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@nankypooh655

11 ай бұрын

Oh, and if you can find it, there was a band from Italy in the early 80s called DIOXINA which were touted as a punk band, but they sounded like an Italian Metallica to me. Also Living Death out of Germany is worth checking out.

Killing is My Business is such a fantastic album. The guitar work and Gar's drum-work are second to none. I'm also of the mindset that Testament has never released a bad album.

@treff9226

Жыл бұрын

I hear you on that Testament claim, they have released more commercially driven albums, but there is still enough musicianship and creativity to make these essential purchases! Chuck Billy's vocals are worth the price of admission alone - the perfect growl! Alex is freakin' masterful, as well! Testaments new stuff crushes! Did you like the Killing Is My Business remaster? Lastly, did you hear Chris Poland's Damn The Machine album from years ago? Peace.

@chaosapiant

Жыл бұрын

@@treff9226 The only album I'd say was particularly commercial is The Ritual, and while it's more melodic, it's got a full roster of very strong tracks.

@treff9226

Жыл бұрын

@@chaosapiant yessir! Have never been let down by any Testament album! Can't say that about very many bands. Led Zep, Motorhead, AC/DC, Overkill, Mastodon, Meshuggah, Gojira, Pantera and Death Angel, Death and Emperor come to mind.....very exclusive club!

@Baraka_Obama_

Жыл бұрын

I love angry Dave on Killings is my business, his vocals are sick on the record

@stephenhughes5156

Жыл бұрын

The one downside about the debut is that, if you take away the stupid 'These Boots' cover, you're left with only 7 songs and an album of less than 28 mins. Compare that to Kill em All and objectively speaking its kinda hard to put 28 mins of greatness ahead of 51 mins of greatness.

Can’t believe Mortal Sin where totally missed on this list. There was an article in one of the metal magazines in 1988 and claimed 4 bands were the next wave of thrash metal, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and Mortal Sin. It’s a shame how such a great band is overlooked.

@nigesavage5548

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate! That first Mortal Sin album is SO good...

@audiodead7302

Жыл бұрын

@@nigesavage5548 Wasn't very influential though, was it.

@demonizer69420

Жыл бұрын

​@@audiodead7302 who cares lmao

@manuelguzman1312

Жыл бұрын

The Mortal Sin debut is a decent to good debut but it’s not that great. There’s many debuts far better.

@wilsonathleticscoaching

Жыл бұрын

@@manuelguzman1312 the point was they were considered to be part of the best of the second wave of thrash bands with testament, death angel, possessed and them. They are forgotten becuase they weren’t an American band, but Australian. Their debut holds up far better than most bands overtime, your opinion is your opinion, they are a bigger and better band than most in the list that was played, but continuously overlooked.

A bit of a lesser known band, but Atrophy's 1988 debut album "Socialized Hate" is one of my favorite thrash metal debut albums at the moment. It's filled with lots of great guitar work, great drumming, and really good vocals. The band has been compared to other bands such as Testament, Forbidden, Nuclear Assault, Sacred Reich and Vio-lence. As of now the band has only put out two albums and are supposedly working on a third album but that has yet to be released.

I knew you would not like Killian's vocals. It's an acquired taste but his chaotic and maniacal delivery fits PERFECTLY with the frenzied riffs on Eternal Nightmare. My personal favorite album of all-time. An 18 year old Demmel wrote 90% of the music here. And yes, the album cover is incredible.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

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@fredlivingston3766

Жыл бұрын

Dude hell yeah the best thrash album in that year imo just seen them after his liver bout still killed it seen them in 1990 what a show

@cthulhuferrigno6547

Жыл бұрын

I actually prefer Oppressing the Masses as it was one of the first thrash albums I heard back in high school outside of the Big 4, but Eternal Nightmare is a fantastic debut. I was lucky to see Vio-Lence perform in Philly last year and they were KILLER, as is their latest EP. Too bad Perry Strickland is gone, now they will probably never follow it up, but at least I got to cross them off my concert bucket list (which I thought I would never be able to do).

@damianhealy2955

Жыл бұрын

@@cthulhuferrigno6547 I was at that same philly show. in fact, I'm the one Sean is pointing at here at the 2:19 mark on the following video link (kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoCtrJSJiK-znbg.html) . Long story as to why. Anyway, both of their albums are great but very different. Oppressing is not as frenzied, has more midtempo material and Sean's voice is a bit more controlled. It's also natural to prefer an album that you had your initial impressions from. I just love EN's rawness and those style off riffs.

@202d

Жыл бұрын

coroner violence and nuclear assault all are better than he placed here

It still blows my head that the guitarist from "Seven Chrches" went on to form and become the main guitarist in PRIMUS!!!

I was in the Bay Area when all the great thrash was happening. Saw Exodus so many times, I've lost track. Sacrilege B.C., Vio-lence, Death Angel, Possessed, Attitude Adjustment. I could list so many more. What a great time.

Great list, I'm glad to see Kreator and Exodus debut at higher place Also huge respect for including Coroner, best teutonic Thrash Metal band, but Mental Vortex is such an album, damn

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

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As a big Metallica fanboy, you’re right about Kill ‘Em All. I think it helps I am also a RTL kind of guy.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

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@Shiljamannn

Жыл бұрын

I like Death Magnetic more than KEA album... But KEA was groundbreaking album, and it hit waaaaay different back in 1983 than it does today...

