Thrash Metal Album Reviews
Every Thrash Metal record the editors have reviewed, scored out of ten.
28 reviews
7.0
Kreator
Renewal
Kreator rode the cage down into the pit; the mix stayed underground.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 26, 2026
7.5
Sepultura
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
A young drummer smashes the clock; the middle of the record keeps punching it.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 25, 2026
8.0
Slayer
Decade of Aggression
The classic four's flight recorder, left unedited and still screaming.
Declan Rourke
Oct 22, 2026
8.5
Sodom
M-16
A whole war fed through one ammunition belt, and only the mix jams.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 22, 2026
8.0
Angelus Apatrida
Aftermath
Spanish thrash veterans open every door, and most of them lead somewhere.
Declan Rourke
Oct 19, 2026
7.0
Darkthrone
Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Rough by choice, sharper than it pretends, and still half punk.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 19, 2026
7.5
Soilwork
Sworn to a Great Divide
A great voice inside a machine built to repeat itself.
Andrzej Sawicki
Oct 17, 2026
7.5
Soulfly
Ritual
Familiar groove, no surprises, and the pit still goes down.
Jonah Pike
Oct 17, 2026
7.0
ADX
Immortel
A fast, dark French blade that fourteen songs blunt.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 16, 2026
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