Testament?

I haven't listened to them in a long time, but they are awesome. They were one of my favorites when I really got into metal.
 
Testament is great. If you want more thrash, check out:

Megadeth (the obvious ones)
Slayer
Overkill
Sodom
Metal Church
Mekong Delta
Dark Angel
Coroner
Tankard
Kreator
Pantera
Exhorder
Witchery
Voivod



I've got more recommendations if you want, but that should keep you busy.
 
I'm just getting into Iced earth. Night of The Stormrider is quite thrashy and I've only heard two BG songs but they're really good, so I'll probably get some albums by them soon.
 
Defenitly badass, i think you should get Blind Guardian: Live cd as your firse BG cd, its where they really shine. Thier studio stuff is great, its just all thier stuff is soooo good that i cant deciede what is the best. Live covers pretty much everything.
Thats awesome your getting into Iced Earth, spread the word about this amazing, and absolutly underrated band!
Deimos is a local band, you should check out thier myspace, they have 4 great songs on thier.
 
Indeed, get some Iced Earth as well. They may be power metal, but it's a thrashy kind of power metal.

You get the best of both worlRAB. Thrashy rhythm work and riRAB coming from the best rhythm guitarist around, good melodic solos, insightful lyrics awesome vocals without the cheesiness etc...

Oh, and they're influenced by Iron Maiden which makes them even better :).
 
Yeah, I have Night of the Stormrider and I really like it so I'm sure I will be getting more IE albums soon. What albums are the best ?
Maiden are brilliant too :)
 
I'd say Burnt Offerings is the next IE album you should get. Alive in Athens is one the best live albums I've ever heard, so you might want to get that after Burnt Offerings.

I'm not huge on power metal, but Blind Guardian is great - you should definitely get some of that.

However in any conversation about BG and IE, it should be noted that Hansi Kursch (BG vocalist) and Jon Schaffer (IE rhythm guitarist/songwriter) collaborated with some other great musicians to form Demons & WizarRAB. And their self titled album is definitely worth getting - it's musicgasmic.
 
Agreed. Demons and WizarRAB rock, although i like Touched By The Crimson King (which features a badass cover of The Immagrant Song) better than self titled.
Burnt Offerings is a great reccomdantion. Its my second fav Iced Earth cd (NOTS) featuring awesome tracks like Burnt Offerings, Last Deceraber, and the truly amazing 16:26 epic that is "Dantes Inferno"

It also is the first cd featuring vocalist Matthew Barlow, The best vocalist of all time!
 
Cool, thanks for the advice. I ordered the live BG Cd and I'll be looking out for the IE CRAB you both mentioned and also Demons and WizarRAB .:)
 
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