90s Thrash Metal albums that DIDN'T SUCK
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Get ready to unleash your inner thrasher as we travel back in time to the explosive era of '90s Thrash Metal! 🤘 In this video, we're counting down the top 15 albums that shaped the landscape of this exhilarating genre during one of its most influential decades. From blistering riffs to breakneck speed, these records represent the very essence of Thrash Metal's golden age. Join us as we pay tribute to the titans who pushed the boundaries of aggression and musical innovation, leaving an indelible mark on the metal community. Whether you're a nostalgic metalhead or a curious explorer of metal history, this ranking promises to be a headbanging celebration of the best '90s Thrash Metal albums. Dust off your denim and leather, grab your air guitar, and let's thrash together as we honor the legacy of these timeless classics! 🔥🎵
00:00 Intro
00:26 Canadian Thrash For Terminators
01:26 The Best Thrash Album Of A Short Discography
02:20 This'll Put You In A Coma
03:16 Embrace The Darkness
04:09 This Progressive Band's Finest Hour
05:11 This Big 4 Band's Best Album
06:12 The Horror
07:00 Mind Spiral
07:50 Hail Brazil
08:49 Truly Devastating Album
09:39 Death Thrash Flaying
10:28 Back To Brazil
11:37 German Thrash Ripper
12:40 Audience Voted Thrash Metal Album!
13:39 The BEST Thrash Metal Album of the 90's?
Razor - Shotgun Justice (1990)
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence (1990)
Kreator - Coma Of Souls (1990)
Sadus - Swallowed In Black (1990)
Artillery - By Inheritance (1990)
Megadeth - Rust In Peace (1990)
Overkill - Horrorscope (1991)
Coroner - Mental Vortex (1991)
Sepultura - Arise (1991)
Devastation - Idolatry (1991)
Protector - A Shedding Of Skin (1991)
Sarcofago - The Laws Of Scourge (1991)
Sodom - Tapping The Vein (1992)
Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
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Testament - The Gathering (1999) still blows me away how perfect that album is.
Epidemic of Violence > Tortured Existence
Open Hostility > Shotgun Justice
Awesome you added Coroner on this and also to mention that the band is very underrated in thrash metal
Coroner is sick man🤟.
Ive been learning the riffs on Coma of Souls. What an all-you-can-eat buffet for riffs!
Oppresing the masses from Vio-Lence is a good thrash album from 1990, I miss that one
Death-thrash was definitely the flavor of the 90's. That being said, some others I'd add:
Solstice - Solstice
Merciless - The Treasures Within
Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines
Evildead - The Underworld
Incubus - Beyond the Unknown
Revenant - Prophecies of a Dying World
Thanatos - Realm of Ecstasy
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is better
@@SolarGlunot even Finn McKenty could conjure up a take that bad.
Evildead - The Underworld is a great album. Global Warming, Branded, Welcome To Kuwait, Critic/Cynic, Process Elimination... Some killer songs on that album. Another gem I'd like to add is Uncle Slam - Will Work For Food. Killer Crossover Thrash from 1993.
Yeah Beyond the Unknown is definitely too slept on. I’m very surprised he didn’t cover that Solstice record either
Testament the gathering was my fav thrash album of the 90s
Tapping the Veins kicks ass. Great pick.
Dark Angel Time Does Not Heal should have been in this list, it fits so well
Right? How was this NOT included?
@@doomusrlc Dark Angel is simply the most underrated band in thrash metal, everyone remembers Darkness Descends, but forgots about Leave Scars, Time Does Not Heal and We Have Arrived
@@lacalacadevic2887 IMO we have arrived is quite meh. But the rest of them are all top tier thrash
@@doomusrlc Same here
Nah, that album's garbage. The songs are all way too long and Ron's vocals are really annoying.
Demolition Hammer is so good and brutal!
The laws of scourage is an underrated classic. Amazing mix of Death,Thrash and Black metal. While it's not as babaric and sadistic as their debut it's still absolutly amazing
Love it.. Got the Greyhaze reissue on vinyl and it sounds amazing
I agree! But there's no BM on it
Epidemic of Violence is the better offering from Demolition Hammer, by a long shot. Great video! My fucking head be in das trenches brother
I think it is a matter of personal taste because I find epidemic of violence less vicious and more polished though very aggressive. I prefer "by a long shot" the first one 😉
I was completely blown when I heard Artillery "By inheritance" for the first time - this is a killer album.