@efogg3

Жыл бұрын

@@Shiljamannn yea they suck now

@delboytrotter2042

Жыл бұрын

Love everything early and KEA was the one I heard any everything changed.. the RTL and MOP came out only getting better. I even love AJFA but yeah RTL prob a better album but you always remember your first lol.

@Jtitor177

Жыл бұрын

In retrospect....Kill Em All was written by teenagers! 😂 So yeah....

Great S.O.D. album. Though many have tried, none have articulated the legacy of Jimmi Hendrix as well as they did in “The Ballad of Jimmi Hendrix”

@itscorvid358

Жыл бұрын

YOU'RE DEAD

@randywissler9923

Жыл бұрын

I much preferred The ballad of Kurt Cobain, for obvious reasons. 😂😂

Show No Mercy is more an extreme speed metal album than an out and out thrash record to me. Still absolute beast of an album and completely agree with the perfection ranking.

@stephenhughes5156

Жыл бұрын

It's personally my favourite Slayer record. I think it's much better than Reign in Blood.

@facelessandnameless

Жыл бұрын

Extreme? It’s way more NWOBHM influenced and their least extreme record. Having said that, it’s one of my favorites from Slayer.

@ratcanroll

Жыл бұрын

@@facelessandnameless I known the album Show no mercy when it was released...We discovered Slayer ! Haha I was 15 years old, and I am still 15 when I listen to this album ! As good as Kill 'em all to me !

Kill em All is a great album, but Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are damn near perfect albums which vastly improved on everything they did in their debut.

@sadboi7537

Жыл бұрын

I’m not a Metallica shill, but I can’t deny that Puppets is a perfect metal album.

@nasserbukhari9513

Жыл бұрын

@@sadboi7537 I honestly think MOP is a tad overrated. I much prefer RTL.

@jurgenv.6030

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't consider Ride the Lightning Thrash. For me it is rather classic Metal, inspired by NWOBHM but one step further.

Great list. I'm 52 now, so I bought nearly all of these as they came out, or at least had tapes from mates! Total favourites from the time.. Testament, Kreator, Coroner and Death Angel's first records are more or less the best from the debuts of that time. Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Voivod- all totally made much better records later on. Big shout for the Celtic Frost record as well.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

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@BulletProofSoul1029

Жыл бұрын

I'm your age and honestly I don't think you can rank these properly unless you grew up in that era. These bands meant more to people of my generation than just how well they were produced or what technical skill level they have. If you were at a bon fire and tried to throw some of those "perfect" albums on you might get thrown in, but "mid" Suicidal will keep it going. Even though they might not be "perfection", Suicidal was very influential in the anit authority, skater and BMX scene (btw, I consider Rocky George to be in my personal top 4 with Friedman, Vai and Skolnick, he was revolutionary to a lot of kids). When I first head Slayer, Suicidal, Anthrax, S.O.D., Testament and Metallica that was all brand new and game changing. We would pass those tapes around in middle school secretly like it was contraband, and there was no YT or internet so the only way to even hear about them was in underground ways. I'm talking about someone's cousin in San Fran or NY taping a radio show and mailing it to OH so that band has to be something special to grab that kind of attention. We didn't have hi-def headphones to parse every note. We didn't care about guitar skill. They got your attention with the attitude and raw energy that punched through that fuzzy tape. Sh*t that scared your parents and p*ssed Tipper Gore off (Simon knows what I'm talking 'bout!). That's no disrespect to the list, a lot of those bands are great. And I guess to be fair is what do you consider great debut. Are you looking at it on a technical scientific level or how it changed the direction of metal music as a whole. I hope not sounding like "that guy", but to me its not a fair comparison if you didn't live through it and are judging it after 40 years of metal evolution. That's just my humble opinion.

@sichinook3793

Жыл бұрын

@@BulletProofSoul1029 There was so much punk energy on all those early debuts.. especially Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax's first records.. Just get it made and released. Thrash totally changed Metal forever. Completely changed me. The heaviest and hardest Metal available early 80s was Maiden's first 3 records, Venom and Motorhead. For me, I always thought they were the top influences in early Thrash bands, and obviously the punk scene, especially The Exploited, Discharge and GBH. When Ride The Lightning and Spreading The Disease hit the decks though- fuck me that was the gamechangers. You can't make a second record without recording the first, but hell man, Ride The and Disease just changed me forever. I don't know how many hours I logged in air-guitaring to those albums, but the cut down pool cue I used as an axe had a worn away groove where the fake plectrum would hit. Both Anthrax and Metallica just were my favourite bands in the world for like 6 years solid.. seems longer.. And Justice For All is my favourite record ever made still.. those riffs and chugs \m/... When Testament came out in..87?.. That was gamechanger for me as well. I was in residential art college for a week out of every month on a job training scheme, and that Testament tape was worn out and snapped in our dorm. Stellar days.

