Thrash Metal · Albums
Top thrash metal albums
The top-rated thrash metal album on Riffiter is Reign in Blood by Slayer, rated 5.0/5 by 4 listeners.
185 thrash metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 39 of 185 thrash metal albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1981 to 2026.
02 Rust in Peace
Megadeth · 1990
★ 4.9 · 4
03 Ride the Lightning
Metallica · 1984
★ 4.9 · 4
04 Master of Puppets
Metallica · 1986
★ 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 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth · 1986
★ 4.0 · 4
13 Death Magnetic
Metallica · 2008
★ 4.0 · 3
14 Black Metal
Venom · 1982
★ 4.0 · 2
15 Repentless
Slayer · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
16 The Legacy
Testament · 1987
★ 4.0 · 1
17 Cowboys From Hell
Pantera · 1990
★ 3.9 · 4
18 Titans of Creation
Testament · 2020
★ 3.8 · 3
19 St. Anger
Metallica · 2003
★ 3.8 · 2
20 God Hates Us All
Slayer · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
21 S&M
Metallica · 1999
★ 3.7 · 3
22 Reload
Metallica · 1997
★ 3.7 · 3
23 Hidden Treasures
Megadeth · 1995
★ 3.5 · 2
24 Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct
Metallica · 2016
★ 3.0 · 1
25 Garage Inc.
Metallica · 1998
★ 3.0 · 1
26 Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth · 1992
★ 3.3 · 2
27 Show No Mercy
Slayer · 1983
★ 3.3 · 2
28 Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer · 1990
★ 2.5 · 1
29 World Painted Blood
Slayer · 2009
★ 2.5 · 1
30 Helping Hands… Live & Acoustic at the Masonic
Metallica · 2019
★ 2.5 · 1
31 Beyond Magnetic
Metallica · 2011
★ 3.0 · 2
32 The Great Southern Trendkill
Pantera · 1996
★ 2.0 · 1
33 Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
Megadeth · 2005
★ 2.0 · 1
34 Cryptic Writings
Megadeth · 1997
★ 2.0 · 1
35 Risk
Megadeth · 1999
★ 2.0 · 1
36 I Disappear
Metallica · 2000
★ 1.5 · 1
37 Burn My Eyes
Machine Head · 1994
★ 2.3 · 2
38 Practice What You Preach
Testament · 1989
★ 2.3 · 2
39 Hell Awaits
Slayer · 1985
★ 2.0 · 2
40 Dystopia
Megadeth · 2016
41 Arise
Sepultura · 1991
42 S&M2
Metallica · 2020
43 Far Beyond Driven
Pantera · 1994
44 Kill 'em All
Metallica · 1983
45 Reinventing the Steel
Pantera · 2000
46 The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
Megadeth · 2022
47 Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Megadeth · 1985
48 Christ Illusion
Slayer · 2006
49 Diabolus in Musica
Slayer · 1998
50 Divine Intervention
Slayer · 1994
51 Official Live: 101 Proof
Pantera · 1997
52 Anthology: Set the World Afire
Megadeth · 2008
53 Undisputed Attitude
Slayer · 1996
54 Spreading the Disease
Anthrax · 1985
55 Souls of Black
Testament · 1990
56 The New Order
Testament · 1988
57 Quadra
Sepultura · 2020
58 The More Things Change...
Machine Head · 1997
59 Youthanasia
Megadeth · 1994
60 State of Euphoria
Anthrax · 1988
61 72 Seasons
Metallica · 2023
62 Metallica
Metallica · 1991
63 The Ritual
Testament · 1992
64 Morbid Visions / Bestial Devastation
Sepultura · 1991
65 Megadeth
Megadeth · 2026
66 Warchest
Megadeth · 2007
67 Hate Über Alles
Kreator · 2022
68 Low
Testament · 1994
69 Brotherhood of the Snake
Testament · 2016
70 Dark Roots of Earth
Testament · 2012
71 The Gathering
Testament · 1999
72 Fistful of Metal
Anthrax · 1984
73 Lulu
Metallica · 2011
74 Phantom Antichrist
Kreator · 2012
75 Endorama
Kreator · 1999
76 Attack of the Killer B's
Anthrax · 1991
77 Some Kind of Monster
Metallica · 2003
78 The Formation of Damnation
Testament · 2008
79 Violent Revolution
Kreator · 2001
80 Beneath the Remains
Sepultura · 1989
81 The Very Best of Testament
Testament · 2001
82 For All Kings
Anthrax · 2016
83 Load
Metallica · 1996
84 Demonic
Testament · 1997
85 First Strike Still Deadly
Testament · 2001
86 Machine Messiah
Sepultura · 2017
87 So Far, So Good... So What!
Megadeth · 1988
88 I'm the Man
Anthrax · 1987
89 Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
Anthrax · 1998
90 Haunting the Chapel
Slayer · 1984
91 We've Come for You All
Anthrax · 2003
92 Live Undead
Slayer · 1984
93 Worship Music
Anthrax · 2011
94 Stomp 442
Anthrax · 1995
95 Sound of White Noise
Anthrax · 1993
96 Enemy of God
Kreator · 2005
97 Anthems
Anthrax · 2013
98 The Greater of Two Evils
Anthrax · 2004
99 Storm the Gates
Venom · 2018
100 Hordes of Chaos
Kreator · 2009
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