Best Thrash Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Evile 2004, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Five Serpent's Teeth (2011) #3197 Skull (2013) #3304 Hell Unleashed (2021) #3773
52	Necrodeath 1985, Italy Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Fragments of Insanity (1989) #832 Defragments of Insanity (2019) #1667 Black As Pitch (2001) #2304
53	Onslaught 1982, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	VI (2013) #2458 In Search of Sanity (1989) #5341 Sounds of Violence (2011) #5825
54	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #206 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #297 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #337
55	Lost Society 2010, Finland Thrash Metal	Fast Loud Death (2013) #2506 Terror Hungry (2014) #2608 No Absolution (2020) #8210
56	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #525 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2395 Wildfire (2016)
57	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1904 Insanity (2001) Layers of Lies (2005) #5350
58	Silent Eye 1997, Korea Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Into the Nightmare (2010) [EP] #1290 Silent Eye (2003) [EP] #2085 Hell Hound (2006) #3606
59	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1964 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2137 Insult to Injury (1990) #3211
60	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #110 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #264 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #462
61	Solstice 1990, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Solstice (1992) #483 Pray for the Sentencing (2012) [Compilation] Casting the Die (2021) #8182
62	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2990 Evil Invaders (1985) #3240 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3372
63	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2909 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5760 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
64	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #5761 Supernatural Addiction (2000) #6278 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #6641
65	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1767 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3300 Product of Imagination (1987) #3733
66	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2773 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4149 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4306
67	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #549 Unbound (1994) #3368 Realm of the Dark (1988) [Demo]
68	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #984 Golem (1988) #5992 Urm the Mad (1989) #7195
69	Power Trip 2008, United States Thrash Metal, Crossover Thrash	Nightmare Logic (2017) #1333 Manifest Decimation (2013) #2880 Demo 2008 (2008) [Demo]
70	Mahatma 1993, Korea Thrash Metal	Perseverance (2007) #2858 New Justice (2016) #3670 The Endless Struggle Against Time (2005)
71	Heathen 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Empire of the Blind (2020) #5181 The Evolution of Chaos (2009) #5212 Victims of Deception (1991) #5660
72	Anacrusis 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Manic Impressions (1991) #1810 Reason (1990) #2301 Suffering Hour (1988) #3136
73	Abigail Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Sweet Baby Metal Slut (2009) #2646 Forever Street Metal Bitch (2003) #3289 The Final Damnation (2016) #3327
74	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #1731 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2780 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5326
75	Angelus Apatrida 2000, Spain Thrash Metal	The Call (2012) #2650 Hidden Evolution (2015) #3751 Angelus Apatrida (2021) #4561
76	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1706 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1852 Reanimation (2018)
77	Tormentor Hungary Black Metal	Anno Domini (1989) #531 7th Day of Doom (1988) [Demo] Recipe Ferrum! 777 (2001)
78	Watchtower 1982, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Concepts of Math: Book One (2016) [EP] #2150 Control and Resistance (1989) #2688 Energetic Disassembly (1985) #2821
79	Sacred Reich 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Funk Metal	Ignorance (1987) #2634 Heal (1996) #3928 Independent (1993) #4856
80	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #5432 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
81	Pestilence 1986, Netherlands Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Consuming Impulse (1989) #687 Malleus Maleficarum (1988) #1043 Testimony of the Ancients (1991) #1364
82	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Towards Beyond (1992) #2508 Neverending Destiny (1990) #2734 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
83	Forbidden 1987, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Twisted Into Form (1990) #3724 Forbidden Evil (1988) #4077 Distortion (1995)
84	Sanctuary 1985, United States Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Into the Mirror Black (1990) #2071 Inception (2017) [Compilation] The Year the Sun Died (2014) #3987
85	Invocator 1986, Denmark Technical Thrash Metal	Excursion Demise (1991) #522 Through the Flesh to the Soul (2003) Weave the Apocalypse (1993) #7172
86	Exhorder 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) #3442 The Law (1992) #5731 Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)
87	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3241 Rotten Perish (1992) #5148 Underground (1994) #6854
88	Absu 1991, United States Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Barathrum V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (1993) #4079 The Sun of Tiphareth (1995) Tara (2001) #5286
89	Fastkill Japan Thrash Metal	Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer (2011) #1499 Nuclear Thrashing Attack (2007) #2227 Infernal Thrashing Holocaust (2004) #3958
90	King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2010, Australia Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Progressive Rock, Thrash Metal, Psychedelic Pop	Nonagon Infinity (2016) PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023) #1737 Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4046
91	Gama Bomb 2002, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Speed Between the Lines (2018) #2517 Untouchable Glory (2015) #4901 Sea Savage (2020)
92	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1487 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1891 Unseen (2011) #6146
93	Exumer 1985, Germany Thrash Metal	Possessed by Fire (1986) #4168 The Raging Tides (2016) Rising from the Sea (1987) #4887
94	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3844 Nightside (2022) #6094 Witchkrieg (2010) #6563
95	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1813 Dis Morta (2022) #2855 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
96	The Absence 2002, United States Melodic Death Metal	Enemy Unbound (2010) #2224 Riders of the Plague (2007) #2794 Oceans (2013) [Single]
97	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3489 Nemesis (1997) #4507 Solidify (1999) #6824
98	Suicidal Angels 2001, Greece Thrash Metal	Sanctify the Darkness (2009) Profane Prayer (2024) #7436 Divide and Conquer (2014) #7539
99	Mortal Sin 1985, Australia Thrash Metal	Face of Despair (1989) #4418 Mayhemic Destruction (1987) #5741 Psychology of Death (2011) #7319
100	Sabbat 1985, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Dreamweaver (1989) #3347 History of a Time to Come (1988) #5740 Mourning Has Broken (1991) #8150

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