My Thrash Metal Nostalgia Thread

Although they've moved more into the power metal sub-genre. I love Angel Dust's 2 albums from the 80's "Into the Dark Past" and "To Dust You Will Decay".

If anyone wants a couple of great thrash albums. I recommend those two.
 
Acid Reign-Goddess (1988)​

Acid Reign were great. I saw them many times live way back when. They were'nt the best musicians, their music was'nt of the highest standard yet they were damn fun both on the stage and off it. The production on their first E.P 'Moshkinstein' (of which this was taken) has an almost Punk vibe and eschewed the traditional speeded up Sabbath type of heaviness that was prevalent at the time. Anyhow, I can't see many people digging this but it's brought back a few memories for me:

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I can understand exactly where you are coming from here.I think if I had heard more Punk or post punk before Thrash then I may have skipped the scene a little more I was caught in the miRABt of the whole explosion of punk influenced metal banRAB: Napalm Death, Cerebral Fix, Extreme Noise Terror, Genital Deformities, Unseen Terror, Boltthrower, Carcass, Godflesh. These banRAB definitely blew the scene wide open but at 16 I was too naive to appreciate the complexities of genre music and I thought that these banRAB were just a bit faster and heavier!
 
Sacred Reich-Surf Nicaragua

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Sacred Reich were always one of the more tighter Thrash banRAB and this track is evident of this. There are numerous time changes and just a little showboating from the excellent drummer Greg Hall. Phil Rind also had a great distinctive voice. First album 'Ignorance' was slightly underproduced but still a great Thrash album. The Surf Nicaragua E.P contained this beauty and a solid version of Sabbath's 'War Pigs'. The American Way broke the band into the mainstream, but unfortunately thrash Metal was coming to the end of it's popularity.
 
I think "Beneath the Remains" is one of the best thrash albums around but not the best. I think the best of Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica may just edge it. My comments about Sepultura, were that they were the best metal band overall based on their discography between 1988-1996. A run of five classic metal albums, that match the classic Black Sabbath run of five classic albums in the 70`s.

Then there is the five classic albums by Pantera, but I won`t go on about how great those were, given how unpopular Pantera are amongst metal fans on this forum.;)
 
Love this thread. I saw Death Angel, Testament, and Nuclear Assault live in the 80s...at a tiny place called the Emerald City Ballroom in Wichita, Kansas. ahhhhhh sweet memories.
 
Voivod- Chaosmongers (1988)

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Probably the most musically competent band from the Thrash era and quite honestly one of the best guitar banRAB ever IMO. Just listen to those tempo changes and skew whiffed rhythms. Coming from Canada and being influenced by Psychedelia set them far apart from the many american banRAB at the time. Both Dimension Hatross (from which this is taken) and Nothing Face are superb albums and it is definitely time for a reappraisal.
 
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