[DDDorian]

I'm in a real thrash mood, so list some thrash bands that you think I probably won't have heard. I can't promise I'll like all (or many) of them, but I do promise I'll at least try. Everyone loves discovering new bands, so in that spirit, post away!

UBER-EDIT OF DOOM: Here's some clips for more or less every band mentioned in this thread, in case you wanna bookmark it for when you feel the need to thrash. Enjoy!

YouTube - Acid Reign - Humanoia <--ACID REIGN - "Humanioa", live on British TV, from the album The Fear

YouTube - Agent Steel - Bleed for the Godz <--AGENT STEEL - "Bleed For The Gods", live in Europe 1986, from the album Skeptic's Apocalypse

YouTube - ANACRUSIS : Sound The Alarm <---ANACRUSIS - "Sound The Alarm", from the album Screams And Whispers

YouTube - Annihilator - Alison Hell <---ANNIHILATOR - "Alison Hell", from the album Alice In Hell

YouTube - Anvil Bitch - Arsenic and Cyanide (live) <-- ANVIL BITCH - "Arsenic And Cyanide", live , from the album Rise And Offend

YouTube - Artillery - medley 1st album <--ARTILLERY - a medly of songs from the album Fear Of Tomorrow

YouTube - Atomkraft - protector / video <--ATOMKRAFT - "Protector", from the EP Queen Of Death

YouTube - Atrophy - Killing Machine (live) <--ATROPHY - "Killing Machine, live in St Petersburg 1989, from the album Socialised Hate

YouTube - Coroner - Die By My Hand <--CORONER - "Die By My Hand", live in Berlin 1990, from the album No More Color

YouTube - Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am <--CYCLONE TEMPLE - title track of the I Hate Therefore I Am album

YouTube - Dark Angel <-- DARK ANGEL - "The Burning Of Sodom", live, from the album Darkness Descends

YouTube - DBC - Genesis Explosion <--D.B.C. - "The Genesis Explosion" from the album Universe

YouTube - Death Angel - Seemingly Endless Time <--DEATH ANGEL - "Seemingly Endless Time" from the album Act III

YouTube - Deathrow - Winds Of Death + The Thing Within <--DEATHROW - "Winds Of Death/The Thing Within", live in Germany 1991, from the albums Riders Of Doom/Raging Steel respectively

YouTube - Destruction - Curse The Gods (Live 1988) <--DESTRUCTION - "Curse The Gods", live in 1988, from the album Eternal Devastation

YouTube - Dungeon - One Step Beyond <--DUNGEON - title track of the album One Step Beyond

YouTube - Exciter-Rain of Terror <--EXCITER - "Rain Of Terror" from the album Kill After Kill

YouTube - Exhorder-Anal Lust <--EXHORDER - "Anal Lust" from the album Slaughter In The Vatican

YouTube - Exodus-Piranha <--EXODUS - "Pirahna", from the album Bonded By Blood

YouTube - Exumer - Winds of Death <--EXUMER - "Winds Of Death", live at Dynamo 1987, from the album Rising From The Sea

YouTube - Flotsam and Jetsam - Swatting At Flies <--FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - "Swatting At Flies", from the album Cuatro

YouTube - FORBIDDEN : Step By Step <--FORBIDDEN - "Step By Step" from the album Twisted Into Form

YouTube - Forced Entry - Never A Know, But The No <--FORCED ENTRY - "Never A Know, But The Know" from the album As Above, So Below

YouTube - GOTHIC SLAM : Who Died And Made You God <--GOTHIC SLAM - "Who Died And Made You God" from the album Just A Face In The Crowd

YouTube - Heathen - Timeless Cell Of Prophecy Live <-- HEATHEN - "Timeless Cell Of Prophecy, live 2004, from the album Victim Of Deception

YouTube - Hellwitch - Nosferatu <--HELLWITCH - "Nosferatu", live, from the album Syzygial Miscreancy as well as pretty much every one of their demos

YouTube - HIRAX 'Broken Neck' <--HIRAX - "Broken Neck", from the live DVD Thrash 'Til Death

