Top Thrash Metal Albums





Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
175
Metallica Master of Puppets 1986
2
323
Slayer Reign in Blood 1986
3
713
Metallica Kill 'Em All 1983
4
899
Pantera Vulgar Display of Power Groove Metal 1992
5
1068
Metallica Ride the Lightning 1984
6
1248
Metallica ...And Justice for All 1988
7
2075
Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Speed Metal 1986
8
2119
Anthrax Among the Living 1987
9
2165
Slayer Seasons in the Abyss 1990
10
2199
Megadeth Rust in Peace Speed Metal 1990
11
2385
Power Trip Nightmare Logic 2017
12
2470
Slayer South of Heaven 1988
13
2623
Sepultura Chaos A.D. Groove Metal 1993
14
2946
Machine Head Burn My Eyes Groove Metal 1994

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Body Count Body Count Crossover Thrash Rap Metal 1992
Sepultura Arise 1991
Sepultura Beneath the Remains 1989
Pantera Cowboys from Hell Groove Metal 1990
Metallica Death Magnetic 2008
Anthrax Spreading the Disease 1985
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest Stoner Metal 2019
Voivod Dimension Hatröss Technical Thrash Metal Progressive Metal 1988
Slayer Christ Illusion 2006
Machine Head The Blackening Groove Metal 2007
Municipal Waste The Art of Partying Crossover Thrash 2007