| Morbid Angel Domination | 1.0 |
| Kreator Pleasure to Kill | 5.0 |
| Massacra Enjoy the Violence | 5.0 |
| Merciless The Awakening | 5.0 |
| Pagan Altar Mythical & Magical | 4.0 |
| Pagan Altar Lords of Hypocrisy | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Youthanasia | 3.5 |
| Immolation Dawn of Possession | 5.0 |
| Eyehategod Confederacy of Ruined Lives | 4.0 |
| Eyehategod In the Name of Suffering | 4.0 |
| Eyehategod Dopesick | 4.5 |
| Eyehategod Take as Needed for Pain | 5.0 |
| Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt | 4.0 |
| Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 | 2.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Final Frontier | 1.5 |
| Cloven Hoof Cloven Hoof | 5.0 |
| Pagan Altar Volume 1 | 5.0 |
| Electric Wizard Black Masses | 4.5 |
| Electric Wizard Come My Fanatics... | 5.0 |
| Electric Wizard Electric Wizard | 5.0 |
| Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion | 4.5 |
| Alice in Chains Music Bank | 4.0 |
| Forbidden Twisted into Form | 4.5 |
| Forbidden Forbidden Evil | 4.0 |
| Thin Lizzy Thunder and Lightning | 4.0 |
| Thin Lizzy Renegade | 3.5 |
| Thin Lizzy Chinatown | 4.5 |
| Thin Lizzy Black Rose: A Rock Legend | 4.0 |
| Thin Lizzy Bad Reputation | 3.5 |
| Thin Lizzy Johnny the Fox | 4.0 |
| Thin Lizzy Jailbreak | 4.5 |
| Thin Lizzy Fighting | 3.5 |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... | 5.0 |
| Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band Hulk Rules | 1.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine | 5.0 |
| Bathory Twilight of the Gods | 4.0 |
| Bathory Hammerheart | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Tyr | 3.0 |
| The Doors Strange Days | 4.0 |
| Manilla Road The Deluge | 4.0 |
| Manilla Road Open the Gates | 4.0 |
| Manilla Road Metal | 4.0 |
| Manilla Road Invasion | 4.0 |
| Bolt Thrower Realm of Chaos | 5.0 |
| Dismember Where Ironcrosses Grow | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Nostradamus | 1.0 |
| Judas Priest Angel of Retribution | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Demolition | 1.0 |
| Judas Priest Jugulator | 1.0 |
| Judas Priest Ram It Down | 2.5 |
| Judas Priest Turbo | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Point of Entry | 2.0 |
| Judas Priest Killing Machine | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest British Steel | 4.0 |
| Judas Priest Rocka Rolla | 3.0 |
| Pestilence Consuming Impulse | 5.0 |
| Asphyx The Rack | 3.5 |
| Satan Court in the Act | 4.5 |
| Saxon Denim and Leather | 4.0 |
| Saxon Strong Arm of the Law | 4.0 |
| Saxon Wheels of Steel | 4.0 |
| Mother Love Bone Shine | 3.5 |
| Mother Love Bone Mother Love Bone | 3.5 |
| Mother Love Bone Apple | 3.5 |
| Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse | 5.0 |
| Autopsy Severed Survival | 5.0 |
| Celtic Frost Monotheist | 3.5 |
| Celtic Frost Vanity/Nemesis | 2.0 |
| Celtic Frost Cold Lake | 2.0 |
| Celtic Frost Into the Pandemonium | 3.5 |
| Dismember Pieces | 4.0 |
| Dismember Death Metal | 4.0 |
| Dismember Massive Killing Capacity | 4.0 |
| Dismember Indecent & Obscene | 4.5 |
| Manilla Road Crystal Logic | 5.0 |
| Manilla Road are a great heavy metal band from the Kansas that never hit it big like some others, but truly deserves their name placed among the best. Crystal Logic is truly a magnificent album. |
| Nine Inch Nails Broken | 5.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral | 5.0 |
| Tom Waits Closing Time | 5.0 |
| Marty Friedman Dragon's Kiss | 5.0 |
| Overkill Necroshine | 3.5 |
| Overkill Coverkill | 2.5 |
| Overkill Immortalis | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest Painkiller | 4.0 |
| Necrophobic The Nocturnal Silence | 5.0 |
| Anthrax Fistful of Metal | 4.5 |
| Anthrax Among the Living | 3.5 |
| Anthrax Sound of White Noise | 2.5 |
| Anthrax Spreading the Disease | 4.0 |
| Anthrax Persistence of Time | 3.0 |
| Dio Magica | 3.0 |
| Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate | 5.0 |
| Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky | 5.0 |
| Briton Rites For Mircalla | 4.5 |
| Interment Into the Crypts of Blasphemy | 4.5 |
| Morbid Angel Heretic | 1.0 |
| Morbid Angel Entangled in Chaos | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 1.0 |
| Iron Maiden Dance of Death | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World | 2.5 |
| Iron Maiden Virtual XI | 1.0 |
| Iron Maiden The X Factor | 1.0 |
| Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark | 2.0 |
| Iron Maiden No Prayer for the Dying | 2.0 |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.0 |
| Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream | 5.0 |
| Obituary Slowly We Rot | 4.5 |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz | 4.0 |
| The Doors The Doors | 4.5 |
| Marvin Gaye What's Going On | 4.0 |
