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