886
45	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #1995 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4668 Visions Fugitives (1994)
46	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1866 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5321 Rotting (1989) [EP] #7848
47	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #437 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1262 Versus All Gods (2019) #6336
48	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2263 This Is Hell (2003) #2944 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5395
49	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2086 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3128 Monolith (2012) #3727
50	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #1873 Swallowed in Black (1990) #4067 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5693

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