Horrorscope was highly underrated thanks to the black album and the freshness of pantera.
Horrorscope is awesome.
Wicked album! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Massive head nod for bringing up Mekong Delta. I was blown away 1988 when stumbling upon their Music of Erich Zann album.
Really glad you included Mekong Delta, truly one of the most underrated thrash metal bands out there. My favourite from them gotta be Dances of Death, also from the 90's
Yeah man I have all their albums but one, pictures at the exhibition. But Dances of Death is number 1 for me also. They even have a Genesis cover Dance On A Volcano so you know their influences are from. 70's prog rock.
Wow. I am listening to that album right now. Previously favorite was The Music Of Erich Zann. But that might change ...
Hey man, i commented with tapping the vain, when you ask us for suggestion for this video.
Really glad you enjoyed the album
Great video as always!
Stay metal my friend 🤘
Thanks!
Glad u listened to idolatry, it’s hella overlooked but it’s all killer no filler
I like a lot of your picks, especially Demolition Hammer, Slayer and Sepultura. Here are some others I would include:
- Sacrifice - Soldiers of misfortune
- Solstice - Solstice
- Death angel - Act III
I’m surprised he missed these
Act III was shite though.
Great Sacrifice pick. I'd also add Apocalypse Inside which is a pretty good album from a thrash band in 1993, considering what a lot of other thrash bands were doing around that time.
Demolition Hammer K I L L S!
Tortured Existence is fucking awesome, but Epidemic of Violence is even better! I love how this band literally does thrash as brutal as Slayer, but they actually have great guitar solos!!! \m/
Good to see some Tapping the Vein appreciation here, this album rarely gets the love it deserves.
sacrifice - soldiers of misfortune its an absolute masterpice of 90's thrash metal
Goddamn boss. This Protector record is a gem.
My god Trenches, this was the soundtrack of my early twenties. To show my age I had Idolatry on cassette.
Yo that’s sick and based as heck man🤟.
Sarcofago and Slayer were my favorite here 🤘🏾🤘🏾
I’m loving that Protector album. Might end up buying a copy
I just want to say thanks, you are a great source for helping me get into the cracks and crevices of metal.
Some great albums! 🤘🏼
Leaving out Sacrifice “Soldiers of Misfortune” leaves me bewildered
Among the Other Favorites From Mine: Sepultura -Arise, Sarcofago- The Laws of Scourge, Devastation- Idolarty, Megadeth- Rust In Peace and Of Course Forbidden's- Twisted into Form.
You get me every time with Megadeth ha ha.
I really dig Protector, I think they're way overlooked.
Awesome Black Sabbath - Volume 4 av. Incredible album. Blows me away how crushingly heavy Under The Sun was and is especially for 1972! That's crazy! Nobody else was that heavy in '72. Wheels Of Confusion is an amazing epic to start the album. I could go on forever about the album lol.
1990, 1991 and even 1992 still had some great Thrash records, specially 1990. The challenge here would be to find truly GREAT Thrash records released AFTER 1992.
Definitely. And there are almost none until the 2000’s unfortunately
That's when Nu Metal started to ruin thrash.
The early and late 90's were a great time for thrash. It's the middle years (1993-1997) that sucked hard, with a few exceptions like Testament who were just unlucky. And even then other genres like Death and Black were blossoming during the 90s.
I was about to cry foul and say where is Testament's Low or Choas AD? But after watching I get what you were going for: the last thrash albums before the post Pantera world. Understanding that now, great list. Seeing your videos pop up always makes my day!
To me those 2 are more Groove metal than they are Thrash metal. Still though, both bang and groove hard as heck mate🤟.
Thanks for showing me there were some good music that came out in the 90's. And reminding me of a few I forget that came out during then.
Along with psycroptic, Fallujah and Mélancolia ❤️
the 90's has some of the best thrash albums ever period
I would add The Gathering - Testament
Almost did
@@MetalTrenches So many were '90 and '91, says something in itself I think, but Testament ended the decade on a high for me (among my all time fav thrash albums). Low is good too though.
