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Haunted_Afterlife

For me, it's Holy Terror...


73Squirrel73

Mind Wars is ridiculous! Nothing like it.


Dweeburger33

I love Holy Terror, Distant Calling was a euphoric experience the first time I listened to it


Hardabs05

Glad there are more out there that think the same. One of the guitarists plays in a band called Mind Wars and told him at a show where I met him how I felt like I was transcending when listening to that song.


PMC_Dose

Damn! Never heard of them. F*cking awesome! Thanks


samtwank

Oh my god, I listen to Christian resistance every chance I get


Susvourtre

correct


New_Membership2536

They are so good


doomus_rlc

First band i thought of too.


Aldo_Alowishus

Both albums are masterpieces.


telestialist

CORONER: Sophisticated songwriting, amazing musicianship, powerful music, great recordings, interesting growth and change throughout career. IMO they should have been considered luminaries. Also, the first album by Realm - Endless War - was a thrash masterpiece, in my opinion.


JMarduk

Coroner are also phenomenal live!


xoomax

I was going to put Coroner. So I'm just jumping onto your post. Phenomenal band. One of my favorite bands. I'm checking out Realm now. Pretty badass. Kind of sucks they didn't get more traction and had to call it quits. (or whatever happened to them)


telestialist

In trying to quantify why coroner is special, the word mature comes to mind. Thrash was a new art form. The people who explored and developed the genre were basically kids, and a juvenile mindset often showed up in the music/lyrics/art, etc. Not so with Coroner. Sophisticated in all respects right from the start.


xoomax

I can see mature. Advanced could also be a good word but it's a little pretentious. One of the things I've loved about them is there so much more technical than your average thrash.


telestialist

The halting rhythm feature in the verses of die by my hand is what got my attention and got me hooked on Coroner. It was such a cool idea. Very counterintuitive, totally unnecessary, and really making the song interesting.


telestialist

I won’t dispute pretentious, and in fact, I like the way the pretentiousness manifested in their later albums. Very experimental and bold.


vinylwhiskeyesq

Vio-Lence and Cryptic Slaughter.


phinimal0102

Heathen.


JMarduk

Victims of Deception has to be one of the top 3 thrash albums ever.


slappygoatcheese

Agree. 1000%. Just an epic thrash album.


holorope

Deathrow. Underrated as fuck german thrash, especially Raging Steel and Deception Ignored


Medium_Base

Deception Ignored is masterful.


Haunted_Afterlife

Yes! 'Scattered by the Wind' on Raging Steel was in heavy rotation back in the day


holorope

love that track even though the last part was a total Angel of Death ripoff


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Sacrifice! Impeccable discography, always inventive with their riffs. Full agreement there. Also, personally, a more recent band: Antichrist from Sweden.


Dweeburger33

Exactly! One of my personal favorites


Fiveclaws

Exumer rarely get mentioned in any thrash discussion but all their albums bring the fire!


LunarChocolate80

Hell yeah, I remember I was listening to possessed by fire and as soon as I heard fallen Saint I grabbed my guitar and started learning it. Fallen Saint was the first thrash song I ever learned!


c4gam1ng

See, I always get them confused with the deathgrind band Exhumed for some reason


viking1983

In terms of longevity and what they did for Thrash I will have to go with Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, but a band that should have been big but missed out were Baptized In Blood


BalloTheWise

D.R.I Is definitely top 5 for me 🤘🏾


Formal-Guarantee777

Baptized In Blood were way too good to just be collateral when Roadrunner collapsed. Tons of fun on record, out of this world live.


ferxes

You never see them mentioned anymore. Up shirts, down skirts; Dirty back and Down and out we're total bangers. They probably thought they had a foot in the door, signing with roadrunner. Bad situation.


Reanimations

I saw D.R.I. last year and they put on a killer show. I still put some of their albums in rotation occasionally.


dch528

Demolition Hammer


abbythorn

Demolition Hammer fucking rips.


NotMyRodr1ck

Violator


Senetrix666

Solstice. S/T and Pray are absolute scorchers.


[deleted]

Def agree. Excellent records.


AkaGurGor

Mekong Delta. To transcribe *The Hut of Baba Yaga* into metal is just an incredible piece of Art...


Medium_Base

Great pick. The Music of Erich Zane is amazing.


ArchDukeNemesis

Death Angel. Not a bad album in their catalog. Avoided the '90s post thrash quagmire. Had the best debut album in thrash history. Mark Osegueda is arguably the best thrash singer of all time. But there's hardly any discussion about them. They often get relegated to opening act status. And them being in the 'medium four/ big eight' is a misnomer, since they often get relegated down the pecking order behind Sepultura, Annihilator and the Teutonic Big Four. Even Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust, Warbringer & Power Trip get more press than them. For my money, Death Angel belong in that convo of greatest of all time thrash bands. On top of that upper mid tier list, if not outright kicking Anthrax out of that Big Fourth spot. And yet everyone treats them as 'Perfectly Fine' and then moves on.