@BulletProofSoul1029

Жыл бұрын

@@sichinook3793 Totally agree. The first time I heard Suicidal Tendencies "I Saw Your Mommy" and was like "WHAT IS THIS!" There was a girl in my neighborhood (in OHIO) who was the 2nd ranked female BMXer in the country. She knew a lot of California kids from being in that scene and they bring California punk and thrash music to town when they had competitions in the Midwest. That music grabbed you and shook you by your neck. I couldn't tell you or care what "mode" or "phrasing" they were playing in, all I knew is I felt that sh*t in my soul. Same for Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Voivod and even punk like Bad Brains and Dead Kenned even Janes Addiction. These guys a couple years older than me used to have parties and jam at one of their grandparents barn in the country and they played "Whores" in like '86 and man Navarro was something fresh and different too. I can remember even now the circumstances around hearing those bands for the 1st time. On a sided note most these guys played Ibanez and I've been in love with that era's RG5 series since. Anyway yeah, to me it was about being on the forefront of the movement where your taking a chance because its new and never done before, but you don't care because your about your art without the old rules. And it really was art because now after knowing a little bit more about music, its more impressive knowing they still had knowledgeable about composition and theory. They weren't just creating something new based purely on chaos (I know some Slayer haters will disagree, but eff 'em). It reminds me a lot of the J-Metal scene today with all the great talent coming from the young kids in Japan. Especially the ladies in Nemophila. If your not familiar with them, I'd recommend going on their official channel and starting with some of their live rehearsal covers playlist, especially AC/DC and KISS, as starter then go to their originals. They're honestly my favorite band at the moment. A lot if talent all the way around. Any cheers, bro. Great chat.

@audiodead7302

Жыл бұрын

@@BulletProofSoul1029 I saw your mommy..... one of my all time greatest songs.

Please please do a part 2 to this. Especially with a few bands here I feel like things just get better and better

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

It seems to be doing well, so perhaps I will

@TheRealGanonKirby

Жыл бұрын

​@@MetalTrenches so, can we expect something like you did with Melo Death Bands (e.g. 2nd, 3rd, 4th releases, and so on)?

@reprintranch

Жыл бұрын

Other bands to consider for a Part 2 with more '80s thrash debuts -- Metal Church, Anvil, Exciter, Iron Angel, Sacred Reich, Sarcofago, Poison (the German band), Running Wild, Morbid, Master, Slaughter (the Canadian band), Repulsion, Holy Terror

@leeoliver7659

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches please do a part two video with bands like Sacred Reich, Mortal Sin, M.O.D. and Armoured Angel.

@LazurURH

Жыл бұрын

@@reprintranch Some other bands that were missing from the list: Xentrix Assassin Ulysses Siren Evildead Watchtower Scanner Exumer Mekong Delta Angel Dust Hirax Living Death Grinder Paradox Fatal Violence Realm Pyracanda Messiah Force FLAMES (Greece)

Fantastic. I know Thrash isn't your favorite, but you did the genre proud today. I love seeing Kreator's debut so high. It's almost barbaric and I love it. Not a huge Exodus fan so maybe they would be slightly lower for me. I agree that Welcome to Hell isn't very thrashy, but if you're going to include it, it's got to be perfection. I love Slayer, I don't love Tom's vocals (except on Reign in Blood), but he brings a wild energy on Show No Mercy that fits the music.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

It was a fun little project. I actually really enjoy the videos that take me into new territory the most.

Slayer and possessed in perfection? OBJECTIVELY CORRECT

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

YES

Nice list, but I have to say the fact that you didn’t include Sacred Reich’s only proves the point that their debut, Ignorance, is criminally underrated. Check ‘em’ out, you won’t be disappointed.

@alexloomis2398

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Everything by Sacred Reich is underrated

I never get tired of discovering new bands in genres like 80s thrash, nwobhm, etc. Awesome work

Show no mercy is definitely perfection. Great songs, especially Metal storm/face the slayer

@zodiac6968

Жыл бұрын

Crap production.

Testament's debut album is one of the greatest debut albums of all time, any genre of metal. It's stupid good.

@cthulhuferrigno6547

Жыл бұрын

Can't argue with this - it truly is far better than any of the 'Big 4' debuts.

Atrophy -Socialized Hate Mordred -Fools Game Sabbat -History Of A Time To Come Xentrix -Shattered Existence Exumer -Possessed By Fire

@danieladorjan8766

Жыл бұрын

Whiphlash -Power And Pain Rigor Morits self titled Edit Sacred Reich Ignorance

@alexperry4691

Жыл бұрын

@Dániel Adorján Yeah Power and Pain is awesome, I forgot to include that one.

@DouglasCruz-ls7qn

Жыл бұрын

xentrix is so fucking good and underrated

Granted they only had two albums under their name but Carnivore's "Carnivore" is probably my favorite debut of all time. Whiplash's Power and Pain was good too.

This was THE best thrash episode I've seen in years! You nailed it with incisive, knowledgeable and very entertaining comments! The roster of thrash albums was perfection!

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I’d urge you to give Fear of Tomorrow another chance. My first listening left me feeling underwhelmed too, but after a second and third listen I picked up on a lot of the great details I missed the first time. I love that album now and honestly prefer it over by inheritance.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure I’ll circle back

Ride the Lightning is my favorite Metallica album.

@briantarkington4785

Жыл бұрын

Mine too! Next to it is master of puppets then hardwired.

@DatMetalBoi75

10 ай бұрын

Ditto my dude or dudet

@WFly101

7 ай бұрын

​@@briantarkington4785hardwired???????

Testament - The Legacy. Great debut…..and still their best album IMO.

@systematic11

Жыл бұрын

I’m partial to The Gathering but The Legacy is top 3 for sure.