Awesome album🤟
The Haunted debut should be in this list I believe
Groove metal
Agreed..Should have been along with Testament- The Gathering
All the albums mentioned are very important for me, in being able to get into the most aggressive Thrash Metal, which is the one I like the most since that time of 1990-1994. I have no problem with musical experiments and fusions. It is understood that there are albums that suck, but if the bands don't adapt to the moment they die, or the labels throw them away, and none of those situations are of any use to anyone.
* Also from Brazil worth listening to sometime bands like MX (Mental Slavery from 1990), Mutilator only two albums, Chakal (The Man Is His Own Jackal from 1990) and Sextrash (Sexual Carnage from 1990).
An all-time favorite of mine is Sodom’s “Masquerade In Blood”. To Hell with what the critics thought of it, this is, if not, my most favorite album by Sodom. So fast, so fierce at times. This is also the hardest I’ve ever heard the band play. As a side note, the “20,000 Feet” cover on the Japanese version is what got me into Saxon.
The Haunteds debut from 1998 is a topnotch Thrash Metal album.
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death, the best thrash metal album from 90s, no other album touch the aggresive fast style of this piece or art.
The album came out near the end of the 80s, but have to agree that Spectrum of Death is just a FERAL listen🤟.
Massacra....!!!
@@darkuss3They're fantastic, but SOD is just something else. Its just 32 minutes of perfection. Not a single filler moment
Iced Earths Burnt Offerings is amazing
There were still some classics in the early 90s, Rust in Peace, Arise and Seasons in the Abyss stand up there with the best of them. The 80s were definetly more consistent, the black albums huge success definetly made the scene go in a different direction, along with afew other factors.
Doing the content we need! (For old thrash) :) Edit: I like Nuclear Assault (The Plague, Something Wicked) Voivod of course, Persistence of Time is great and Testament of course.)
3 really good thrash albums id add are
Annihilator - Never, Neverland 1990
Trizna - Out of Step 1995 (Extremely underrated)
Аспид (Aspid) - Кровоизлияние 1993
KRAFT DINNER 🤘🏾
That annihilator album slaps🤟
A lot of choice picks here, and I'm stoked to check out Protector. I have to add Sacrifice: Soldiers of Misfortune from 1990. It is easily my favourite thrash metal album of all time, the title track alone is worth it!
Great album🤟.
I noticed how all albums you've mentioned are either released in 90, 91, or 92. That's considered the last good year for thrash, and it shows 😄
If you're a fan of the gritty stuff like Protector, try Demolition Hammers second album and the self titled Solstice album, you'll dig em!
I just can’t believe Forbidden and Twisted Into Form weren’t here.
Mekong Delta are legends in the Tech-Thrash genre.
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
Sepultura - Arise
Testament - The Gathering
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Annihilator - King Of The Kill
Sacrifice - Soldiers Of Misfortune
Nuclear Assault - Something Wicked
Came here to post The Gathering. One of my favorite albums of all time. Got to see them live that year with Dave Lombardo on drums in Tucson, AZ with The Haunted... it was insanely awesome.
Sick list mate🤟
Nothing but bangers on here!
There are plenty of other great 90s thrash albums. Even with bands mentioned on this list such as Coroner (Mental Vortex) and Sadus (A Vision of Misery). And as much as I fucking worship Tortured Existence, I think Epidemic of Violence is even better. Morbid Saint also recorded Destruction System in 1992, but it wasn't released (at least commercially) until 2015, so I'm not sure it would qualify here. Time Doed Not Heal by Dark Angel isn't their best, but it sure as hell is good enough to deserve to be mentioned here. I also enjoyed Razor's Open Hostility and Decibels considerably (the former a lot more) so they should not be overlooked either. Sacrifice released a couple of albums in the 90s, Soldiers of Misfortune in '90 and Apocalypse Inside in '93 which are both absolute must-haves in any respectable thrash metal collection. Atrophy - Violent By Nature is great too. Forbidden - Twisted Into Form. Since Protector got the pass I also want to mention Solstice's self titled (in particular) and Pray, as well as Ripping Corpse's Dreaming With the Dead.