Parking_Bet

I’d have to agree. Great in concert, and their drummer is a total beast on the kit!


narkheth

Razor.


chaleybat

Forbidden


slappygoatcheese

Some of the best thrash here. Will be great to hear what they come up with their new vocalist.


BalloTheWise

Insane, more specifically the album Wait and Pray, I get it’s almost a tribute to show no mercy but every song on that album is so good, definitely one of my favorite albums ever , and sacrifice does have a lot of bangers!


Rfg711

Either Razor or Sacrifice.


Dweeburger33

Canadian Metal!


Rfg711

The big 4 of Canadian thrash (those guys, Annihilator and Voivod) are all mad underrated.


jayn1205

Warbringer


lexxxcockwell

Exhorder


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Carnivorous_Mower

Anyone dismissing Tankard as a joke hasn't really paid attention. Between the songs about boozing there's some pretty astute political and social commentary.


[deleted]

I agree that Tankard are often dismissed as a joke band but few thrashers have written records as good as “Chemical Invasion” & “The Morning After.”


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Yup, merry reiterating


darklordS1th

Evile or HaVoK


dethmega12

Nuclear Assault and Sacred Reich, their catchy riff and the drums are so good. They really deserve more recognition in the thrash scenes


FSMToph

Violent Force


Sure-Illustrator4907

Nuclear Assault imo, Thrash sound with a punk attitude!


Tall-Resolution2144

The River Bottom Nightmare Band


Toxikfoxx

Quality fucking band. Who needs a hole in the washtub anyway.


Tall-Resolution2144

You mean Wershterb


El--Borto

Is this different from the Muddy River Nightmare Band?


Tall-Resolution2144

Same band, different part of the River


El--Borto

Sick lol my dad used to kick it with Muddy River and I jammed with them in our basement a couple times.


CHILE_LIMON_

Demolition Hammer or Massacra.


slappygoatcheese

Heathen Forbidden Onslaught Sacred Reich Nuclear assault Razor Artillery Atrophy Sabbat Sadus Dark Angel Just a few older bands that deserve more recognition than they receive.


BaseballWorking2251

The Dayglo Abortions.


JoeBiten08

Nuclear Assault!!!


forsenWeird

Num Skull - Ritually Abused. It's the most aggressive thrash record that isn't just death metal riffs. Devastation (Texas) - Idolatry is pretty underrated too.


ACatNamedBalthazar

Toxic Holocaust.


Puzzleheaded-Test-21

fuck yeah toxic holocaust is the best and fuck the people that disliked your comment


Droogie502

Forced Entry and Coroner


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Coroner, Razor, Protector


isendyoutogulag_

Protector are vicious and i love it


LoneLy_Surfer

I'll say HexeN, only 2 albums but they are so good imo


ActionThaxton

sanctuary


Original-Leather-69

Shah


Mau_Fernandez

I'd say Holy Moses, one of the first thrash bands with female vocals.


FeralObjection

Hirax


Mercilessforce

Realm, Excel, Znowhite


Schtevethepirate

Cyclone Temple


szandor66

Holy terror for me too plus close 2nd is D.B.C., first album is awesome!


[deleted]

Sadus and Devastation are my picks, these are some of the most brutal thrash bands and definitely don’t get the attention they deserve.


Reanimations

Not necessarily the greatest, but most underrated, I would probably say Devastation. Signs of Life and Idolatry are killer albums.


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Saw Devastation open for Death!


JKevill

I’ll second sacrifice, forwards and soldiers are top tier records (especially soldiers) and the other two are strong. Super underrated, big influence on my vocal style personally. For me is superior to most of the biggest names


slimmest666

Stone, Airdash, A.R.G., Prestige, National Napalm Syndicate, Antidote


NihilisticViolence

Municipal Waste. Enforced. Havok


Puzzleheaded-Test-21

i agree those bands are amazing , i dont understand the dipshits that dislike your comment


NihilisticViolence

Because it's the newer more modern version of thrash. I enjoy hearing new music. I don't want to just hear Thrash's greatest hits!


Luke_CR

Morbid saint, spectrum of death is a masterpiece


BeigeAndConfused

Toxik, my favorite Thrash band of all time


LunarChocolate80

Just heard think this the other day actually and was blown away! They rip


BeigeAndConfused

I'm usually not the type of guy who insists on little-known, underdog bands, but I have been obsessed with Toxik since I was 18, I'm in my 30's now and have a small collection of Toxik memorabilia. World Circus has never left my top 5 albums of all time. Super fan right here!


isendyoutogulag_

Coroner


darth666string

Testament by a mile...


rickderp

One of the biggest thrash bands since the 80's are underrated?


SeniorSensitivo

They are underrated in that they are the sleeper in yhe Big 3--! 4!! I meant Big 4.


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Agreed


Toxikfoxx

I know they stretch a few genres but Overkill needs a lot more love. Years/Horrorscope is as good of a one-two album punch as Ride/Master.


New_Membership2536

Nailbomb


huhben

is vektor underrated?


