Best Thrash Metal Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
59	Master of Puppets - Metallica	1986	88.6	80.6	100	88.9	85.2	93.2	83	89
88	Ride the Lightning - Metallica	1984	87.8	81.6	92	88.6	87	93	84	88.6
200	Rust in Peace - Megadeth	1990	86.3	80.6	84	86.4	87.2	93.4	81	91.6
251	Leviathan - Mastodon	2004	85.8	78.2	95	85.4	84.2	91.6	82	84.4
272	Reign in Blood - Slayer	1986	85.7	79.4	93	84	83	93.8	79	87.4
483	At the Heart of Winter - Immortal	1999	84.3	78.6	85	82.9	86.7	91.6	80	85.4
486	Beneath the Remains - Sepultura	1989	84.3	78	90	83.2	84.5	92.6	76	85.8
592	Consuming Impulse - Pestilence	1989	83.8	77.8	90	82.3	82.3	92.4	76	85.8
615	To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost	1985	83.7	76	100	80	79.7	91.6	75	83.8
626	Arise - Sepultura	1991	83.7	78.2	88	83	83.2	92.2	76	85.2
735	Under the Sign of the Black Mark - Bathory	1987	83.2	78	90	81	82.2	91.8	75	84.6
760	Extreme Aggression - Kreator	1989	83.1	75.4	97	81.4	79.7	90.8	74	83.6
786	The New Order - Testament	1988	83	75.2	95	81.3	80.1	89	77	83.6
810	Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera	1992	83	72.4	89	81.7	84.4	91.6	79	82.6
816	...And Justice for All - Metallica	1988	82.9	76.6	81	84	83.3	91.6	80	84
1019	Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer	1990	82.3	77.8	75	84	83.1	92	80	84.2
1023	Persecution Mania - Sodom	1987	82.3	76	90	81.5	79.4	91.4	74	83.8
1040	The Legacy - Testament	1987	82.3	75.6	90	81.4	78.8	90.2	76	83.8
1083	Agent Orange - Sodom	1989	82.2	76.2	80	81.9	81.2	92	78	85.8
1092	This Godless Endeavor - Nevermore	2005	82.1	74.4	83	81.4	86.2	90.6	76	83.4
1214	Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Metallica	1993	81.8	79.4	68	82.2	89.1	92.2	74	88
1223	Leprosy - Death	1988	81.8	79	72	84	84.5	93.2	78	82
1230	Blood Fire Death - Bathory	1988	81.8	78.6	70	83.5	85.1	91.4	77	87
1266	Scream Bloody Gore - Death	1987	81.7	74.8	90	80.4	80.6	92.2	76	78
1297	By Inheritance - Artillery	1990	81.6	77.6	83	81.3	81.4	89.8	73	85.4
1335	Chaos A.D. - Sepultura	1993	81.6	75.2	79	83.7	85.1	89.8	78	80.2
1336	City - Strapping Young Lad	1997	81.6	76.6	80	82.6	80.7	90.6	73	87.4
1353	Kill 'Em All - Metallica	1983	81.5	75.6	85	81	80.3	90.8	78	80
1374	Demanufacture - Fear Factory	1995	81.5	74.4	80	82.4	83.1	90.6	76	84
1398	Never, Neverland - Annihilator	1990	81.5	74.6	90	78.3	79.1	88.2	76	84
1421	Sons of Northern Darkness - Immortal	2002	81.4	76.2	80	83.3	81.8	90.6	76	81.8
1442	Dead Heart in a Dead World - Nevermore	2000	81.3	74.8	83	82.3	81.5	89.8	74	84
1450	Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? - Megadeth	1986	81.3	76.4	75	81.7	81.9	90.2	78	86
1457	Terrible Certainty - Kreator	1987	81.3	74.6	90	80.2	77.7	88.6	76	82
1510	The Years of Decay - Overkill	1989	81.2	74.4	85	79	79.7	89.4	75	85.8
1538	Cowboys from Hell - Pantera	1990	81.1	72.4	83	80.3	83.1	90.6	77	81.6
1561	Pleasure to Kill - Kreator	1986	81.1	76.8	80	81.4	80.8	90.8	74	83.8
1569	Killing Technology - Voïvod	1987	81.1	76.4	85	81.4	79.6	89.4	72	83.6
1577	South of Heaven - Slayer	1988	81	77	72	80.6	82.5	92.2	81	82
1632	Burn My Eyes - Machine Head	1994	81	72.2	90	80.7	80	90.2	73	80.6
1639	Among the Living - Anthrax	1987	80.9	74	85	79.1	77.8	88.2	78	84.4
1644	Coma of Souls - Kreator	1990	80.9	75.4	80	79.3	81.1	90	77	83.6
1648	Morbid Tales - Celtic Frost	1984	80.9	75.6	90	75.6	77.1	92	74	82
1706	Horrified - Repulsion	1989	80.8	76.4	80	80.4	79.3	91.8	74	83.8
1732	PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	2023	80.8	75.2	78	81.5	80.8	94.2	78	77.6
1734	The Gathering - Testament	1999	80.8	75.2	85	79.9	77.4	90.8	76	81
1760	Testimony of the Ancients - Pestilence	1991	80.7	74	80	80.8	82.5	93	74	80.6
1774	The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry	1989	80.7	72.8	87	78.7	77.9	89.4	77	82
1910	The Blackening - Machine Head	2007	80.4	73	72	83.8	85.9	90	78	80.2
1914	Mezmerize - System of a Down	2005	80.4	76.4	76	85.8	84.8	89.8	76	74
