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20 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums

It is the end of the year and I am in the mood for list-making. What follows is my list of 20 Greatest Thrash Albums ... That I Own Or At Some Point Listened To In My Life. Otherwise shortly known as "20 Greatest Albums of all Time". Without further ado, here be the list:

1- RUST IN PEACE / MEGADETH (1990)









2- REIGN IN BLOOD / SLAYER (1986)









3- RIDE THE LIGHTNING / METALLICA (1984)









4- BONDED BY BLOOD / EXODUS (1985)









5- THE LEGACY / TESTAMENT (1987)









6- BENEATH THE REMAINS / SEPULTURA (1989)









7- METAL CHURCH / METAL CHURCH (1984)









8- AMONG THE LIVING / ANTHRAX (1987)









9- COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION / MEGADETH (1992)









10- MASTER OF PUPPETS / METALLICA (1986)









11- ROOTS / SEPULTURA (1996)









12- DOOMSDAY FOR THE DECEIVER / FLOTSAM & JETSAM (1986)









13- PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH / TESTAMENT (1989)









14- TORTURED EXISTENCE / DEMOLITION HAMMER (1991)

15- SEASONS IN THE ABYSS / SLAYER (1990)









16- VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER / PANTERA (1992)









17- KILL 'EM ALL! / METALLICA (1984)









18- COWBOYS FROM HELL / PANTERA (1990)









19- TRAIL BLAZER / THE PENTAGRAM (1992)









20- CHAOS A.D. / SEPULTURA (1993)

Getting Ready to Wrap up

It is almost that time of the year...the annual top 10s. I have to admit this year will be a lot more difficult than the previous years on account of my insanely lame social life. This year Yours Truly confined himself to YouTube videos of Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin - and they were hilarious.

What follows is a list of my favourite albums from this year, in no particular order:

Twilight of the Tunder God by Amon Amarth
The Formation of Damnation by Testament
Black Ice by AC/DC
Death Magnetic by Metallica
Folklore & Superstition by Black Stone Cherry
ObZen by Meshuggah
Nostradamus by Judas Priest
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace by the Offspring
Watershed by Opeth
XV by King's X
Slania by Eluveitie
Inflikted by Cavalera Conspiracy
A Sense of Purpose by In Flames
Nil Reucurring by Porcupine Tree
The Bedlam in Goliath by the Mars Volta

From this list will emerge my Top 10. Watch this space.

Peace