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) #14 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #143
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #20 ...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) #52 Hell Awaits (1985) #62
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #81 Coma of Souls (1990) #341 Enemy of God (2005) #377
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #252 The Gathering (1999) #316 The New Order (1988) #516
6	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #170 Tapping the Vein (1992) #310 Code Red (1999) #395
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #25 Arise (1991) #116 Schizophrenia (1987) #237
8	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #306 The Years of Decay (1989) #333 Under the Influence (1988) #519
9	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Outer Isolation (2011) #169 Black Future (2009) #181
10	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #640 Trapped! (1992) #650 Strings to a Web (2010) #751
11	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #225 Persistence of Time (1990) #803 Spreading the Disease (1985) #977
12	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #94 The Antichrist (2001) #380 Infernal Overkill (1985) #1078
13	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #362 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #543 Fabulous Disaster (1989) #1290
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #114 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #212 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #385
15	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #484 Alice in Hell (1989) #1148 Metal II (2022) #3189
16	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #391 The Dark (1986) #993 Live (1998) [Live] #1748
17	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #335 Unto the Locust (2011) #593 Burn My Eyes (1994) #876
18	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #57 No More Color (1989) #353 Mental Vortex (1991) #578
19	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #164 Shogun (2008) #772 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1077
20	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #264 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2130 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2400
21	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, In a Dead World (2000) #479 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #910 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1204
22	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #311 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1599 V (2020) #3303
23	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #526 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #984 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3184
24	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #390 Blood Fire Death (1988) #485 Hammerheart (1990) #1191
25	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #54
26	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #257 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1638 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5124
27	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #133 Leave Scars (1989) #1404 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5504
28	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #246 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2222 My Blood (2011) #3207
29	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #180 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) #2465 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2529 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2821
31	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #3167 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4454 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #5316
32	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1028 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2610 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2710
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	The Dwelling (1996) #1018 Envenom (1991) #1061 Satanasword (2000) #1822
34	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #797 Conjure and Command (2011) #2551 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
35	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Pavlov's Dawgs (2022) #4621 Stone Cold Sober (1992) #5362 One Foot in the Grave (2017) #5667
36	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1150 Target Earth (2013) #1447 Killing Technology (1987) #2205
37	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #417 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1218 The Sins of Mankind (1993) #7405
38	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2251 War Without End (2008) #2469 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #2973
39	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #633 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #865 Litany (2000) #886
40	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #594 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #7316 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
41	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1315 Dark Ages (2005) #3022 Enslaved (2012) #5312
42	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #586 Tortured Existence (1990) #1412 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
43	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Empire of the Obscene (2008) #1772 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2285 Netherheaven (2022) #2648
44	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #2187 Survive (1988) #2542 Game Over (1986) #2934
45	Sadus 1984, United States Technical Thrash Metal	Illusions (1988) #2070 Swallowed in Black (1990) #3551 The Shadow Inside (2023) #5113
46	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2006 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4755 Visions Fugitives (1994)
47	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #448 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1819 Versus All Gods (2019) #6476
48	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1406 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5434 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8018
49	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2281 This Is Hell (2003) #2987 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5511
50	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2106 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3176 Monolith (2012) #3787

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