1948	Bonded by Blood - Exodus	1985	80.3	74.8	80	78.1	79	91.8	75	83.6
1972	Metal Church - Metal Church	1984	80.3	76.2	80	80.6	75.2	90	76	84
1993	Alien - Strapping Young Lad	2005	80.2	75.2	80	82.3	83.8	88.4	69	83
2185	Fabulous Disaster - Exodus	1989	79.9	72	90	76.6	76.5	88.2	74	82
2200	Dissonance Theory - Coroner	2025	79.9	74.8	83	79	74.8	95	73	79.4
2266	Nightmare Logic - Power Trip	2017	79.7	73.6	80	80.2	82.2	92.2	73	77
2276	Slowly We Rot - Obituary	1989	79.7	72.8	80	78	79.3	91	77	80
2279	Ascendancy - Trivium	2005	79.7	67.2	88	83.3	84.4	88.2	73	74
2289	Hell Awaits - Slayer	1985	79.7	76.2	80	78.6	76.7	91.4	75	80
2434	Infest the Rats' Nest - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	2019	79.4	74	73	81.6	81.9	92.6	77	76
2442	Alice in Hell - Annihilator	1989	79.4	74.6	75	77.8	78.2	90.4	76	84
2473	Welcome to Hell - Venom	1981	79.4	73	90	76.3	76.7	89.6	74	76
2639	Surgical Steel - Carcass	2013	79	71.2	87	78.9	79.7	86.4	72	78
2654	Metallica - Metallica	1991	79	70	79	80.6	80.6	90.8	78	74
2712	Black Metal - Venom	1982	78.9	71.4	90	73.9	77.5	89.6	74	76
2766	Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth	1992	78.8	72.2	75	77.9	79.4	90.4	77	80
2783	Ashes of the Wake - Lamb of God	2004	78.8	69.8	81	81.2	83.5	90.2	68	78
2823	Unto the Locust - Machine Head	2011	78.7	69.8	86	79.3	79.2	85.8	75	76
2862	Far Beyond Driven - Pantera	1994	78.6	71.4	73	81.1	83	90	76	76
3022	Lights...Camera...Revolution! - Suicidal Tendencies	1990	78.3	72.8	75	78.5	77.6	88.8	75	80.6
3126	Schizophrenia - Sepultura	1987	78.1	74.8	80	78.2	77	88.8	72	76
3158	Shogun - Trivium	2008	78	72.6	65	82.8	85.3	89.6	75	76
3178	Bathory - Bathory	1984	78	73.2	75	74.7	80.3	90.8	74	78
3228	Spreading the Disease - Anthrax	1985	77.9	72.6	77	76.9	76.2	87.4	75	80
3441	The Ultra-Violence - Death Angel	1987	77.4	74.8	60	79.9	80.3	89.6	75	82
3577	Persistence of Time - Anthrax	1990	77.1	71.2	80	76.8	74.2	85.6	75	76.8
3583	Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost	1987	77.1	69	90	74.3	70.2	87	75	74
3739	Sacrament - Lamb of God	2006	76.7	67	79	79.1	80	86.6	71	74
3748	The Formation of Damnation - Testament	2008	76.6	70.2	78	77.2	75.7	86.4	73	76
3770	Show No Mercy - Slayer	1983	76.6	75.2	63	76.3	78.6	92	73	78
3808	Walls of Jericho - Helloween	1985	76.5	73.8	70	76.8	73	88.8	73	80
3830	Point Blank - Nailbomb	1994	76.4	73	60	80.9	80.3	89.8	75	76
3877	The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera	1996	76.3	73.2	59	82.7	83.4	86.8	75	74
3948	Seven Churches - Possessed	1985	76.1	75.4	55	77.1	78.4	90.6	74	82
4082	Darkness Descends - Dark Angel	1986	75.7	76.8	45	80.3	81	90.8	72	84
4108	As the Palaces Burn - Lamb of God	2003	75.7	68.6	69	78.1	77.5	87.4	73	76
4255	Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - Megadeth	1985	75.2	69.6	74	73.4	73.4	88	72	76
4337	Through the Ashes of Empires - Machine Head	2003	75	68	73	75.5	74.3	85	75	74
4356	Practice What You Preach - Testament	1989	74.9	70.4	60	77.2	77.4	87.2	76	76
4457	An Ocean Between Us - As I Lay Dying	2007	74.5	66	73	74.7	78.6	83.4	72	74
4512	The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited - Metallica	1987	74.3	73.2	60	73.2	76.6	90.4	71	76
4608	Endgame - Megadeth	2009	74	66.2	79	70.3	68.6	84.6	71	78
4659	Souls of Black - Testament	1990	73.7	66.6	71	76.6	73.6	86.2	72	70
4735	Chuck - Sum 41	2004	73.3	68.6	56	77.3	78.9	89.2	71	72
4880	Endless Pain - Kreator	1985	72.4	71	50	73.5	77.8	88.2	72	74
4908	State of Euphoria - Anthrax	1988	72.2	65.6	77	70	71.1	84	70	68
4978	The Return...... - Bathory	1985	71.8	71.6	45	71.5	76.1	90.2	72	76
4995	So Far, So Good... So What! - Megadeth	1988	71.6	67.4	57	70.1	72.6	86.2	74	74
4997	Eaten Back to Life - Cannibal Corpse	1990	71.6	66.8	65	72.6	75.1	89.4	62	70
5009	Reinventing the Steel - Pantera	2000	71.5	61.8	74	70.4	71.7	85.6	71	66

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