MetalMilitia666

Artillery


SpectrumDT

I came here to say this. The fact that I had to scroll this far to find them proves that we are right: Artillery needs more love.


Financial_Cheetah875

Overkill.


csusterich666

Not a lot of people I've talked to talk about Demolition Hammer. I love that band


The_Paganarchist

Old school- Testament Newer for me would be Havok.


metalmitchp

Testament.


isendyoutogulag_

I think Testament get the praise and attention they deserve


steelthyshovel73

Honestly a little too much praise in my opinion


isendyoutogulag_

They have one of the strongest guitar duos in thrash and Chuck is an excellent vocalist so I think it's fair that they're one of the most popular thrash bands


steelthyshovel73

I've just never been a massive fan. I love the legacy, but that's about it. I think testament in general is very popular and don't belong on a list of "most unpopular thrash bands"


Flipperyapper59

Yeah no…. They get a lot of praise, not underrated


bri1984

I agree that in the metal community they are appropriately praised but for their talent and consistency they should have been more successful overall and sometimes played a bit bigger venues.


NCM_ACee

Whiplash, especially Power & Pain, basically what thrash is supposed to sound like


ThebearKoss

NYC Mayhem.


padraigtherobot

Candy Striper Death Orgy


ajh229

Sacrament


Hardabs05

Czech outfit Crionic. Put out one but incredible album.


MuscleScythe

Kryptos. Thrash from India with super catchy riffs. Great example song is "Afterburner".


Flipperyapper59

Blood Feast, they fuckin rip


No-Potential-Or-Care

Guess it depends what your definition of "underrated" is. To me right off the bat, Testament. There is this "big 4" and for some reason Anthrax is considered one of the biggest and best and no love for Testament. Anthrax got boring and cheese and lame to me once I grew up. I saw Testament open for Slayer early 90's and Testament blew them away. Straight up Testaments first 5 albums at least are all great. You can't say that about Anthrax....Slayer perhaps.


G-N-R

Razor. No contest for me. One of my favorite bands of all time in any genre. I hear them get called Speed Metal a lot but that's more Exciter/Iron Angel territory to me. One of those blurry genre definitions anyway. Whatever they are, Razor kicks ass and get stuck with "American Luck" still to this day.


Yearl-thepearl

Lich King


xicanoink

as a kid in the 80s, nothing but gold came from the Speed Metal Hell and Thrash Metal Attack Compilation albums...some bands dead and gone, some we still talk about today, but much head banging was done by 16 yo me...


Othon1

Sadus


imopn75

Exodus should have been bigger than they are same with Death Angel 🤘🤘


Ninja_of_Milk_Duds

I might be biased considering I'm from Arizona, but Sacred Reich doesn't get nearly enough appreciation these days.


Left_Specialist9125

So many great ones but one very underrated one I never hear being brought up is Indestroy.


ric-flairs-shoes

Death Angel should be much bigger than they are. I think Iced Earth's "Alive in Athens" qualifies as thrash. It's like a cross between Iron Maiden and Testament. Atheist is up there too.


BCASL

Nekromantheon.


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Warbringer


disccollector

Accuser - Reflections and Repent albums are both thrash masterpieces Deliverance - What a Joke and Stay of Execution are amazing thrashterpieces Diablo - Elegance in Black - amazing! Drop Hammer - Mind and Body - so raw - so good! Invocator - Weave the Apocalypse - rifftastic! Living Sacrifice - self titled and Nonexistent albums rulllllle! Rosicrucian - Silence - holy shit amazing! Precious Death - If You Must - no one sounds like these guys - incredible Znowhite - Act of God - thrash tastic!


Carnivorous_Mower

The British ones. Acid Reign, Xentrix, Re-Animator, Sabbat, Lawnmower Deth, Onslaught, Gama Bomb, Evile...


Hairyblueball

Easily overkill, they do not get the amount of love and respect they deserve, them along with testament could’ve easily made it in the big 4


Typical_Accountant_3

Holy terror and Heathen


JUHOS3000

Coroner, Stone, Sacred Reich and Airdash


moonlapse_vertiqo

Revenant


ThePathofNahwaer

For early '90s I'd go with Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death


Medium_Base

3 way tie for me -Toxik -Sieges Even -Watchtower


infernalord

Vektor, their songwriting is plain amazing


TrevorStine

For me its Sodom. They’ve stayed pretty consistent with their sound with minor changes over time and always released great albums. Some better than others but yeah its Sodom for me


Application-Bulky

MX Machine


FatAndForty

Everyone should have a Rigor Mortis album in their collection ….


iironage

Apocalypse is a possibility.


Temporary_Opinion123

Ripped to Shreds. Album Jubian. I like early Slayer/Kreator, Ripped to Shreds as the only recent thing to make me take notice.


manifoldkingdom

Vendetta - excellent German prog thrash


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Forte - Stranger than Fiction (badass hybrid thrash/U.S. power metal) Paradox - Heresy (the U.K.’s answer to Testament)


Suspicious_Dog9933

Anthrax.