| Demolition Hammer Epidemic of Violence | 4.5 |
| Witchhammer 1487 | 4.5 |
| Deicide Deicide | 4.0 |
| Sodom In the Sign of Evil | 4.5 |
| Sodom Obsessed by Cruelty | 4.5 |
| White Wizzard Over The Top | 3.5 |
| Metal Church The Dark | 4.0 |
| Metal Church Metal Church | 5.0 |
| Metal Church's debut is not exactly a "pure thrash" release. It kind of straddles the line between heavy metal and thrash metal, but I digress, it doesn't really matter. This album is fantastic and completely underrated. David Wayne's vocal performance here is one of the finest in the genre, he's got a wide range and he uses it to his advantage quite well. Vanderhoof and Wells don't really mix it up too well with the riffs, but they certainly make up for it with bad ass solos. The title track here "Metal Church" is a thrash anthem, and the song "Hitman" is one of my all time favorites. |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith | 3.5 |
| Judas Priest Sin After Sin | 4.5 |
| Judas Priest Stained Class | 4.5 |
| Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance | 4.0 |
| Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny | 5.0 |
| Death Scream Bloody Gore | 4.5 |
| Neil Young Harvest | 4.0 |
| Triptykon Eparistera Daimones | 4.0 |
| Glory Bells Dressed in Black | 4.0 |
| Atheist Elements | 2.5 |
| Atheist Unquestionable Presence | 4.5 |
| Atheist Piece of Time | 3.0 |
| Deicide Legion | 4.5 |
| Sinister Cross the Styx | 5.0 |
| Jeff Buckley Grace | 4.5 |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 5.0 |
| Dio Sacred Heart | 4.0 |
| Deep Purple Machine Head | 4.0 |
| Pearl Jam Vitalogy | 3.0 |
| Pearl Jam Ten | 4.0 |
| Pearl Jam Vs. | 3.5 |
| Venom Black Metal | 4.0 |
| Venom Welcome to Hell | 4.0 |
| Bathory Blood Fire Death | 4.5 |
| Bathory Under the Sign of the Black Mark | 4.5 |
| Bathory The Return of the Darkness and Evil | 4.0 |
| Bathory Bathory | 5.0 |
| Overkill Ironbound | 4.0 |
| Overkill Horrorscope | 4.0 |
| Overkill The Years of Decay | 5.0 |
| Overkill Under the Influence | 4.5 |
| Overkill Taking Over | 4.5 |
| Overkill Feel the Fire | 5.0 |
| New York thrash legends Overkill debuted their first album in 1985. Feel the Fire has been one of my favorite albums since the first time I heard it, and it's appeal has not worn off. The combination of Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth's vocals and D.D. Verni's bass lines are unmistakable. Once you hear them, you KNOW it's Overkill. Bobby Gustafson brings blazing speedy riffs with infectiously catchy rhythms to the able, and Rat Skates (awesome name!) turns in a relentless drum performance. Though the album was not released until 1985, Overkill had been playing a lot of these songs long before then at various shows throughout New York and New Jersey. Monetary issues stopped them from recording this earlier, but the album is still a legendary thrasher with the best bassist in thrash - D.D. Verni! |
| Megadeth Endgame | 3.5 |
| Megadeth United Abominations | 2.0 |
| Megadeth The System Has Failed | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Risk | 2.0 |
| Megadeth The World Needs a Hero | 1.0 |
| Megadeth Cryptic Writings | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction | 4.0 |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace | 5.0 |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? | 5.0 |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! | 5.0 |
| Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 5.0 |
| This album is pure fucking speed and aggression by a bunch of angry young dudes loaded the fuck up on heroin. Dave Mustaine and Chris Poland turn in incredible performances, Ellefson's bass accentuates the music well, and Gar Samuelson's drumming is quite good actually. Chris and Gar have their roots more in jazz than any kind of hard rock or heavy metal, and their skill shines through here. RATTLE YOUR GOD DAMN HEAD. Dave Mustaine forever! m/ |
| Coroner Mental Vortex | 4.0 |
| Coroner No More Color | 4.0 |
| Coroner R.I.P. | 4.5 |
| Coroner Punishment for Decadence | 5.0 |
| Swiss tech thrash masters Coroner are usually brought up in the conversation when talking about the greatest thrash metal bands. However the community seems to be divided on whether it's the early albums (R.I.P. and Punishment for Decadence) or the later albums (No More Color and Mental Vortex) which deserve the distinction as best Coroner album. I choose the early ones, specifically Punishment for Decadence. Corner is an exceptionally talented band, pushing the boundaries of thrash with complex song structures and masterful instrumental performances. Tommy T Baron's guitar work is superb, quite possibly the best we've seen in the genre. Take a listen to Arc-Lite and see for yourself. |
| Nirvana In Utero | 2.5 |
| Nirvana Nevermind | 3.0 |
