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25 Albums That Made 1986 One Of The Greatest Years In Thrash Metal History!

June 13, 2022

25 albums that made 1986 one of the greatest years in thrash metal history (listed in alphabetical order, not importance)….. Angel Dust – Into The Dark Past [Germany] [...]

The 15 Greatest Thrash Metal Debuts Of 1986

January 10, 2022

It’s common knowledge that 1986 was one of the greatest years in thrash metal and while the big hitters (Metallica, Slayer etc) were already onto their 3rd albums, [...]

The 10 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums Of 1987

April 5, 2021

1987 proved to be a tougher year to whittle down to just 10 defining thrash metal releases than we had initially anticipated but perseverance was the key and, after much [...]

The 10 Best Old-School Albums Released By The German Big Four Of Thrash!

September 17, 2020

Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard; the “Big Four” of Teutonic thrash metal. Prime contributors to one of the major scenes of thrash metal in the [...]

German Thrash: The 35 Greatest Old-School Albums!

September 28, 2019

With a rich history of underground gems and a devastating array of tech/prog thrash masterpieces nestling next to classics from Kreator, Destruction, Sodom and Tankard, the [...]

Tankard – Zombie Attack / Chemical Invasion / The Morning After / Alien – Re-Release Reviews

November 28, 2017

Noise Records are re-releasing the first three classic Tankard albums with Zombie Attack, Chemical Invasion and The Morning After (inc. the Alien EP) arriving on CD and [...]

12 More Albums That Kept Thrash Alive In The 90’s!

October 10, 2017

After a great response to our 12 Albums That Kept Thrash Alive In The 90’s feature, it felt necessary to right a few wrongs, give a shout-out to the albums we had [...]

Celebrating 30 Years Of Tankard’s Chemical Invasion!

October 6, 2017

Tankard are the German equivalent of New Jersey’s Overkill; both bands taking the honour of being the most consistent and productive thrash bands of their respective [...]

The 12 Albums That Kept Thrash Alive During The Mid to Late 1990’s (1994-1999)

July 2, 2015

After the release of some seminal thrash albums in the early 90’s (Megadeth’s Rust In Peace / Dark Angel’s Time Does Not Heal / Annihilator’s Never, [...]

German Thrash: The 10 Greatest Old-School Albums

February 13, 2015

Worship Metal casts its critical eye over the 10 Greatest Old-School Thrash Albums from the only country to truly rival the U.S in the thrash stakes; Germany! Predominantly [...]