Thrash Metal · Albums
Top thrash metal albums
The top-rated thrash metal album on Riffiter is Master of Puppets by Metallica, rated 4.8/5 by 7 listeners.
259 thrash metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 65 of 259 thrash metal albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1981 to 2026.
02 Ride the Lightning
Metallica · 1984
★ 4.8 · 6
03 Reign in Blood
Slayer · 1986
★ 4.8 · 5
04 Rust in Peace
Megadeth · 1990
★ 4.7 · 5
05 Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera · 1992
★ 4.5 · 6
06 …and Justice for All
Metallica · 1988
★ 4.6 · 4
07 Among the Living
Anthrax · 1987
★ 4.5 · 4
08 Pleasure to Kill
Kreator · 1986
★ 4.5 · 2
09 South of Heaven
Slayer · 1988
★ 4.1 · 4
10 Super Collider
Megadeth · 2013
★ 4.5 · 1
11 Gods of Violence
Kreator · 2017
★ 4.5 · 1
12 The Complete Garage Days...
Metallica · 1997
★ 4.5 · 1
13 Quebec Magnetic
Metallica · 2012
★ 4.5 · 1
14 Orgullo, pasión, y gloria: Tres noches en La Ciudad de México
Metallica · 2009
★ 4.5 · 1
15 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth · 1986
★ 4.0 · 4
16 Death Magnetic
Metallica · 2008
★ 4.0 · 3
17 Worship Music
Anthrax · 2011
★ 4.0 · 3
18 Black Metal
Venom · 1982
★ 4.0 · 2
19 Cowboys From Hell
Pantera · 1990
★ 3.9 · 4
20 Repentless
Slayer · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
21 The Legacy
Testament · 1987
★ 4.0 · 1
22 Hordes of Chaos
Kreator · 2009
★ 4.0 · 1
23 Endgame
Megadeth · 2009
★ 4.0 · 1
24 War Party
GWAR · 2004
★ 4.0 · 1
25 Through the Never
Metallica · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
26 The $9.98 C.D. Garage Days Re-Revisited + B Side & Demos
Metallica · 1987
★ 4.0 · 1
27 2007-06-28: Super Rock Super Bock Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Metallica · 2007
★ 4.0 · 1
28 Titans of Creation
Testament · 2020
★ 3.8 · 3
29 St. Anger
Metallica · 2003
★ 3.8 · 2
30 Th1rt3en
Megadeth · 2011
★ 3.8 · 2
31 S&M
Metallica · 1999
★ 3.7 · 3
32 Reload
Metallica · 1997
★ 3.7 · 3
33 God Hates Us All
Slayer · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
34 The New Dark Ages
GWAR · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
35 Violence Has Arrived
GWAR · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
36 The Age of Entitlement
Acid Reign · 2019
★ 3.5 · 1
37 Calm Before the Storm
Venom · 1987
★ 3.5 · 1
38 Power Metal
Pantera · 1988
★ 3.5 · 1
39 Metal Magic
Pantera · 1983
★ 3.5 · 1
40 Decade of Aggression: Live
Slayer · 1991
★ 3.5 · 1
41 Freeze 'Em All Documentary
Metallica · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
42 Hidden Treasures
Megadeth · 1995
★ 3.5 · 2
43 Extended Versions
Anthrax · 2007
★ 3.5 · 2
44 Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct
Metallica · 2016
★ 3.0 · 1
45 Garage Inc.
Metallica · 1998
★ 3.0 · 1
46 The World Needs a Hero
Megadeth · 2001
★ 3.0 · 1
47 Still, Alive... and Well?
Megadeth · 2002
★ 3.0 · 1
48 Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth · 1992
★ 3.3 · 2
49 Show No Mercy
Slayer · 1983
★ 3.3 · 2
50 Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer · 1990
★ 2.5 · 1
51 World Painted Blood
Slayer · 2009
★ 2.5 · 1
52 Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic at the Masonic
Metallica · 2019
★ 2.5 · 1
53 Beyond Magnetic
Metallica · 2011
★ 3.0 · 2
54 Stomp 442
Anthrax · 1995
★ 3.0 · 2
55 The Great Southern Trendkill
Pantera · 1996
★ 2.0 · 1
56 Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
Megadeth · 2005
★ 2.0 · 1
57 Cryptic Writings
Megadeth · 1997
★ 2.0 · 1
58 Risk
Megadeth · 1999
★ 2.0 · 1
59 I Disappear
Metallica · 2000
★ 1.5 · 1
60 Beyond Hell
GWAR · 2006
★ 1.5 · 1
61 Freeze 'Em All
Metallica · 2013
★ 1.5 · 1
62 Burn My Eyes
Machine Head · 1994
★ 2.3 · 2
63 Practice What You Preach
Testament · 1989
★ 2.3 · 2
64 Persistence of Time
Anthrax · 1990
★ 1.0 · 1
65 Hell Awaits
Slayer · 1985
★ 2.0 · 2
66 Dystopia
Megadeth · 2016
67 Arise
Sepultura · 1991
68 S&M2
Metallica · 2020
69 Far Beyond Driven
Pantera · 1994
70 Kill 'em All
Metallica · 1983
71 Reinventing the Steel
Pantera · 2000
72 Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Megadeth · 1985
73 The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
Megadeth · 2022
74 Christ Illusion
Slayer · 2006
75 Diabolus in Musica
Slayer · 1998
76 Divine Intervention
Slayer · 1994
77 Primitive
Soulfly · 2000
78 Official Live: 101 Proof
Pantera · 1997
79 Anthology: Set the World Afire
Megadeth · 2008
80 Undisputed Attitude
Slayer · 1996
81 The Art of Rebellion
Suicidal Tendencies · 1992
82 Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies · 1983
83 Spreading the Disease
Anthrax · 1985
84 Metallica
Metallica · 1991
85 Souls of Black
Testament · 1990
86 The New Order
Testament · 1988
87 Quadra
Sepultura · 2020
88 The More Things Change...
Machine Head · 1997
89 Youthanasia
Megadeth · 1994
90 State of Euphoria
Anthrax · 1988
91 72 Seasons
Metallica · 2023
92 Soulfly
Soulfly · 1998
93 The Ritual
Testament · 1992
94 Morbid Visions / Bestial Devastation
Sepultura · 1991
95 Megadeth
Megadeth · 2026
96 Prime Cuts
Suicidal Tendencies · 1997
97 Join the Army
Suicidal Tendencies · 1987
98 Warchest
Megadeth · 2007
99 Thrash Zone
D.R.I. · 1989
100 Prophecy
Soulfly · 2004
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