| Nirvana Bleach | 3.0 |
| Stone Temple Pilots Core | 4.0 |
| Soundgarden Superunknown | 4.0 |
| Soundgarden Badmotorfinger | 4.0 |
| Metallica Master of Puppets | 4.0 |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning | 4.5 |
| Everybody knows Metallica's contribution to metal. I don't really need to write anything here because it's Metallica. This is my favorite Metallica album, two of it's songs are written by Dave Mustaine. Though neither of them are particularly stand-out tracks. Creeping Death, Fade to Black, For Whom the Bell Tolls. All went to become massively popular tracks from this album. James' does a great job on the vocals here, Cliff as usual is stellar on the bass, and Kirk has a few pretty nice solos and riffs. Lars sucks. |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 2.5 |
| Metallica Metallica | 2.0 |
| Metallica Reload | 2.0 |
| Metallica Load | 2.0 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 1.0 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 1.5 |
| Dark Angel Darkness Descends | 5.0 |
| Dark Angel, or more affectionately known as DARK FUCKIN' ANGEL, put out this masterful display of thrashing madness in 1986 and absolutely NOTHING has lived up to it's standard since. That's right. Nothing since 1986 has been able to hang with Darkness Descends. The production fits the album perfectly. Modern production wouldn't do this album justice, it needs the raw unpolished feel of the 80s thrash production. Don Doty's vocal performance here is the best in thrash metal. That's all there is to it. His scream in Darkness Descends, his falsetto in Merciless Death, Don Doty is unrivaled. Gene Hoglan bashes his way into our hearts and minds with his stellar performance here, and the guitars tear away at your flesh with ripping fast riffs and solos. This is as good as it gets when you're talking about true thrash metal, you really just don't get any better. The city is guilty, the crime is life, the punishment is death. DARKNESS DESCENDS!! |
| Dark Angel We Have Arrived | 4.0 |
| Dark Angel Leave Scars | 4.5 |
| Slayer Seasons in the Abyss | 2.5 |
| Slayer South of Heaven | 3.0 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 3.0 |
| Slayer Hell Awaits | 4.5 |
| Slayer Show No Mercy | 4.0 |
| Slayer Haunting the Chapel | 4.5 |
| Celtic Frost Morbid Tales | 4.5 |
| Celtic Frost To Mega Therion | 4.5 |
| Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath | 5.0 |
| Mercyful Fate Melissa | 5.0 |
| Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged | 4.0 |
| Alice in Chains Jar of Flies | 4.0 |
| Alice in Chains Sap | 3.0 |
| Alice in Chains Facelift | 4.0 |
| Alice in Chains Alice in Chains | 3.5 |
| Alice in Chains Dirt | 4.5 |
| Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue | 3.0 |
| Dio Killing the Dragon | 4.0 |
| Dio Holy Diver | 4.5 |
| Dio The Last in Line | 4.0 |
| Dio Dream Evil | 5.0 |
| One of heavy metal's all time great voices, great performers, and great men in general. Dio left a huge mark on the metal world with his music, and while it's hard to just pick any 1 album, I picked this one from his solo career. It's got some of my favorite songs and I can put it on at anytime no matter how I feel and really enjoy his voice and the music. R.I.P. Ronnie. You are missed. |
| Rainbow Rising | 4.0 |
| Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 4.0 |
| Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III | 4.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV | 4.5 |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II | 5.0 |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti | 5.0 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love | 5.0 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland | 5.0 |
| Judas Priest Unleashed in the East | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden | 5.0 |
| Iron Maiden Killers | 5.0 |
| Angel Witch Angel Witch | 4.0 |
| Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations | 4.5 |
| Morbid Angel Gateways to Annihilation | 4.0 |
| Morbid Angel Formulas Fatal to the Flesh | 4.0 |
| Morbid Angel Blessed Are the Sick | 5.0 |
| Morbid Angel Abominations of Desolation | 4.5 |
| Morbid Angel Covenant | 5.0 |
| Morbid Angel Altars of Madness | 5.0 |
| Enforcer Diamonds | 4.0 |
| Enforcer Into The Night | 4.5 |
| Heaven and Hell The Devil You Know | 3.0 |
| Black Sabbath Dehumanizer | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Mob Rules | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell | 5.0 |
| Black Sabbath Sabotage | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Vol. 4 | 4.0 |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality | 5.0 |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid | 4.5 |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath | 5.0 |
