Thrash Metal Album Reviews
Every Thrash Metal record the editors have reviewed, scored out of ten.
19 reviews
7.5
Anthrax
Cursum Perficio
Two songs worth the ten years, and a record that empties out backwards
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 19, 2026
8.0
Godslave
Godslave
Ten thrash songs built to specification, and best where they break it
Declan Rourke
Sep 16, 2026
8.0
Flotsam and Jetsam
Rats in the Temple
Rebuilt properly, running hot, and hauling a little more than it needs.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 7, 2026
9.3
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
Thrash wound to the last tooth, with only the voice running rough.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 4, 2026
8.0
Exumer
Death Mask Messiah
Poured hot, cut lean, and still cast from the old Teutonic mould
Saint Sylveszter
Aug 31, 2026
9.5
Slayer
Reign in Blood
Under half an hour of floodwater, and the valley never dried out.
Saint Sylveszter
Aug 25, 2026
9.0
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
The first true map of power metal, and only half the continent
Julien Vasseur
Aug 23, 2026
9.0
Pantera
Vulgar Display of Power
Six bare-knuckle shots flatten the room, and the rest is a victory lap
Jonah Pike
Aug 22, 2026
9.5
Metallica
Master of Puppets
The siege that broke thrash open, fought twice from the same plans
Saint Sylveszter
Aug 17, 2026
7.5
Malevolence
Where Only the Truth Is Spoken
Sheffield goes to Los Angeles and comes back sounding enormous.
Gareth Llewellyn
Jul 22, 2026
9.0
Vader
De Profundis
Thirty four minutes, nine songs, and a scene finally audible abroad.
Andrzej Sawicki
Jul 10, 2026
8.8
Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Eleven songs of genuine grandeur, and eleven fragments that are not songs.
Julien Vasseur
May 23, 2026
8.0
Sodom
The Arsonist
Analogue drums, four decades in, and nowhere to play it.
Declan Rourke
May 16, 2026
7.5
Darkthrone
It Beckons Us All.......
It Beckons Us All opens with "Howling Primitive Colonies," immediately immersing listeners in a dense, doom-laden atmosp...
Eirik Solvang
Jun 8, 2024
3.0
Pestilence
Levels of Perception
Dutch death metal legends Pestilence, helmed by Patrick Mameli (guitar/vocals) and joined by Rutger van Noordenburg (gui...
Andrzej Sawicki
May 2, 2024
9.0
Overkill
Scorched
Who would have guessed that New Jersey's thrash legends Overkill would still be unleashing their ferocious sound in 2023...
Saint Sylveszter
Dec 9, 2023
8.0
Enforcer
Nostalgia
Enforcer, one of the most influential bands in the Swedish heavy metal scene, has once again demonstrated their musical...
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 14, 2023
8.0
Besieged
Violence Beyond All Reason
BESIEGED have returned from the metal cosmos with “Violence Beyond All Reason” and it’s been worth the wait. Their signa...
Declan Rourke
Jun 14, 2022
8.5
Kataklysm
Serenity in Fire
If you want grim-sounding, self-admittedly groove-infused death metal with blasting drums and intelligible growls, then...
Rafael Quintero
Feb 28, 2022