Anyone here familiar with Insane (Italy)? I stumbled across these guys a couple weeks back and I've been spinning this album a lot since. The easiest comparison is probably Slayer's first two albums. Great stuff. Too bad they've only released the one album.

Yeah Insane is some very enjoyable Show no Mercy worship. I wish they released more stuff to.

I've seen that Insane album on the suggested videos for countless thrash bands, but never cared to listen to them. Good stuff.

Guys, check out Morbid Scream, seriously good thrash with a bit of an OSDM aesthetic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl1zbHSM ... re=related

Yeah those guys are good and so is Silent Scream like someone posted last page. You can never have too much good death/thrash in your collection.

That somebody is this guy right here . And now, rather than throwing out random recs, I'll ask for one-Anybody know of any 80's thrash bands that sound similar to the debuts of Exodus, Overkill, Metallica, Slayer, Death Angel, ect. Very much thrash metal, but still with some notable NWOBHM in it, and in Exodus, Metallica, and Overkill's case, a touch of early hardcore/punk. Something with the "Beer and metal" attitude, but not as over the top as many of the newer thrash bands.

Thrashierthanthou check out these.

Nuclear Assault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2UxM7u7gM

E-X-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbauStgBftw

Mortal Sin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewT4xR6awsA

Assassin (US)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epe2tWJgJqQ

Cardinal Sin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgW7dX9IW_M

Shah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CaXxsmzQo

Tyrant's Reign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ycUEXrUVAE

Flotsam and Jetsam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA2ansrP ... re=related

Vendetta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0NR7o0C ... ure=relmfu

Know about Nuclear Assault, Vendetta, Mortal Sin, and Flotsam and Jetsam. Will check out the rest.

Destruction's Sentence of Death EP may suit you. Some of their best work in my opinion and retains a dirty NWOBHM flavor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhOkzTeB-U

Also Laaz Rockit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eDGB5Bq ... ure=relmfu

Metal Church's debut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLN0Nypji8

Sacrifice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjb13TQ ... re=related

Onslaught's The Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdpr53jlV0w

For newer bands maybe Rezet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSNXLQZr ... re=related

That sounds about right.

Except only Sentence of Death carries that NWOBHM flavor, though it isn't as prominent as he may be looking for.

For me the best Destruction album has to be Infernal Overkill. It's like a guidebook for great thrash riffs. Cracked Brain's my second favourite, even with it's stupid and completely unnecessary The Knack cover.

Thrash metal band from Greece
SUICIDAL ANGELS

^ HELL YEAH. \m/I just got into them recently, myself - they're sort of a modern, death metal-influenced approach to Slayer worship with slick production on their last two albums. They can write some damn well put together thrash tunes. See: "Morbid Intention to Kill."

Sounds like another group to add to my To-Hear List.

Anyone know of any bands that sound like Ulysess Siren with the fast and fairly technical, schizo riffing? I am familiar with a lot of thrash and can't think of anything that sounds quite like them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udNNHQ8u ... re=related

I'm trying to find an album like Death Angel's "Act 3".
Also trying to find an album like Iced Earth's "The Glorious Burden", it's perfect. \m/

Okay, I'm an Iced Earth fanboy, but...what?

I...guess the closest thing to The Glorious Burden would be Sabaton, but that's really only due to the emphasis on themes of war and mid-tempo march-style tunes.

Also, neither that album nor Sabaton are thrash metal. Latter Iced Earth material is more firmly power metal than power/thrash.

TARGET?

^I didn't ask for the rec, but thanks for it. Late 80's/early 90's tech thrash is my favorite style of metal, and I thought that I'd already found all the good bands in that style. If you've got any more recs like that, please share... And I already know about the more well known names in the style-Coroner, Toxik, Deathrow, Realm, and their ilk.

I enjoy Mission Executed but it hasn't got that wild and schizo riffing I am looking for.

And Thrashierthanthou try these: Aftermath, Annihilator, Watchtower, Arcane, Aspid, Mekong Delta, Wolf Spider,Terrahsphere, Hexenhaus. Believer, Geisha Goner

Know about Watchtower, Arcane, Annihilator, Aspid, Mekong Delta, Wolf Spider, and Believer, will check out the rest. Thanks.

