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06.02.10 Top 10 Thrash Metal Bands

Top 10 Thrash Metal Bands

A brief list of 10 absolute Thrash Metal bands.
1Dark Angel

Wow. Just wow. These guys take speed to a ridiculous level and they do it
so well and with such force, brutality and skill that one simply can't call it
ridiculous. They are incredibly tight, faster than god knows what, more
brutal than any other Thrash Metal band without it being too much and just
fucks every band that ever said they were fast up the ass. Darkness
Descends is probably my favorite pure Thrash Metal album, be sure to check
them out if you haven't heard of them. "Too fast, my ass!"
2Kreator

I wish I could place this band on first place because they are truly an amazing
Thrash
Metal act but they are simply not tight enough, doesn't have enough worthy
material for
a higher rank and had some less appealing releases in the 90's as every band had
for
whatever reason... But nevertheless a charismatic band that didn't drink beer in
the Bay
Area in the earl days, but blood in an highly industrialized Germany which gave
them a
more serious and brutal sound. They've gone back to their roots recently and are
doing a
very good job.
3Sadus

Pick up Illusions/Chemical Exposure and shut up.
4Slayer

It's fuckin' Slayer! Probably the most influential Thrash Metal band ever.
They've
grown to be less favorable with the latest releases but the legacy they've left
behind is pure gold. Although repeatedly overrated by fanboys and critics alike,
Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven and Hell Awaits are true classics, the most
brutal
band of the big four ends at fourth place.
5Testament

This band is fucking majestic. I don't even care is it's not ultra aggressive,
it's one of my
favorite bands and still going strong.
6Sodom

German Thrash Metal at its finest, Sodom has stayed true to the genre even
through the 90's and released two incredible records back in the day, Agent
Orange and Persecution Mania. Some songs just have a tendency to sounds very
mush the same and it's a shame because they are really gifted. I get shills as
Angelripper whispers "Blas..." into the microphone in that charismatic German
accent and the band explodes into Blasphemer, haha.
7Exodus

Man, this band is truly a fun band. They are fast, aggressive and loud and
probably
along with Slayer created the image of Thrash Metal back in the day with their
hard
partying habits and take no prisoner attitude, especially when dealing with
posers...
Bonded By Blood is one of the greatest Thrash Metal album and a true pioneer.
8Megadeth

I'm not too fond of the so called "big four" of Thrash. Sure, I love Slayer and
Metallica's early releases simply because they are awesome but you've
probably heard this millions of times before, so let's just get to the point...
Yeah, you know the drill: Dave Mustaine joins Metallica, writes half an album
for them and is kicked out, stolen of his material to feed what was to become
the biggest band of all time. He is not happy. He is angry. And anger is what
fueled him as he took revenge by forming his own band and releasing an
album of pure hatred, Killing Is My Business. Would you really call this thrash
though? The recognizable beat isn't prominent at all... It's fast, yes, but it's
really more complex that fast... but you know what? this IS Thrash Metal
because it's fueled by anger and hatred which give it an aggressive sound.
Peace Sells focused more on complexity and Dave was taking full use of his
skills, but it's still fueled by anger, so is SFSGSW. Rust In Peace is a complex
Thrash masterpiece and the hatred is not very prominent. But why am I
mentioning it then? Because it's fucking awesome. Megadeth kicks Metallica's
ass any day of the week nowadays anyways, but you've heard this way too
many times.
9Morbid Saint

There's some clear Dark Angel influences in this American extreme Thrash Metal
act,
it's fast, it's aggressive and it's fucking awesome - whoever said Thrash was
supposed
to be much more than a thousand BPM anyway?! Unfortunately they had too few
released to be ranked higher and disbanded in the beginning of the 90's, so they
never had to face the Metal band fiascoes of the 90's, but that might be a
positive
thing.
10Metallica

Yes, you read it - "M E T A L L I C A". It's the band everybody loves to hate,
the
prime example of a band that betrayed their fans, sold out and became the
posers that they at first hated. how many times have you heard that again?
Because I read about it or hear about it almost every. Single. Fucking. Day. If
not
on internet forums, in school, or my friends talk about it or whatever. But I
disagree. Sure, they sold out, if you want to call it that. Yes, they became
posers.
Yes they became a more poor live act and yes, their music got worse. But
seriously, can you look me in the eye and say that Master Of Puppets and Ride
The Lightning are not two fucking incredible records? Can you tell me that this band
didn't influence thousands of bands to form bands even to this day, and live the
lie? Wake the fuck up people, Metallica is overrated as FUCK, but they sure were
a monster band and deserve to be on the list.
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