I'm sure some, if not all have been mentioned elsewhere in the comments (in retrospect I maybe should have checked 😂), but I hope at least one person discovers something worth their while.
Thrash Metal is my favorite metal sub genre.
Mine too, second favorite for me is Speed metal
Sludge for me
It used to be one of my favorites, but not anymore. I still enjoy thrash though. It’s very fun to headbang to🤟
@@doomguyrox1156Judging by your name i think i know your favourite. I enjoy thrash a lot, but Doom is more interesting, heavier and diverse
@@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066 actually the name is for the video game series Doom. In a cruel ironic twist I actually don’t love Doom metal. I find it really boring and would take thrash over it. Still though, respectable opinion man.🤟
Love that shirt 🖤🔥 saw them live tonight… was fucking siiiiiiick. 🇦🇺👏👏
I would've included Swordmaster & Aura Noir, but this is a good list.
What's your opinion on Coroner's Grin? I've been getting back into that album and digging it. But not sure if it's nostalgia, since it's the first Coroner I heard.
Absolutely agree with "Coma Of Souls" - thanks for reminding me I need to replace my copy! "When The Sun Burns Red" is now stuck in my head!
I wish Wrathchild America's "3-D" would get some love for being progressive thrash. Shannon Larkin's drumming is fantastic, especially on "Prego".
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@MetalTrenches I'm amazed that you used the "Democracy Manifest" clip in this vid. "A Succulent Chinese Meal". Check out a 90's band called Allegiance from Perth, Western Australia & their album "D.E.S.T.I.T.U.T.I.O.N.". One of my all time favourite albums. Sadly, they should of been bigger than what they were. Rob Halford absolutely loved them.
I also really dig Demolition Hammer's "Epidemic of Violence" which I find even superior to T.E., Kreator's "Cause for Conflict" which is actually one of my fav Kreator album, Testament's "The Gathering" with its defaults (too much 3/4 grooves, absence of solos), Su Ta Gar's "Jaiotze basatia" & "Agur Jauna". Also on the verge of death metal Agressor's "Neverending Destiny" and the exceptional "Choir of Horrors" and its preceding EP "Psychomorphia" by Messiah as deathrash favorites.
Depressive Age - Lying in wait. A weird Mix between Gothic, thrash and progressive Metal. Very unique and intriguing
Thanks I'm going to check that, I like gothic elements
To be honest I actually liked Endorama by Kreator.
All amazing choices. I’ve heard all of these except for Mekong Delta, and those are all amazing choices. Here would be some more favorite thrash metal albums of the 90’s:
Destruction - Cracked Brain
Testament - Souls of Black
Exodus - Impact Is Imminent
Death Angel - Act III
Vio-Lence - Oppressing the Masses
Anthrax - Persistence of Time
S.O.D. - Bigger Than the Devil
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
Suicidal Tendencies - The Art of Rebellion
Voivod - Phobos
Annihilator - Never, Neverland
Sacrifice - Soldiers of Misfortune
Heathen - Victims of Deception
Great list
Nice list mate. That Destruction album is really great 🤟
Love the list, i have most of the albums on this list(except for protector). Love that Artillery and Mekong Delta(one of the more underrated thrash bands out there) was on the list. I also would reccomend Aspid Extravasation from Russia in 1993. Think technical Destruction
I found a cd at a dollar store of a band that I really liked only that album,lol
Uncle Slam-When God Dies. it took a minute to get used to the weird vocalist but the band is baddass🤘
Another good thrash band Wrathchild America 🤘
Other than many of the mentioned picks I´ld add Excursion Demise (1991) by Invocator. The follow up is also good but has more of a Pantera / Machine Head Vibe, whereas Excursion Demise sounds like if you pair the progressiveness of And Justice for all with the brutality of Slayer. Dark Angel Time does not heal has almost 300 riffs, Death Angel Act III is also great after the weirdness that was their second album. BUT: Out of all the classic Thrash bands with at least 9 albums or so they have the allround most solid discography. I die on that hill. Maybe it helped that they went away for almost 13 years...