TEMPLE OF BLOOD - Overlord
BRAINICIDE - demo
OSIRIS - Futurity and Human Depressions
SIEGES EVEN - Life Cycle
ASPID
LETHAL OUTCOME - demo
INTRUDER - Psycho Savant
IMMACULATE - Atheist Crusade
TOURNIQUET - Stop the Bleeding
ANTITHESIS - s/t (a bit different but should appeal to fans of a lot of these bands)

Dude, you're like a fucking thrash encyclopedia. Sieges Even is pretty much the greatest thing ever. Thanks.

Glad I could help!

Yo, Temple of Blood, on your next album, tell the guys in the studio to turn the volume on that shit WAY, WAY UP.

Those first 2 albums were so quiet, it was distracting. I wanna be blown outta my seat on this next one!

You mean just the vocals? They got buried on the 2nd album partially because of how bass-heavy the mastering was. The first album was recorded on the cheap. We won't make that mistake again! Gonna send it off to a pro to mix and master instead of having a band debate about what all the levels should be.

I'm also debating if we should re-record some of the songs from our first two albums with our new lineup. The new players are so much better and my singing is light-years ahead of where it was when I first started. Maybe do half new material and half re-recordings. Just bouncing around the idea.

That sounds cool. It's always fun to hear familiar tracks in new ways.

Oh, and about the arguing regarding which instruments should be louder, the answer is all of them. I want a huge wall of fucking power/thrash to slam me in the face when I push Play on Track #1.

Just rediscovered Bezerker from Australia. I forgot all about them. They are another rather technical/progressive thrash band and they released one album in 1989. Very good stuff to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktJK67Gywos

Antichrist is one of the best revival bands I have heard so far. This is what so many retro bands try to do but just don't quite manage to recapture the 80s feel and just don't have that fresh sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usg6K95Ha2I

No but seriously you guys, listen to Disciples Of Power. Old school Canadian thrash, more technical than your average thrash, numerous well done acoustic passages, and with Slayeresque aggression.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq01E0pf ... re=related

Sounds like a more aggressive Fatal Violence. I dig.

http://www.thrashunlimited.com/forum/in ... 1060d93aa2
Here's a great website for finding forgotten thrash bands. I've come across many fine bands by reading through threads here.

For instance, after lookin around for about 5 minutes, I found this old demo only thrash band Deranged that makes Morbid Saint look like pussies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... zHdQU0JHA#!

Can you recommend me some 80s thrash with a warm guitar tone and lots of soul-stirring solos?

Pretty much like Overkill and, though not thrash, Pantera.

The Exodus period between BBB and the 90's is hugely overlooked and underrated. Fabulous Disaster and Impact is Imminent and Pleasures should be right up your alley Slack, and if you like those go ahead and listen to Testament's 80s stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t095t0O2Qc8
Drop Dead. So much fuzz here you can hardly tell whats going on. Raw death/thrash from 1988.
Alright, and now for a request... Something like Xentrix's For Whose Advantage album. Not too fast, not very extreme, just average midpaced to above midpaced thrash with generally clean vocals. Nothing too complicated, nothing Too Extreme!, just... Thrash.

Sacred Reich sounds like what you want. And early Prong.

Some of you guys may like this: www.facebook.com/deathinquisition

Im currently looking for some quality thrash metal from Poland. I found Poisoned, which I have their demo on cassette. And I recently found Hellias. Any others worth noting that is not Vader which we all know?

Magnus!

For Polish thrash, I'd also recommend Egzekuthor. They put out a few newer albums in recent years, which were alright, but their 1990 demo 'Hateful Subonsciousness' was quite good, slightly sophisticated Eurothrash with a hint of the prevalent German style (Destruction, Kreator, etc).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyJEZSI1mnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZBgIwY8 ... re=related

Others that are more obvious:

Wolf Spider (progressive thrash):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxkCL5xzXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDGq4-3 ... ure=relmfu

Hammer (rugged loud thrash sometimes like Destruction):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTTM62I9y_g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEeLZYfa ... re=related

Dragon (thrash with more death metal elements on recent albums):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqP9cLjz ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzU-TfFQFaU

Turbo (thrash with some power metal screaming on the old albums):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpVLKEzC7c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMNpk7_K2Q

Testor (a little more modern and 'groove' than some of these others):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTdpmp3m ... ure=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ldnFB- ... ure=relmfu

And last, but definitely not least, Kat, who once played a thrash/speed hybrid with some black metal aesthetics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK84ZJ7lrKY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyg6Tsbn ... re=related

Most of these bands are still around, too, though some of the albums have changed styles.