@stephenhughes5156

Жыл бұрын

It's between The Legacy and Souls of Black for me. I'd say Legacy is better overall, but Souls definitely has the best solos.

@mydayis5

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenhughes5156 Hmm, not sure I agree. Souls in Black I think is their weakest record…..albeit good solos! Production on it is terrible as well.

@necroplastful

Жыл бұрын

The Gathering is incredible, Practice What you Preach and The New Order are more refined.

@systematic11

Жыл бұрын

@@necroplastful I really have a great appreciation for all 4 albums since Skolnick returned as well. They all have some incredible work on them.

Your best video yet. your passion truly shines here

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Definitely a labor of love.

Great list! I love all these albums. They all hold a special place in my heart. I do realize music is subjective so its on the listener. There was no bad so that is good! Off the top of my head I did wonder how Death, Sacred Reich, Sacrifice, Rigor Mortis, Metal Church, Whiplash, Exhumer (feel like I'm missing something) did not make the cut. Anyway I enjoyed it! Thank you. Look forward to watching the Sophmore edition. Thrash Til' Death

Great list and you do a good job explaining why and where you rank the albums. I started listening to thrash in the late '80s and I think it's hard sometimes to compare a 1983 release to a 1986 one, say. It all evolved so quickly, with every band trying to find their sound.

I love your lists, bro. Great content!

Another notable (if obscure-ish) 80's album would be Sabbat's History of a Time to Come. Martin Walkyier and Andy Sneap are insane.

Excellent video and a great topic. Like comments from others, it was great to see some of the lesser known bands. I'm 56 and got into hard rock / metal in the late 70s so I was an all out metalhead by the time thrash appeared and spent all my money on the new releases. Totally understand that you can't do all 80s Thrash debuts in one video, so would love to see a part 2. Here's some suggested 80s Thrash debuts that you might not know, I've listed them in release date order by Band / Album Title / Country and I have avoided demos and EPs and just listed the debut full length album: 1984 Piledriver Metal Inquisition Canada 1984 Living Death Vengeance Of Hell Germany 1984 Warfare Pure Filth UK 1984 Trauma Scratch and Scream USA 1984 Metal Church Metal Church USA 1984 Laaz Rockit City's Gonna Burn USA 1985 Warrant The Enforcer Germany 1985 Bulldozer The Day of Wrath Italy 1985 Abbatoir Vicious Attack USA 1985 Agent Steel Skeptics Apocalypse USA 1985 Whiplash Power and Pain USA 1985 Hallows Eve Tales of Terror USA 1985 Hirax Raging Violence USA 1985 Blessed Death Kill or Be Killed USA 1985 Onslaught Power From Hell UK 1986 Exumer Possessed By Fire Germany 1986 Ludichrist Immaculate Deception USA 1986 Exorcist Nightmare Theatre USA 1986 Tension Breaking Point USA 1986 Wrath Fit of Anger USA 1986 Deathrow Riders Of Doom Germany 1987 Sacrilege Within The Prophecy UK 1987 Holy Terror Terror And Submission USA 1987 Sacred Reich Ignorance USA 1987 Indestructible Noise Command Razorback USA 1987 Assassin The Upcoming Terror Germany 1987 Infernal Majesty None Shall Defy Canada 1988 Meliah Rage Kill to Survive USA 1988 Realm Endless War USA 1988 Znowhite Act of God USA 1988 Anacrusis Suffering Hour USA 1988 Sabbat History Of A Time To Come UK 1989 Powermad Absolute Power USA 1989 Slammer The Work Of Idle Hands UK 1989 Evildead Annihilation Of Civilization USA

Wonder where Demolition Hammers Tortured Existence would land.

80s thrash metal...right in my wheelhouse! I graduated in '90, and this stuff was my LIFE! Even though I liked the "Big 4", I was a big fan of the "other" bands, like Testament, Exodus, Overkill, etc.

@MayheM_72

Жыл бұрын

Also LOVED S.O.D. and D.R.I.!

@fredlivingston3766

Жыл бұрын

Lol me to all the way so many great bands

Awesome list! I'm 51 and grew up immersed in all this stuff... Great to see Kreator so high (most days Endless Pain is my fav Kreator album). For me: Coroner, Forbidden and Destruction would all be in the Fantastic category, and Annihilator, Toxik and Venom would be lower - no way those albums are as good as the others in the Fantastic category. But this is the sort of discussion that I could have for hours and hours and never get bored!! Great job - you have a new subscriber and looking forward to checking out your other vids 🤘

Love these kind of videos! 🤘

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Love making them, glad it's resonating.

Very comprehensive tier ranking! Don't see Whiplash. Their debut was 1985.

@stephenhughes5156

Жыл бұрын

Good call. That's a great album. Love the tone of the guitars.

Great video 👍 it's like a tour of thrash history.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

its amazing. First ranking when I concur with you in the "perfection" category. Greetings for Chile

Razor is my favorite band so I might be biased, but Staces vocals on Violent Restitution and Evil Invaders are extremely good. Whiplash (Power and Pain) and Hirax (Raging Violence) were missed on this list 😈⚔️🔥

@reprintranch

Жыл бұрын

Razor is vastly underappreciated. Love those guys.

@nigesavage5548

Жыл бұрын

Power and Pain would be on my Fantastic list for sure!

Very good job dude! You included everything and everyone in this list. I'm sure that nobody has been left complaining!!

