Best Thrash Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #2 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #16 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #166
2	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #28 ...And Justice for All (1988) #94
3	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #30 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #43
4	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #65 Coma of Souls (1990) #362 Enemy of God (2005) #363
5	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #292 The Gathering (1999) #377 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #453
6	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #39 Arise (1991) #196 Schizophrenia (1987) #212
7	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #125 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #188 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #304
8	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #138 Tapping the Vein (1992) #246 Code Red (1999) #314
9	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #116 Shogun (2008) #864 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #1073
10	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #281 The Years of Decay (1989) #351 Under the Influence (1988) #355
11	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #524 Strings to a Web (2010) #596 Trapped! (1992) #695
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #13 Black Future (2009) #158 Outer Isolation (2011) #239
13	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #258 Persistence of Time (1990) #1175 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1223
14	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #218 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #575 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1029
15	Destruction 1982, Germany Thrash Metal	Eternal Devastation (1986) #121 The Antichrist (2001) #341 Day of Reckoning (2011) #927
16	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #562 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1222 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1244
17	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #345 Unto the Locust (2011) #466 Burn My Eyes (1994) #747
18	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #460 Blood Fire Death (1988) #487 Hammerheart (1990) #1831
19	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #467 Alice in Hell (1989) #1113 Set the World on Fire (1993) #2756
20	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #217 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1476 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2396
21	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #706 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #858 Litany (2000) #1272
22	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1808 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3007 Nothing (2006) #3193
23	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #403 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #748 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3186
24	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #334 The Dark (1986) #1180 Live (1998) [Live] #1584
25	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #60 No More Color (1989) #385 Mental Vortex (1991) #671
26	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, in a Dead World (2000) #870 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #1012 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1659
27	Havok 2004, United States Thrash Metal	Time Is Up (2011) #318 Point of No Return (2012) [EP] #1712 Conformicide (2017) #4291
28	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1226 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #1852 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2006
29	Аспид 1988, Russia Technical Thrash Metal	Кровоизлияние (1993) #51
30	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #225 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1782 Beyond the Gates (1986) #4278
31	Dark Angel 1983, United States Thrash Metal	Darkness Descends (1986) #171 Leave Scars (1989) #1818 Time Does Not Heal (1991) #5351
32	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Dark Ages (2005) #3069 Enslaved (2012) #3406 Prophecy (2004) #4912
33	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #811 Born by Evil Blood (1987) [EP] Desecration (1989) [EP]
34	Artillery 1982, Denmark Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	By Inheritance (1990) #354 Penalty By Perception (2016) #2220 My Blood (2011) #3818
35	Morbid Saint 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Spectrum of Death (1990) #156 Destruction System (1992) [Demo] Destruction System (2015)
36	Silent Eye 1997, Korea Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Into the Nightmare (2010) [EP] #857 Silent Eye (2003) [EP] #1855 Hell Hound (2006) #2647
37	Pestilence 1986, Netherlands Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Consuming Impulse (1989) #839 Malleus Maleficarum (1988) #1081 Testimony of the Ancients (1991) #1811
38	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1003 Target Earth (2013) #2772 Nothingface (1989) #2842
39	Death Angel 1982, United States Thrash Metal	Relentless Retribution (2010) #2609 The Dream Calls for Blood (2013) #4541 Act III (1990) #4591
40	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #672 Conjure and Command (2011) #2522 Primal Future: 2019 (2019) #3953

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