I have what I suspect might be an annoying recommendation request. I apologize if you've heard this one a million times before. I love old Metallica and Megadeth, and I've spent a bunch of time trying out thrash bands, trying to duplicate that, but I'm having a hard time finding anything else that gets me excited like that. Most thrash bands are too intense/fast/chaotic/over-the-top for me (sorry). I suspect maybe thrash mostly just isn't my genre, but I can't help wonder if there might be some rare bands I might be overlooking that are worth a try. I suspect what I really like about the old Metallica and Megadeth is the songwriting and virtuosic guitar riffs, as opposed to the fastest stuff around.

I love Artillery's By Inheritance, and I like Flotsam & Jetsam, Testament, Stormwarrior. I really enjoyed Paradox's Collision Course. I love Helstar's Nosferatu and early Iced Earth but I realize that's not thrash. I enjoyed Annihilator's Criteria for a Black Widow but apart from that they have so many crappy albums. Some other thrash bands that I thought were just OK, nothing special: Destruction, Heathen's Victim of Deception, Powermad, and to a limited extent, Anthrax, Exodus, Susperia, Sodom, Carnal Forge, Rigor Mortis's Rigor Mortis vs the Earth -- while they have some OK stuff, I rarely find myself drawn to listen to them.

I'm not looking for Slayer, Sepultra, Forbidden, Morbid Angel, The Haunted, S.O.D., Overkill, Dark Angel, Coroner, Nuclear Assault, Voivod, Death Angel, Kreator. In the past I enjoyed The Crown, Witchery, Raise Hell but these days they're too extreme for me. I mostly listen to power metal, melodic death metal, and plain ol' heavy metal, but I'm wondering if I might be missing some thrash classics.

I have a hard time with very high-pitched singers, groove, and "play as fast as you can". I wonder if maybe thrash just isn't the genre for me, and maybe I happen to like a few thrash bands despite their genre rather than because of it. I realize this kind of recommendation request is probably pretty hard to work with and not much fun, so apologies for that (and I definitely don't mean to diss your favorite genre). If you got anything for me, I'd be interested. Thank you for reading!

In_Zane: Is older Necrodeath (Italy) anywhere near? 'Into the Macabre' from 1987 perhaps?

Other than the thrash thing it sounds like Bolzer.

Thanks for the recs.
Warbringer: I liked them, I can see why people hate them but I like TOTAL WAAAAARGH!

Torture Squad: I've reviewed their live album, so yeah. Me likey!

Fueled by Fire: I like the feel, but they sing about killing posers all the time! Sure, let's kill posers, but can't they sing about something else!

The others I'll check out later, still trolling the P2P networks for mp3s.

Any bands similar to these?

Blood Feast:


Protector:


Razor:

Thrash metal albums with ridiculous amounts of guitar solos?

Thrash metal albums with ridiculous amounts of guitar solos?

It has probably been asked before, but here it goes...

I'm looking for thrash bands with clean vocals, preferably from the 80's and early 90's. Stuff like Anthrax, Artillery, Heathen, Forbidden, Realm, Flotsam & Jetsam, Overkill, Toxik, (early) Annihilator. I'm quite well versed in thrash metal, but there might be some hidden gems I've missed. Oh and while I'm not looking for speed metal, I know there might be some overlap, so speed\thrash acts are welcomed too.

^ Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am album

yesterday dont mean shit, that is it

YES! Checking it out atm and it this is what I'm looking for. Great stuff, thanx!

It's been a long time since I listened to Cyclone Temple so not sure how similar they actually are but three of their members were in Znowhite beforehand, so I'd say also check out their album "Act of God"

I'd like some good Japanese thrash recommendations, I don't think I've ever listened to any so I'm curious how they'd sound.

Let's start with (what I consider) the obvious ones:

Sabbat (1st wave black metal, but gets thrashier as you go along)
Abigail (black thrash)
Terror Squad
Fastkill
Evil (black/thrash similar to 90's Sabbat)


Less obvious ones:

Thread Worm
Rosenfeld
Barbatos (punkier version of Abigail)
Cut Throat
Sacrifice
Harkenkreuz
Doom (early stuff is progressive and avant-garde thrash)
Gargoyle (progressive thrash)
Aion (Deathrash Bound)

Ok thrashers, what's everyone's favorite thrash albums of 2022?

Machine Head bro!

On a serious note, the newest Eruption was a fun speed/thrash mix you might enjoy.

No Life Forms by Critical Defiance absolutely wrecks.

Thrash AOTY is definitely Autonoesis - Moon of Foul Magics

Other standout albums were
Critical Defiance - No Life Forms
Deathhammer - Electric Warfare
Exordium Mors - As Legends Fade and Gods Die
Sacrifizer - Le diamant de Lucifer
Species - To Find Deliverance