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

lol if only that was ever the case

Interesting video. Keep listening =) ! Some bands you might like are Exumer, Attomica, Holy Terror, Living Death, Hermetica, Sacrifice, Iron Angel, Piledriver, etc etc. Long live thrash!

Great list man, keep up the good work!

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Glad to see that you put Suicidal Tendencies and D.R.I on the list. I used to get into arguments with people about the first Suicidal Tendencies album. Everybody insited it was a punk album, but the lead solos made me think it was a heavy metal album/band. Have you ever checked out Second Coming by Battalion of Saints? That's another band I get into arguments with people about them. Sure, the hung their boots in the punk camp, but Second Coming reminds me a lot of Show No Mercy by Slayer. Any thoughts on Discharge? (Especially Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing) or G.I.S.M from Japan? Now THAT'S "CROSSOVER"!

Flotsam's Doomsday For The Deceiver needs to be higher in my opinion

Enjoyed that. Generally have same taste as you. Heading over to that death metal tier list now. Just would have rated Morbid Visions higher. Love that album.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

ENJOY! Fair warning, I feel like my takes on death metal are a bit spicier lol

Great list with some fantastic debut albums. I gotta say I thought you would include uk band Slammer’s ‘the work of idle hands’ released on Warner bros in ‘89 , produced by Mark Dodson and considered by many to be one of the best. It’s an album well worth checking out regardless. ✊💙🤘🎼

I loved the video congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Very good list, agree with 99% of it. I would put Vio-lence at the top as Eternal Nightmare is just a thrash masterpiece. It took me a long time to appreciate Kilian's voice, much similar for it taking a long time to appreciate a voice like King Diamond's. Once you get adapted to it though it really allows you to soak it in and appreciate the body of work. It helps define Vio-lence, you couldn't have that band without him. Eternal Nightmare just stands by its self, it's an amazing album.

Thanks man. Now I'm going to revisit some of these.

Wonder where you'd put Onslaught - Power from Hell, Sabbat - History of a Time to Come, Acid Reign - Moshkinstein, Slammer - The Work of Idle Hands, Deathwish - At the Edge of Damnation, Civilised Society? - Scrap Metal, Hobbs Angel of Death - Hobbs Angel of Death, Hydra Vein - Rather Death than False of Faith, Kat - Metal and Hell, Hallows Eve - Tales of Terror, Holy Terror - Terror and Submission, Blessed Death - Kill or Be Killed, Toranaga - Bastard Ballads, Xentrix - Shattered Existence, Deathrow - Satan's Gift, Vectom - Speed Revolution, Atomkraft - Future Warriors, Living Death - Vengeance of Hell, Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow, Assassin - The Upcoming Terror, Exhumer - Possessed by Fire, At War - Ordered to Kill, Whiplash - Power and Pain, Vendetta - Go and Live ... Stay and Die, Cerebral Fix - Life Sucks... and Then You Die!, Virus - Pray for War, D.A.M. - Human Wreckage, Broken Bones - Dem Bones, English Dogs - Invasion of the Porky Men, Sacrilege - Behind the Realms of Madness, Hellbastard - Heading for Internal Darkness, Energetic Krusher - Path to Oblivion, Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy, Re-Animator - Deny Reality, Decadence Within - This Lunacy, Metal Messiah - Honour Among Thieves, to name a few.

@prowlingfrost5588

Жыл бұрын

You listed the real classics! The Real Metal.

You do make a good point, when I was a teenager... 1983/1989 Bathory was totally considered a thrash band. In fact Thrash covered an awful lot of different styles, which is probably why Thrash seems less generic than newer genres. I mean put Celtic Frost next to Slayer next to Megadeth next to Bathory, they all sound completely different and individual, compared to say NWOSDM which all sounds very similar.

Not sure if you meant the lyrics of "Eighteen" were cringy in the context of anthrax or if you think it was actually written by anthrax, but it's a cover of an alice cooper song from 1971

Solid list and rankings although i firmly believe that Laaz Rockits "Annihilation Principle" can be considered a thrash debut since that album is where they migrated from heavy/power metal to thrash. But great job none the less my man.

Hey man, thanks for coming up with another thrash-video. Love your thoughts, ideas and recomondations. Pure Love!! May i suggest you another old-school-thrash band from the 80s...please give ONSLAUGHT a spin. For me one ot the best thrash band to this day with the greatest vocals in the game. Best wishes

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I'm surprised to see Coroner this low, it's ome of my favorites! A few great albums missing from the list that I think you could like, most glaring omission being Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy. I'm also sure you'll like others such as Rigor Mortis' self titled, Hellwitch - Syzygial Miscreancy, Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With the Dead, Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence, Skeletal Earth - Eulogy for a Dying Fetus, Protector - Golem, and some tech thrash: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly, Sieges Even - Life Cycle. Mekong Delta - self titled, and Target - Mission Executed (those last two aren't the bands' best albums, but still worth checking out, and I also recommend checking out their later material) Also happy to see Toxik rated this high. A fantastic album imdeed! Okay, they all are, not a single bad album on this list (although DRI and ST's albums aren't very high on my list either. I love many of DRI's later albums but ST just never connected with me). Keep up the good work my man! Also: WHOAH! I see that Sacred Reich's Ignorance is not on the list! I know it's impossible to include everything, but this is one of the big ones!