YouTube - Holy Moses - Panic <--HOLY MOSES - "Panic", from the album The New Machine Of Lichenstein

YouTube - HOLY TERROR - "Do Unto Others" live 1988 <--HOLY TERROR - "Do Unto Others", from the album Mind Wars

YouTube - Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy (live) <--INFERNAL MAJESTY - title track of the album None Shall Defy, live in Detroit 1988

YouTube - Kreator - Betrayer <--KREATOR - "Betreayer" from the album Extreme Aggression

YouTube - Laaz Rockit - Curiosity Kills <--LAAZ ROCKIT - "Curiosity Kills", live in Japan 1992, from the album Nothing'$ $acred

YouTube - Mekong Delta - True Lies (Live in Frankfurt 1991) <--MEKONG DELTA - "True Lies", live in Vienna 1990, from the album The Muisc Of Erich Zann

YouTube - Mortal Sin - I'm inmortal (TV show) <--MORTAL SIN - "I'm Immortal", live on German tv 1992, from the album Face Of Despair

YouTube - MUNICIPAL WASTE - Unleash the Bastards <--MUNICIPAL WASTE - "Unleash The Bastards", from the album Hazardous Mutation

YouTube - Nuclear Assault - Stranded in Hell <--NUCLEAR ASSAULT - "Stranded In Hell" from the album Game Over

YouTube - Obliveon - DYNAMO - LIVE Lolitabazooka 1994 <--OBLIVEON - "Dynamo", live in 1994, from the album Nemesis

YouTube - Onslaught - Killing Peace (live) <--ONSLAUGHT, live 2007, title track of the album Killing Peace

YouTube - OVERKILL - Horrorscope <--OVERKILL - title track of the Horrorscope album

YouTube - Powermad - Nice Dreams (DVD Quality) <---POWERMAD - "Nice Dreams", from the album Absolute Power

YouTube - Rage - "War of Worlds" <--RAGE - "War Of Worlds" live on German TV, from the album Soundchaser

YouTube - razor - evil invaders <--RAZOR - title track of the album Evil Invaders

YouTube - REALM - The Final Argument of Kings <--REALM - "The Final Argument Of Kings", unreleased (!) track from what would have been their third album

YouTube - Sabbat - Clerical Conspiracy, Belgium 1989 <---SABBAT - "Clerical Conspiracy", live in Belgium 1989, from the album Dreamweaver

YouTube - Sacred Reich - Death Squad <--SACRED REICH - "Death Squad" from the EP Surf Nicaragua

YouTube - Sacrifice - Re-Animation <--SACRIFICE - "Re-animation" from the album Forward To Termination

YouTube - Sadus - Certain Death <--SADUS - "Certain Death" from the album Real Illusions/Chemical Exposure

YouTube - Sanctuary - Die for my Sins (live) <-- SANCTUARY - "Die For My Sins", live 1998, from the album Refuge Denied

YouTube - Sarcofago - I.N.R.I. <--SARCOFAGO - title track of the album I.N.R.I.

YouTube - Sepultura Mass Hypnosis <--SEPULTURA - "Mass Hyprnosis", live in Barcelona 1991, from the album Beneath The Remains

YouTube - Shah - Save The Human Race <--SHAH - "Save The Human Race", from the album Beware

YouTube - Geek Fire <-- SLAMMER - "Johnny's Home", from the album Work Of Idle Hands

YouTube - Sodom - Blasphemer (Live) <--SODOM - "Blasphemer", live, from the album In The Sign Of Evil

YouTube - Finnish Band Stone - Get Stoned <--STONE - title track of the live DVD Get Stoned

YouTube - Tankard - Need Money For Beer (Live) <--TANKARD - "Need Money For Beer" from the live DVD Fat, Ugly and Still (A)Live

YouTube - Testament - Trial by Fire <--TESTAMENT - "Trial By Fire", from the album The New Order

YouTube - TOURNIQUET [ DRAWN & QUARTERED ] AUDIO-TRACK. <-- TOURNIQUET - "Drawn And Quartered", from the album Where Moth And Rust Destroy

