Best Thrash Metal Albums
421 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Rust in Peace (1990) | 96.6 | 242 | 13 | |
| 2 |  |
Reign in Blood (1986) | 94.4 | 184 | 11 | |
| 3 |  |
Ride the Lightning (1984) | 93.3 | 160 | 7 | |
| 4 |  |
Terminal Redux (2016) | 94.3 | 113 | 4 | |
| 5 |  |
93.4 | 101 | 6 | ||
| 6 |  |
Hell Awaits (1985) | 94.1 | 78 | 8 | |
| 7 |  |
Кровоизлияние (1993) | 93.7 | 68 | 5 | |
| 8 |  |
Seasons in the Abyss (1990) | 92.7 | 71 | 5 | |
| 9 |  |
Beneath the Remains (1989) | 92.5 | 68 | 7 | |
| 10 |  |
Master of Puppets (1986) | 87.7 | 199 | 17 | |
| 11 |  |
Punishment for Decadence (1988) | 95.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| 12 |  |
Pleasure to Kill (1986) | 92.5 | 51 | 6 | |
| 13 |  |
Kill 'Em All (1983) | 88.4 | 117 | 6 | |
| 14 |  |
Eternal Devastation (1986) | 93.7 | 34 | 2 | |
| 15 |  |
...And Justice for All (1988) | 88 | 126 | 12 | |
| 16 |  |
Black Future (2009) | 92.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| 17 |  |
Spectrum of Death (1990) | 91.9 | 43 | 3 | |
| 18 |  |
Persecution Mania (1987) | 92.6 | 36 | 3 | |
| 19 |  |
Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 88.5 | 80 | 3 | |
| 20 |  |
Among the Living (1987) | 90.1 | 55 | 4 | |
| 21 |  |
Schizophrenia (1987) | 91.5 | 39 | 3 | |
| 22 |  |
Arise (1991) | 91 | 42 | 3 | |
| 23 |  |
Seven Churches (1985) | 91.3 | 38 | 3 | |
| 24 |  |
To Mega Therion (1985) | 90.9 | 41 | 3 | |
| 25 |  |
So Far, So Good... So What! (1988) | 88.9 | 63 | 3 | |
| 26 |  |
Outer Isolation (2011) | 91.8 | 32 | 1 | |
| 27 |  |
Bonded by Blood (1985) | 90.5 | 42 | 2 | |
| 28 |  |
Endgame (2009) | 87.5 | 84 | 8 | |
| 29 |  |
Darkness Descends (1986) | 90.8 | 39 | 3 | |
| 30 |  |
Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993) [Live] | 93.9 | 19 | 0 | |
| 31 |  |
Rude Awakening (2002) [Live] | 91.6 | 31 | 3 | |
| 32 |  |
Cowboys From Hell (1990) | 86.8 | 91 | 3 | |
| 33 |  |
Ironbound (2010) | 89.6 | 46 | 0 | |
| 34 |  |
Time Is Up (2011) | 89.1 | 51 | 0 | |
| 35 |  |
The Antichrist (2001) | 91.2 | 31 | 0 | |
| 36 |  |
South of Heaven (1988) | 88.9 | 52 | 3 | |
| 37 |  |
The Blackening (2007) | 90.3 | 36 | 2 | |
| 38 |  |
Tapping the Vein (1992) | 90.1 | 37 | 1 | |
| 39 |  |
By Inheritance (1990) | 90.6 | 32 | 2 | |
| 40 |  |
The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) | 88.4 | 52 | 1 | |
| 41 |  |
Blood Fire Death (1988) | 90.6 | 31 | 2 | |
| 42 |  |
Metal Church (1984) | 90.7 | 30 | 4 | |
| 43 |  |
The Gathering (1999) | 87.4 | 61 | 4 | |
| 44 |  |
Coma of Souls (1990) | 90.7 | 27 | 4 | |
| 45 |  |
The Legacy (1987) | 88.6 | 43 | 5 | |
| 46 |  |
Code Red (1999) | 89.7 | 33 | 1 | |
| 47 |  |
The Years of Decay (1989) | 91 | 24 | 2 | |
| 48 |  |
Dark Roots of Earth (2012) | 88 | 48 | 0 | |
| 49 |  |
Endless Supply of Pain (1993) | 89.4 | 34 | 2 | |
| 50 |  |
Epidemic of Violence (1992) | 90.7 | 25 | 1 | |
| 51 |  |
Rust in Peace Live (2010) [Live] | 88.6 | 39 | 1 | |
| 52 |  |
Eternal Nightmare (1988) | 90.4 | 25 | 0 | |
| 53 |  |
Enemy of God (2005) | 88.3 | 40 | 1 | |
| 54 |  |
Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) | 93.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 55 |  |
Under the Influence (1988) | 91.7 | 17 | 1 | |
| 56 |  |
The Grinding Wheel (2017) | 91.2 | 19 | 1 | |
| 57 |  |
Never Neverland (1990) | 90.9 | 20 | 1 | |
| 58 |  |
86.5 | 55 | 4 | ||
| 59 |  |
Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) | 91.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| 60 |  |
Youthanasia (1994) | 86.3 | 57 | 6 | |
| 61 |  |
Solstice (1992) | 92.7 | 13 | 2 | |
| 62 |  |
Dystopia (2016) | 86.6 | 53 | 2 | |
| 63 |  |
No More Color (1989) | 93.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 64 |  |
Practice What You Preach (1989) | 88.6 | 33 | 4 | |
| 65 |  |
Endless Pain (1985) | 89.8 | 25 | 2 | |
| 66 |  |
Agent Orange (1989) | 88.9 | 29 | 2 | |
| 67 |  |
Strings to a Web (2010) | 88 | 35 | 0 | |
| 68 |  |
Envenom (1991) | 92 | 13 | 2 | |
| 69 |  |
This Godless Endeavor (2005) | 90.1 | 20 | 1 | |
| 70 |  |
An Overdose of Death... (2008) | 89.1 | 25 | 1 | |
| 71 |  |
The Paragon of Animals (2010) | 87.5 | 36 | 1 | |
| 72 |  |
The Electric Age (2012) | 88.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| 73 |  |
Mental Vortex (1991) | 91.7 | 12 | 1 | |
| 74 |  |
Into the Nightmare (2010) [EP] | 91.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| 75 |  |
Day of Reckoning (2011) | 89.2 | 21 | 0 | |
| 76 |  |
Trapped! (1992) | 92.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 77 |  |
Dimension Hatröss (1988) | 92.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 78 |  |
Burn My Eyes (1994) | 87.2 | 32 | 1 | |
| 79 |  |
The Poison (2006) | 87.2 | 32 | 1 | |
| 80 |  |
Low (1994) | 87.6 | 29 | 0 | |
| 81 |  |
Shogun (2008) | 85.7 | 44 | 2 | |
| 82 |  |
Extreme Hatred (2000) | 95 | 5 | 0 | |
| 83 |  |
Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) | 88 | 25 | 0 | |
| 84 |  |
To the Gory End (1990) | 90.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| 85 |  |
Decade of Aggression: Live (1991) [Live] | 89.6 | 17 | 2 | |
| 86 |  |
The New Order (1988) | 87.9 | 25 | 1 | |
| 87 |  |
Infernal Overkill (1985) | 88.6 | 21 | 2 | |
| 88 |  |
Official Live: 101 Proof (1997) [Live] | 88.8 | 20 | 1 | |
| 89 |  |
Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) | 87.5 | 26 | 2 | |
| 90 |  |
Malleus Maleficarum (1988) | 90.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| 91 |  |
Fragments of Insanity (1989) | 92.4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 92 |  |
Show No Mercy (1983) | 85.7 | 37 | 2 | |
| 93 |  |
Terrible Certainty (1987) | 87.7 | 22 | 3 | |
| 94 |  |
Point of No Return (2012) [EP] | 93.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 95 |  |
Divine Blasphemies (2002) | 94 | 5 | 0 | |
| 96 |  |
Alice in Hell (1989) | 86.9 | 25 | 2 | |
| 97 |  |
Secrets in a Weird World (1989) | 89.1 | 15 | 1 | |
| 98 |  |
Rusted Angel (1998) | 90.4 | 11 | 1 | |
| 99 |  |
Excursion Demise (1991) | 92.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 100 |  |
Persistence of Time (1990) | 88.2 | 18 | 1 |