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Only so much time in the day

@MayhemmiGunn

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches Haha, true But I do hope you will find time to check some of these out eventually. Rigor Mortis, Ripping Corpse and Protector should be right up you alley; very fast and violent!

Absolutely loved this. Definitely my favorite because I loved this era as a teenager! I saw several of these bands live in Portland back then at a place called The Starry Night. You picked many bands on here as Perfection that I actually chose myself, lol. My only agreement is, Possessed Seven Churches. I understand your point but this album is Death Metal.

Kreator and Testament are by far my favorite thrash metal bands.🤘🏻 Amazing debut albums.😍

Great video, it represents a large part of my musical tastes from the age of 13 to 19.

Great video! I like how you also included obscure and fringe bands' debut albums. I also agree Kill 'em All from Metallica is not better than Show No Mercy, Bonded By Blood, or The Legacy from Slayer, Exodus, and Testament. I've seen no one making the argument as to how good albums are compared to each other in the grand scheme of thrash metal.

@audiodead7302

Жыл бұрын

Just a point about timing. The argument in favour of Kill'em all is that it was ahead of its time. No point comparing Kill'em all to The Legacy (for example) which came later.

The curious thing about all this is that without Kill'em all, none of the other bands would have been what they were or are.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Debatable. But even if that were 100% true, it wouldn't change how I feel about it here.

Love these types of videos! Like a history lesson in and of itself. Although we have very different opinions, it's great fun to hear different perspectives on something we all hold very near and dear here. Not complaining you didn't include it (I realize there's probably 50 more debuts you could have included and people would still whine about something missing 😂) but for me, one of the absolute BEST debuts, if not number one, is Rage's Reign of Fear. Arguably wears a lot of speed/heavy metal on it's sleeves, but at it's core it's still thrash thrashing mad to me! Anyways, love the videos bro. Keep keeping metal alive 👍

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

For me Thrash became boring when it got that touch of cold perfection in the later 80s. It began with Testament's debut album. You know, I loved the Legacy Demo#1, but then I was dissapointed, when The Legacy came out. It was so clean and polished.

We need a part 2 for sure. I got some examples of albums for part 2: Metallica-Ride the Lightning (absolute masterpiece) Megadeth-Peace Sells... But Who's Buying Anthrax-Spreading the Disease (first album with Frank Bello on bass and Joey Belladonna on vocals) Slayer-Hell Awaits Overkill-Taking Over Exciter-Violence and Force (you missed Heavy Metal Maniac on this tier list) Suicidal Tendencies-Join the Army (another band you missed in this video) Tankard-Chemical Invasion Destruction-Eternal Devastation Sodom-Persecution Mania Dark Angel-Darkness Descends Exodus-Pleasures of the Flesh Venom-Black Metal Possessed-Beyond the Gates (this was their last album until 2019 in which during that long hiatus, Jeff Becerra suffered a spinal cord injury after being shot in an armed robbery and became paraplegic) Savage Grace-After the Fall from Grace (you missed their debut album, also this was their last album until their upcoming new album which comes out on May 5th)

@chrisheathcote3697

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Testament's The New Order

@robertsparling917

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisheathcote3697 He forgot The Legacy!

@Skycladatdusk78

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertsparling917 Suicidal Tendencies was on here, he put it in good tier.

@WilderAutumnBlaze

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, most of the thrash bands improved in their second studio release.

@WilderAutumnBlaze

Жыл бұрын

I think. I don't know.

Fun video. Agreed on most of it. Just would have ranked Voivod and Nuclear Assault higher but had blast watching it.

Although I don’t necessarily agree with some of these choices, this is a great video! Thanks for sharing it!

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Honestly it’s way more fun when we don’t all agree

Man watching this tier list made me realize I was WAY TOO HARSH on a lot of these albums in the discord lol. After watching this video im definitely remaking the list because there are some I enjoy better than others. I think its cause felt pressured with some of the people in discord since didn't wanna make them mad, but in doing that, feel like wasn't really honest with my tier list. I do agree that all the albums are worth a listen, its just there's certain styles of thrash i enjoy more than others, like Im more into the heavy metal/speed metal side of thrash. There's like a couple personally im just not a fan at all like D.R.I. and Sepulturas, but the rest I had fun relistening to, just maybe I wont try cramming these in the span of 4 days lol. Also nice tier list and hope you do a sophomore video because one of my biggest issues personally listening to all the debuts was that I like they're sophomore album more, but there are some debuts i prefer and some that grew on me a lot more than i thought they did. Hope you make more of these tier lists and show off more new music too since been helping me expand my taste in music by a lot.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Always glad that these videos inspire this level of thinking

@doomguyrox1156

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches yeah thanks for doing what you do, it really is special

This video was such a good time!! Good things 🍺⚡️🍺

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Your ranking is pretty good.

I actually haven't listened to a decent number of these. Or at least it's been a long time. I think my thrash taste is similar to yours though, I like it evil and aggressive. That Morbid Saint album rips. Great list brother!

Great video. Check out Infernal Majesty "None Shall Defy". Killer killer thrash debut from Canada in 1987.