YouTube - Toxic Holocaust - Damned to Fire Live in Helsinki, Finland <--TOXIC HOLOCAUST - "Damnded To Fire", live in Helsinki 2006, from the album Evil Never Dies

YouTube - Toxik - Doors To Hell <--TOXIK - "Doors To Hell", live at Dynamo 1988, from the album World Circus

YouTube - Vio-lence - World In A World <--VIO-LENCE - "World In A World", from the album Oppressing The Masses

YouTube - VOIVOD - Tribal Convictions (promo video) <--VOIVOD - "Tribal Convictions", from the album Dimension Hatross

YouTube - VULCANO - Dominios of Death <--VULCANO - "Domininos Of Death" from the album Bloody Vengeance

YouTube - Watchtower The Eldritch <--WATCHTOWER - "The Eldritch" from the album Control And Resistance

YouTube - Whiplash - Message in Blood <--WHIPLASH - "Message In Blood", live in Copenhagen 1988, from the album Power And Pain

YouTube - XENTRIX - For Whose Advantage? <--XENTRIX - title track of the album For Whose Advantage?

YouTube - ZED YAGO : Blackbone Song <--ZED YAGO - "Blackbone Song" from the album Pilgrimage

YouTube - Znowhite - Something Wicked (live) <--ZNOWHITE - "Something Wicked", live 1998, from the album Act Of God

[distressed_romeo]

Sabbat (the UK band, not the Japanese one!)

YouTube - Sabbat - Clerical Conspiracy, Belgium 1989

[Vegetta]

Powermad
Overkill
Testament
Annihilator

[Toshiro]

Ritual Carnage
Anacrusis

[eaeolian]

Some more obscure ones? OK, here's some bands and what to start with:

Artillery ("By Inheritance")
Altered Aeon ("Dispiritism")
Coroner ("Mental Vortex")
Cyclone Temple ("I Hate Therefore I Am")
DBC ("Universe")
Dyoxen ("First Among Equals")
Hades ("Resisting Success")
Heathen ("Victims of Deception")
Holy Terror ("Terror and Submission/Mind Wars" double CD set.)
Laaz Rockit ("Know Your Enemy") (Earlier stuff wasn't thrash, but by this time they were.)
Municipal Waste ("The Art of Partying")
Obliveon ("Nemesis")
Onslaught ("In Search of Sanity", "Killing Peace")
Powermad ("Absolute Power")

I'll think of more, but that's right off the top of my head.

[DDDorian]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

Sabbat (the UK band, not the Japanese one!)[/url]

I own releases by both, actually, Harmageddon and Dreamweaver, not that you can really compare the two bands. Both pretty decent though

Originally Posted by Vegetta

Powermad
Overkill
Testament
Annihilator

I'm quite familiar with Overkill, Testament and Annihilator. I find Annihilator to be quite inconsistent, but when they're on, they're really on. Overkill, however, are the epitome of consistency Horrorscope is probably my favourite of theirs. Testament were and are just plain great.

Powermad are a band I'd never heard. First reaction to the song I just youtubed = really slick songwriting and production, especially for the era, but far too trad/power metal for my tastes. Still, they do that sort of thing really well, so I'm sure a lot of people here would love them.

Originally Posted by Toshiro

Ritual Carnage
Anacrusis

I'll have to get back to you on Ritual Carnage, but I'm familiar with Anacrusis, and while I've never thought of them as thrash, per se, they're quite interesting. Not my favourite band of all time, but definitely worthy

Originally Posted by eaeolian

Some more obscure ones? OK, here's some bands and what to start with:

Artillery ("By Inheritance")
Altered Aeon ("Dispiritism")
Coroner ("Mental Vortex")
Cyclone Temple ("I Hate Therefore I Am")
DBC ("Universe")
Dyoxen ("First Among Equals")
Hades ("Resisting Success")
Heathen ("Victims of Deception")
Holy Terror ("Terror and Submission/Mind Wars" double CD set.)
Laaz Rockit ("Know Your Enemy") (Earlier stuff wasn't thrash, but by this time they were.)
Municipal Waste ("The Art of Partying")
Obliveon ("Nemesis")
Onslaught ("In Search of Sanity", "Killing Peace")
Powermad ("Absolute Power")

I'll think of more, but that's right off the top of my head.

