Track Of The Day - The Pit Edition
Oustanding US thrash metal from 1987 for fans of Exodus, Vio-lence & Nuclear Assault.
Hardcore-driven mid-80's crossover thrash from San Francisco's godfathers of the subgenre. For fans of Municipal Waste, Suicidal Tendencies & S.O.D.
One of the more traditional European thrash metal outings from a highly experimental Celtic Frost record.
Seriously, how good is the main riff from this chuggy Bay Area thrash anthem??
Some very unpolished Venice beach thrash metal featuring several members of Suicidal Tendencies. For fans of Suicidal Tendencies, Nuclear Assault & Slayer.
Doomy Pennsylvania thrash metal from 1987. For fans of Celtic Frost, Hellhammer & Obituary.
A ripper of a US thrash metal track from 1987. For fans of Heathen, Artillery & Forbidden.
A storming piece of mid-80's Teutonic thrash for fans of Darkness, Sacrifice & particularly "Pleasure To Kill"-era Kreator.
Very solid mid-80's Bay Area thrash with strong speed metal influences. Heathen kinda sounded like Exodus & Overkill meets Iron Maiden & the first couple of Helloween records on this album.
Energetic crossover thrash from Venice Beach, California. For fans of Suicidal Tendencies, DRI & The Accused.
Danish thrash metal for fans of Exodus, Overkill & early Testament.
New York crossover thrash for fans of S.O.D., Cro-Mags & D.R.I. Am I the only one that thinks Slayer lifted the back end of this track for the climactic outro section of "Mandatory Suicide"?
Brutal thrash from the Bronx for fans of Morbid Saint, Dark Angel & Kreator.
The thrashiest number on Holy Terror's 1987 debut album is also my favourite (unsurprisingly).
Today marks thirty years of my favourite Slayer record, Seasons in the Abyss. I'd like to indulge in a classic.
Swiss technical thrash metal for fans of Vektor, Voivod & Watchtower.
So I've just listened to and reviewed that Coroner album R.I.P. since I'm a fan of Vektor and have already reviewed two Voivod albums, and that album alone made me flip my opinion about Coroner around 180! I've tested that theory by listening to one of their later songs that was originally a stinker for me yet a favorite for most other fans of the band and the genre, and wouldn't you know it, I actually love it now, indeed one of the best songs from the band and all of progressive metal! I think it was Neurosis' late-80s thrashy hardcore albums that made me realize the older metal potential. So yeah, thanks Daniel for helping push my metal age limit a little further and indirectly getting me interested in a band that I thought didn't work out for me but does now. Here's the song that I'm talking about, that I now see as a true progressive thrash classic:
Awesome techy Teutonic thrash metal that sounds like Kreator crossed with Coroner.
Aggressive Canadian thrash metal for fans of Slayer, Dark Angel & late 80's Kreator.
Dark & classy Canadian thrash metal for fans of Slayer, Razor & Sacrifice.
A couple incredible progressive thrash epics from Vektor albums Outer Isolation and Terminal Redux, two must-have albums for fans of older thrash releases like Venom's Possessed, Voivod's War and Pain, and Coroner's Mental Vortex (all those albums mentioned have 11 or 12 votes in the Hall of Judgement, so if you haven't voted yet, please do so and let the Hall of Judgement decide its fate and the releases with their voting closed have their own section).
Of course there are many 80s thrash classic hits, but when it comes to technical thrash, nothing beats this ultimate classic! Once again for fans of Vektor and the mid-80s eras of Venom and Voivod:
Intense Canadian thrash metal that sounds like Hellhammer & Celtic Frost meet Slayer & DRI.
Aggressive Teutonic thrash metal for fans of Sodom, Slayer & Destruction.