It seems like Rust in Peace is more popular and respected now than 25 years ago but idk just seems
Aspid-Extravasation 1993. Fucking awesome records
Wtf I didn't even know kreator had a collaboration with Lacrimosa I like that band
Endorama
@@MetalTrenches OK didn't know that, but the guy on the video is from Lacrimosa
that sadus album is perfect. i really like it
The best decennie for Metal in general....in my humble opinion.
Great Picks, however, I will go with Morbid Saint "Spectrum of Death", and Neurosis "Verdun 1916".
Talking about "Arise" and not mentioning "Dead Embryonic Cells" is kind fo a crime. Best song on the album by far
Hot take: I'd pick Endorama over Outcast, Renewal and Cause for Conflict any day of the week.
thanks for this lots of great shit that that got buried
Fantastic list full of great bands and albums.
Dissapointed Dead Head wasn't included. The Feast Begins at Dawn and Dream Deciever are easily two of the best 90's Thrash albums and crush several others here
Sarcofago do Brasil 🇧🇷
Great list. Personally I would have included Anarkophobia by Ratos de Porao
Channel Zero - ST
Other faves:
Aura Noir - Black Thrash Attack
Nocturnal Breed - Aggressor
Red Harvest - HyBreed
Heathen needed to be included here
Check out Burnt Offering , Death and destruction from "89"
Arise is in my top 5 thrash albums of all time.
On a side note, I would put Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence on this list.
hey man check out the first Dekapitator record. it was released in 1999 and is worthy on your list!
Testament- The Gathering should have been on this list....their best album IMO
The Gathering is awesome🤟. Not sure if it’s my favorite from them, but I can see why some would choose it as their favorite. I’m just more biased towards The New Order.
Sadistik exekutuon-The Magus came out in the 90s though it was recorded in the 80s
Not a bad list, but it needs Morbid Saint's Spectrum Of Death and Anthrax's Persistence Of Time.
Spectrum of Death actually came out in '89
@@MetalTrenches This is the first time I've ever heard that.
Looking it up it looks like it did come out in Mexico in 89. But everyone and their mother has said it came out in 1990.
Demolition Hammers second full-length labum, "Epidemic of Violence" from 1992 is even better
I'm surprised The Gathering by Testmanet does't claim a place here.
Early kreator rules man
Yes indeed
@@MetalTrenches I have a cocked wah box in my chain for that very reason those first few punishing albums 🤟🤟
Testament - "The Gathering"
Kreator - Coma of Souls
Exodus - Impact is Imminent
Overkill - Horrorscope
Testament - Souls of Black
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Anthrax - Persistence of Time
Tankard - Stone Cold Sober
Mekong Delta - Dances of Death (and other walking shadows)
Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis
Sepultura - Arise
Annihilator - Never Neverland
Sodom - Better Off Dead
to name just a few
I'd add Season in the Abyss by Slayer cos I used to like this album a lot but now I think it's a pretty average record with bad production.
Thrash Metal doesn't SUCK in general in my opinion! Nice vid
You’re missing the point. There was huge drop-off in the quality and quantity of thrash as the 90s progressed. No one said the genre sucks in general.
I've known about Mekong Delta for forever, but never gave enough of a shit to REALLY check it out (name sucks, and initially it probably didn't feel like something I would like). Kaleidoscope was really fucking good actually! Thanks, man! And whoever suggested it! I'll look into it.
Thrash? I'm not so sure, but great nonetheless.
prong beg to differ one of the best thrash metal albums of the 90s just love that album
Bro we don't always agree but this was a fantastic list
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Dam Razor is fast, Had to make sure youtube wasn't on 2X speed. Still not as good as winds of plague United Through Hatred ha ha.
00:26 Open Hostility is also a killer album
If you're going to mention bands like Artillery you have to talk about Flotsam and Jetsam - Drift. Thrashy, groovy and Melodic. And of course Testament- Low. Not sure why but this album just doesn't get the love it deserves 🤘
All good listings, I'll say Holy Moses - 'World of Chaos', 'Terminal Terror'. Exodus-'Impact is Imminent'. Metal Church- 'Masterpeace'. Forbidden-'Twisted into Form'. I'm sure there's more.
I think Fear of Tomorrow is the best Artillery album 🫡
"The Power of inner strength" and "Nemesis" by Grip Inc. i would also mention.