Best Thrash Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Evile 2004, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Five Serpent's Teeth (2011) #3180 Skull (2013) #3290 Hell Unleashed (2021) #3752
52	Necrodeath 1985, Italy Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Fragments of Insanity (1989) #830 Defragments of Insanity (2019) #1664 Black As Pitch (2001) #2295
53	Onslaught 1982, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	VI (2013) #2450 In Search of Sanity (1989) #5317 Sounds of Violence (2011) #5789
54	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #217 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #293 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #335
55	Lost Society 2010, Finland Thrash Metal	Fast Loud Death (2013) #2498 Terror Hungry (2014) #2604 No Absolution (2020) #8155
56	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #526 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2390 Wildfire (2016)
57	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1896 Insanity (2001) Layers of Lies (2005) #5325
58	Silent Eye 1997, Korea Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Into the Nightmare (2010) [EP] #1294 Silent Eye (2003) [EP] #2077 Hell Hound (2006) #3590
59	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1956 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2133 Insult to Injury (1990) #3196
60	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #108 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #263 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #461
61	Solstice 1990, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Solstice (1992) #481 Pray for the Sentencing (2012) [Compilation] Casting the Die (2021) #8128
62	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2979 Evil Invaders (1985) #3225 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3357
63	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2898 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5727 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
64	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1769 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3285 Product of Imagination (1987) #3715
65	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2762 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4126 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4288
66	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #552 Unbound (1994) #3353 Realm of the Dark (1988) [Demo]
67	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #978 Golem (1988) #5958 Urm the Mad (1989) #7150
68	Power Trip 2008, United States Thrash Metal, Crossover Thrash	Nightmare Logic (2017) #1337 Manifest Decimation (2013) #2868 Demo 2008 (2008) [Demo]
69	Mahatma 1993, Korea Thrash Metal	Perseverance (2007) #2846 New Justice (2016) #3655 The Endless Struggle Against Time (2005)
70	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #5475 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #5791 Supernatural Addiction (2000) #6241
71	Abigail Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Sweet Baby Metal Slut (2009) #2639 Forever Street Metal Bitch (2003) #3274 The Final Damnation (2016) #3313
72	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #1730 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2769 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5301
73	Angelus Apatrida 2000, Spain Thrash Metal	The Call (2012) #2643 Hidden Evolution (2015) #3732 Angelus Apatrida (2021) #4534
74	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1704 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1847 Reanimation (2018)
75	Tormentor Hungary Black Metal	Anno Domini (1989) #534 7th Day of Doom (1988) [Demo] Recipe Ferrum! 777 (2001)
76	Watchtower 1982, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Concepts of Math: Book One (2016) [EP] #2145 Control and Resistance (1989) #2680 Energetic Disassembly (1985) #2810
77	Heathen 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Evolution of Chaos (2009) #5833 Victims of Deception (1991) #5973 Empire of the Blind (2020) #6339
78	Sacred Reich 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Funk Metal	Ignorance (1987) #2627 Heal (1996) #3910 Independent (1993) #4828
79	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #5404 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
80	Pestilence 1986, Netherlands Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Consuming Impulse (1989) #681 Malleus Maleficarum (1988) #1039 Testimony of the Ancients (1991) #1210
81	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Towards Beyond (1992) #2500 Neverending Destiny (1990) #2722 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
82	Forbidden 1987, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Twisted Into Form (1990) #3706 Forbidden Evil (1988) #4056 Distortion (1995)
83	Sanctuary 1985, United States Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Into the Mirror Black (1990) #2062 Inception (2017) [Compilation] The Year the Sun Died (2014) #3970
84	Invocator 1986, Denmark Technical Thrash Metal	Excursion Demise (1991) #523 Through the Flesh to the Soul (2003) Weave the Apocalypse (1993) #7127
85	Exhorder 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) #3425 The Law (1992) #5696 Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)
86	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3226 Rotten Perish (1992) #5121 Underground (1994) #6811
87	Absu 1991, United States Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Barathrum V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (1993) #4058 The Sun of Tiphareth (1995) Tara (2001) #5261
88	Fastkill Japan Thrash Metal	Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer (2011) #1495 Nuclear Thrashing Attack (2007) #2215 Infernal Thrashing Holocaust (2004) #3939
89	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) #1736 Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) #4029
90	Gama Bomb 2002, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Speed Between the Lines (2018) #2510 Untouchable Glory (2015) #4875 Sea Savage (2020)
91	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1486 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1884 Unseen (2011) #6110
92	Exumer 1985, Germany Thrash Metal	Possessed by Fire (1986) #4147 The Raging Tides (2016) Rising from the Sea (1987) #4861
93	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3824 Nightside (2022) #6055 Witchkrieg (2010) #6520
94	Anacrusis 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Manic Impressions (1991) #2389 Reason (1990) Suffering Hour (1988) #4137
95	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1812 Dis Morta (2022) #2843 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
96	The Absence 2002, United States Melodic Death Metal	Riders of the Plague (2007) #2784 Enemy Unbound (2010) #2914 Oceans (2013) [Single]
97	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3473 Nemesis (1997) #4483 Solidify (1999) #6783
98	Suicidal Angels 2001, Greece Thrash Metal	Sanctify the Darkness (2009) Profane Prayer (2024) #6057 Divide and Conquer (2014) #7490
99	Mortal Sin 1985, Australia Thrash Metal	Face of Despair (1989) #4396 Mayhemic Destruction (1987) #5708 Psychology of Death (2011) #7271
100	Sabbat 1985, United Kingdom Thrash Metal	Dreamweaver (1989) #3333 History of a Time to Come (1988) #5707 Mourning Has Broken (1991) #8096

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