Awesome list dude i freaking love Possessed

The AI generated chapters on these videos can be unintentionally funny. Especially with one called “Stay Mad” lol

I fucking LOVE Testament The Legacy! Those "chopping meat with a butcher's knife" riffs are simply amazing, and the entire album is a scorcher. Holy fucking shit, First Strike Is Deadly, Curse of the Legions of Dead, Raging Waters, Over the Wall, etc etc.... Ecstacy (to me). Also I LOVE the original production, which makes it all sound so sinister and evil. First Strike Still Deadly remake had none of that sinister feel to it. Talk about evil sinister vibe, Exodus Bonded By Blood is also on my top tier. Holy shit! Other favorites out of the list: Annihilator (Aliiiice IN HELL!), Kreator, Metallica (debatable though. See below), Megadeth (also see below), Death Angel (Mistress of PAAAAAIIIIN! Lady Domination! ... ), Forbidden (!!!!!! FUCK ME IT IS SOOO FUCKING GOOD!... Through Eyes of GLASS!!!), SOD, Heathen (love that album, Vio-Lence, and Slayer (see below though), Possessed!! Finally I would say many of these bands FUCKING EXCELLED on their sophomore albums, like Flotsam and Jetsam, Slayer, Anthrax, Kreator, Megadeth, DRI, Sepultura, Suicidal Tendencies, and Dark Angel.

You sir, are an absolute beauty. Love the content.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

Best thrash debuts? In no particular order RIP- Coroner Morbid Visions- Sepultura Morbid Tales- Celtic Frost History Of A Time To Come- Sabbat The Legacy- Testament Uncertain Future- Forced Entry World Circus- Toxik Metallica-Kill Em All There's many more but those are my favorites. I wasn't really into Slayer, Exodus, Possessed, etc......

It’s nice to see morbid saint get talked about, it’s not often that you’ll see people talk about that album. I have that album as my back patch on my vest and once in a while I’ll get someone yelling out morbid saint and throwing up the horns at me

@sumcallmecaptain8847

Жыл бұрын

I have Spectrum of Death as my back patch as well, but I get people thinking it's Eddie from iron maiden

@WilderAutumnBlaze

Жыл бұрын

Today at work I saw two women with Kiss T-shirts and a man (probably the boyfriend from the first Kiss girl I saw) with a Slayer's Diabolus album cover T-shirt. I talked about rock music only to the second girl, because at the first time I saw the couple I had a fear of talking to them, and at the two following moments I saw them they were eating probably, and then playing volleyball togheter (for this one maybe I should go there and make the horns sign, talk about the album and the band, but when I came back because I was working, they had gone...)

@WilderAutumnBlaze

Жыл бұрын

​@@sumcallmecaptain8847 Lol, it's funny, but maybe sad too. Both characters are really similar, though.

@sumcallmecaptain8847

Жыл бұрын

@@WilderAutumnBlaze yeah you're right if you're not in the know, It can be confused with the self titled art work of Iron maiden

@anthonykanzivino5615

Жыл бұрын

Spectrum of death is probably the best thrash metal album ever made.. imho

Really great list love to see bands like Sadus etc included I would also add Evil Dead there first album great and really underrated imo also possibly could add Watchtower, Realm and Sacred Reich to name a few

Pretty much all the staples of that period here. Great you included Fear of Tomorrow, the title track rips! But Infernal Overkill is still, for me, the, thrash album bar none......ok, tinny sounding drumming an understatement, and not gonna go overboard on the vocals, lol, but irregardless of those things, the riffs slay and the whole thing produces an atmosphere of which seems to have been a thing of that era. I had most of these albums at the time, and i was more up for what might follow from Destruction than any of them. And yeah, sophomore albums a great idea : ))

One that's missing that I think you'll definitely like is Suffering Hour by Anacrusis. Check it out.

Great vid! Wondering where LAAZ ROCKIT and EXHORDER were though?

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Omg can people just be happy for what they get? lol

Bonded by blood, the legacy, and show no mercy, nothing beats em.

Great list I will say one of my favorite debut thrash albums and I cant remember if I recommended or not as Defiance's product of society

Suicidal Tendencies debut IS The Pinnicle of Music. Punk couldn't go any further to the extremities. And Punk is just full tilt Rock n Roll. Perfect album. They followed it up with the Greatest Crossover album of all time Join the Army. Another Perfect album.

S-1-Death Angel, The Ultra-violence 2-Exodus, Bonded By Blood 3-Testament, The Legacy 4-Sacrifice, Torment in Fire 5-Annihilator, Alice In Hell (Gotta listen to the Morbid Saint album) A-6-Kreator, Endless Pain 7-Possessed, Seven Churches 8-Overkill, Feel the Fire 9-Metallica, Kill Em All 10-Slayer, Show No Mercy 11-Sadus, Illusion 12-Violence, Eternal Nightmare A-13-Megadeth, Killing Is my Business 14-Celtic Frost,Morbid Tales 15-Venom, Welcome to Hell 16-Forbidden, Forbidden Evil -17-Coroner Rip -18-Nuclear Assault, Game Over -19-Voivod, War And Pain B-20-Sodom, Obsessed By Cruelty 21-S.O.D. 22-Anthrax,Fistful of Metal 23-Toxik, World Circus 23-Sepultura,Morbid Visions 24-Flotsam and Jetsam,Doomsday for the Deceiver 25-Heathen, Breaking the Silence 26-Artillery, Fear of Tomorrow 27-Destruction, Infernal Overkill 28-Tankard, Zombie Attack C-29-Razor, the Executioners Song 30-Suicidal Tendences 31-Dri

Exodus Bounded by blood is perfection.

