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) #16 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #160
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #27 ...And Justice for All (1988) #84
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #37 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #58
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #62 Coma of Souls (1990) #343 Enemy of God (2005) #406
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #308 The Gathering (1999) #361 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #507
6	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #32 Schizophrenia (1987) #190 Arise (1991) #215
7	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #140 Tapping the Vein (1992) #246 Code Red (1999) #317
8	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #108 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #193 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #289
9	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #305 The Years of Decay (1989) #376 Under the Influence (1988) #394
10	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #8 Black Future (2009) #167 Outer Isolation (2011) #191
11	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #139 Shogun (2008) #876 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1213
12	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Strings to a Web (2010) #605 Lingua Mortis (1996) #616 Trapped! (1992) #768
13	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #80 The Antichrist (2001) #327 Day of Reckoning (2011) #939
14	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #248 Persistence of Time (1990) #1062 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1120
15	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #259 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #566 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #956
16	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #498 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1124 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1218
17	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #309 Unto the Locust (2011) #524 Burn My Eyes (1994) #760
18	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #465 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #518 Bathory (1984) #1503
19	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1606 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3389 Nothing (2006) #3461
20	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #531 Alice in Hell (1989) #1149 Set the World on Fire (1993) #2525
21	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #664 Litany (2000) #865 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #979
22	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #243 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1858 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2351
23	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #383 The Dark (1986) #1010 Live (1998) [Live] #1432
24	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #61 No More Color (1989) #364 Mental Vortex (1991) #583
25	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, in a Dead World (2000) #665 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #909 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1445
26	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #426 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #827 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3499
27	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #346 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1745 V (2020) #4653
28	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1143 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #1984 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2220
29	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #236 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1601 Beyond the Gates (1986) #4813
30	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #51
31	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #138 Leave Scars (1989) #1839 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5099
32	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1476 Dark Ages (2005) #3358 Enslaved (2012) #3751
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #697 Born by Evil Blood (1987) [EP] Desecration (1989) [EP]
34	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #295 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2464 My Blood (2011) #4196
35	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1107 Target Earth (2013) #2688 Nothingface (1989) #3134
36	Pestilence 1986, Netherlands Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Consuming Impulse (1989) #898 Malleus Maleficarum (1988) #988 Testimony of the Ancients (1991) #1663
37	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #180 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Destruction System (2015)
38	Silent Eye 1997, Korea Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Into the Nightmare (2010) [EP] #950 Silent Eye (2003) [EP] #1735 Hell Hound (2006) #2932
39	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #2897 The Ultra-Violence (1987) #4224 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #4958
40	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #676 Conjure and Command (2011) #2485 Primal Future: 2019 (2019) #3609
41	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #435 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #5624 Let the World Burn (2022) [EP] #7510
42	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2062 In a Mirror Darkly (2014) #2989 The Music of Erich Zann (1988) #4458
43	Demolition Hammer United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Epidemic of Violence (1992) #506 Tortured Existence (1990) #1739 Necrology: a Complete Anthology (2008) [Compilation]
44	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2933 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #3218 The End of Chaos (2019)
45	Tankard 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Fat, Ugly and Live (1991) [Live] Stone Cold Sober (1992) #4865 Alien (1989) [EP] #5230
46	Revocation 2006, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal	Netherheaven (2022) #1972 Empire of the Obscene (2008) #2080 Chaos of Forms (2011) #2747
47	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #530 Death Shall Rise (1991) #1726 Shadow Gripped (2018)
48	Anvil 1981, Canada Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Pound for Pound (1988) Strength of Steel (1987) Worth the Weight (1992)
49	Nuclear Assault 1984, United States Thrash Metal	Handle With Care (1989) #1976 Survive (1988) #2476 Game Over (1986) #2672
50	Warbringer 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Woe to the Vanquished (2017) #2221 Waking Into Nightmares (2009) #3357 War Without End (2008) #3395

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