Whew! Here we go:

Artillery: Seems pretty cool so far, nothing terribly original, but it's done well and I'd say they're a little bit ahead of the pack, songwriting-wise. Approved

Coroner: More than familiar with this band, in fact, No More Color might be my favourite thrash album of all time. Every album is a winner, even the out-of-place Grin. Couldn't reccommend this band enough

Cyclone Temple: I just checked out a song from that album and it doesn't really sound too thrashy; it kinda sits somewhere between Alice In Chains and Queensryche to my ears. It's quite good though, so I'll keep looking into them. Apparently this same lineup with a singer change made up Znowhite? Bad move, guys the chick blew in comparison to this guy.

DBC: Checked out a couple of songs and I'm not sure whether this band will be a keeper or not. They sound like one of those bands who don't really stand up to repeated listens, but I'll investigate further before I make up my mind.

Heathen: I have one of their albums, but I can't for the life of me remember which, so I'll just say, Lee Altus = and leave it at that.

Holy Terror: One of those bands I've heard of but never heard. I actually got into Holy Moses when I couldn't remember Holy Terror's name, heh. Holy Moses were so good that I never bothered with Holy Terror. They seem pretty damn good though, and so far no sign of the "Joey Belladonna being sodomised with a broken bottle" vocals, which is always a plus

Laaz Rockit: Quite generic, second-tier stuff, but enjoyable nonetheless Kinda reminds me of Hirax and Gothic Slam, so many of these bands were interchangeable...

Municipal Waste: They've really nailed the crossover sound. I've seen 'em live and they're a fun, energetic band with a failtful old-school sound that isn't contrived or a mockery of times gone by. Deemed bodacious

Obliveon: Unlike some of these other bands whose names I've heard in passing, I'd never heard of Obliveon. Pity, as I'm really liking them so far! Very ahead of their time, with a lot of elements that, if they were described to me, would probably put me off wanting to hear them, but I'm glad I have. A back-catalogue purchase is imminent.

Onslaught: Never really been into these guys It's done well enough, I guess, but just doesn't have enough personality for it to stick. Oh well.

I haven't found anything on the other three bands yet, but when I do, I'll post my opinions (because I know you're all just dying to read them:lol)

I'll also come back tomorrow (it's past midnight here) and try to add a link to a video/Myspace/whatever of every band in question, as well as some of my favourites, so people can come back to this thread for thrashloads of chunky goodness

[stuz719]

I know they've already been mentioned but with Artillery check out "Terror Squad" and "Fear of Tomorrow", and for Sabbat "History of a Time to Come"

Atrophy (although they never really caught my imagination)
Slammer
Virus
Deathwish
Vectom
Impulse Manslaughter
Agony
Hellwitch
Living Death
Paradox
Detente
Mortal Sin (as per Atrophy)
E-X-E (as per Mortal Sin)
Indestructible Noise Command
D-A-M
Kublai Khan
Re-Animator
Razor

[Chris]

Exciter.

[Metal Ken]

No one's mentioned Death Row.
Satan's gift rules. \m/
Sadus?


I know we listed Anacrusis above, but they have all their albums for download on their website.
I also wholly endorse mike's suggests on Cyclone Temple, Altered Aeon and Dyoxen.

As far as Cyclone Temple, their album doesnt start thrashy, it has a lot of clean parts. but in some songs like "Public Enemy" and "in God We Trust" has some crazy pickin' parts that would make Jon schaffer envious.

[stuz719]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

No one's mentioned Death Row.
Satan's gift rules. \m/
Sadus?

Death Row =
Sadus =

I forgot:

Rage
Assassin
Zed Yago
Helstar
Infernal Majesty
Sacrilege
English Dogs
Recipients of Death
Sarcofago
Vulcano