Man- that Venom LP.. first time I heard that was NYE 85 ish when I was 15, with my mate Paul in his neighbour's house, Steve, who was a huge metalhead and a few years older than us. He put it on, gave us some awful cider based punch and our first joints.. Love that record to this day. Cycle ride home was interesting.. lot of giggling and crashing. It's weird, but I can't remember when they started calling it Thrash.. it was all metal still mostly early 85 as there just wasn't a lot of bands a round getting signed.. mostly, if anything it was called speed metal.. Venom definitely called what they did Black Metal from the get go, early 80s onwards.. and that's pretty much the only genre I remember in the early days, which was largely self publicity from Cronos and the lads. Thrash only started to stick, from my memory anyway, around the end of 86 and into 87 as the band explosion in the wake of Metallica and Anthrax, who probably lead the way in terms of visibility at the start.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Love that this video could inspire such a happy memory.

@sichinook3793

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches Totally mate.. this kicked off a few.. like getting my first Metallica and Anthrax t shirts and instantly cutting the sleeves off.. Damage Inc and I Am The Law respectively.. my huge white Nike high tops as well.. ripped jeans and leather painted jacket.. I painted the Ride The Lightning cover on it. I was so lucky that Thrash hit at the time I was turning 16. It was having your own thing.. even traditional Heavy Metal fans looked at us weird as we had that goofy Anthrax and early Metallica look.. especially the baggy Bermuda shorts and a leather jacket haha. That period, 85- 89.. before the Black Album landed and fucked Thrash almost overnight, as well the rise of Grunge.. those four years of pure Thrash were amazing. I see the same look and feel for the younger generations of Metal heads now with the rise of New Wave of death metal and deathcore.. they are totally loving it and look like they belong to something.. it's fucking awesome.. Metal is probably the best it's ever been right now in terms of bands and sounds.. last 10 years have been truly exceptional in terms of releases and shows.

Good ranking, but also FUCK YEAH, MORBID SAINT SPECTRUM OF DEATH!!! I remember listening to that album for the first time in quite a while a year or so ago, and Goddammit, it reminded me right away why it's one of my favorite Thrash Metal albums of all time. It's so fast, and it's borderline reckless. I was really glad to see some more love for it.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Banger

Welcome To Hell was the first thrash album but Kill Em' All was the one that got thrash really up and running,

Can you do motorhead tier list?

Agree woth most. Bonded id put in top tier along with violence bc amazing. swap out the more blackened stuff. probably forbidden and heathen a tad higher. No mortal sin!! Excellent video

Nice one, although more than a few are not 100% Thrash (as you mentioned) and missed a few notable ones - Sacred Reich being the one I missed the most. Also there's not a single Brit band, great debuts there - Sabbat and Xentrix for example and then personally there are two 80's debuts I personally love - Watchtower and an ultra uknown christian band called Sacrament (ops this one is from 1990, actually). Also in the hybrids crossover/thrash, Acrophet had a great one. Anyway, there's a lot of great stuff in that era ;)

Speak English Or Die is a complete and total timeless masterpiece that needs to be studied and honored until the end of time. I loved it when I was a teenager in 85 but time has since seasoned it to perfection and now it has sacred cow status. I would have put that album in perfection (because I'm not pussy whipped or part of the douche crew),but that's okay because I think you got everything else correct. Although I would have put Bonded By Blood and Killing Is My Business( the final kill mix of Killing is Megadeth's best album. There I said it!) in perfection as well. I don't think it is a hot take at all to like Morbid Tales better than To Mega Therion because it is better. I think people tend to get blinded by Mega Therion's God like album art.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@JohnSmith-rk6jy

Жыл бұрын

The Reissue album was GOLD aswell. They got a couple of songs at the end that make it Even more Betterer. 'Go' being one of em.

Each their own ofc but Kill em all should be way higher. It's one of those albums that made thrash metal. Kill em all was released 5 years before the legacy from testament for example. Metallica set the example with that album and encouraged other bands to play thrash metal. (And bonded by blood should be way higher , classic)

If you liked Toxik's debut, I think you would like the Wasteland demo they did in 1986. It shines a ton with Heart Attack and Wasteland.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Nice Static-X Avatar btw.

great ranking! gotta check that new toxik album for sure.

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

SO good

@Flugmorph

Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrenches yeah im already halfway through, its ripping!

Who would you say has the best guitar solos of all of these bands?

@MetalTrenches

11 ай бұрын

Oof. I dunno, Toxik is up there

How do you avoid copyright strikes?

@MetalTrenches

Жыл бұрын

A lot of editing. Song clips should be short and only used minimally. Even then I still get videos claimed, but I generally win the dispute process because I am in fact following the expectations of Fair Use law

Couple to add are Whiplash - Insult to Injury and I.N.C. (Indestructible Noise Command) - The Visitor & Razorback. Also for ST id say Join the Army is more Metal (great Crossover album for sure!) and so is that ep with Stymee (ST Why Me?! on Bass?) CBH/FLSDJV

@stephenhughes5156

Жыл бұрын

Whiplash debut is called Power and Pain.

A few albums you might have missed: Evil Dead:Annihilation of Civilization, Sabbat: History of a time to come, Xentrix:Shattered Existance, Paradox: Product of Imagination,Hirax: Raging Violence,Holy Moses:Queen of siam, Sacred Reich: Ignorance