These Are The 25 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums, According To Kerrang

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Folks at Kerrang! Magazine have compiled a list of greatest thrash metal albums of all time, including records from SLAYER, METALLICA, MEGADETH, EXODUS, NUCLEAR ASSAULT and more.

Source noted: “No-one played faster. No-one played harder. No-one played angrier or drunker. But on record, who thrashed hardest of all? SLAYER? METALLICA? MEGADETH? We couldn’t decide, so we put it to you lot. And these are the results. Strap yourselves in, then, for the 25 greatest thrash albums… ever!”

List can be seen below, and for full commentary on each album, please visit original source:

25. TANKARD – CHEMICAL INVASION (1987)

24. VIO-LENCE – ETERNAL NIGHTMARE (1988)

23. ONSLAUGHT – THE FORCE (1986)

22. NUCLEAR ASSAULT – GAME OVER (1986)

21. VOIVOD – KILLING TECHNOLOGY (1987)

20. POSSESSED – SEVEN CHURCHES (1985)

19. OVERKILL – THE YEARS OF DECAY (1989)

18. DESTRUCTION – INFERNAL OVERKILL (1985)

17. SABBAT – HISTORY OF A TIME TO COME (1988)

16. SLAYER – SEASONS IN THE ABYSS (1990)

15. DARK ANGEL – DARKNESS DESCENDS (1986)

14. SODOM – AGENT ORANGE (1989)

13. DEATH ANGEL – THE ULTRA-VIOLENCE (1987)

12. SEPULTURA – BENEATH THE REMAINS (1989)

11. MEGADETH – PEACE SELLS… BUT WHO’S BUYING? (1986)

10. METALLICA – KILL ’EM ALL (1983)

9. SLAYER – HELL AWAITS (1985)

8. TESTAMENT – THE LEGACY (1987)

7. KREATOR – PLEASURE TO KILL (1986)

6. ANTHRAX – AMONG THE LIVING (1987)

5. EXODUS – BONDED BY BLOOD (1985)

4. METALLICA – MASTER OF PUPPETS (1986)

3. MEGADETH – RUST IN PEACE (1990)

2. METALLICA – RIDE THE LIGHTNING (1984)

1. SLAYER – REIGN IN BLOOD (1986)