Favorite thrash bands, geographically

[Bradzilla]

Name your favorite thrash band(s) from the following scenes, and lavish praise upon them:

Bay Area/San Fransisco

L.A.

New York/New Jersey

Germany

England

Canada

[Bradzilla]

Bay Area/San Fransisco:

My favorite thrash scene. Lots of underrated bands from Forbidden to Heathen to Vio-lence to Forbidden to Ulysses Siren, along with legends like Exodus.

Testament - Their earlier work is absolutely timeless. Why they never got bigger is beyond me.

L.A.:

Dark Angel - Lots of great bands from L.A. such as Megadeth, Agent Steel, Holy Terror, Slayer, Abattoir and Hirax, but Dark Angel doesn't get enough recognition for being the thrash powerhouse that they were.

New York/New Jersey:

Demolition Hammer - Much as I love Overkill, Whiplash and Anthrax, for me there's almost nothing better than Demolition Hammer's first 2 albums.

Germany:

Destruction - Bunch of people I know like Kreator better. I like Kreator, but always thought Destruction wrote better, catchier songs.

England:

Onslaught - I'm not a huge fan of a lot of British thrash, as much of it is very punky and lots more is pretty derivative of the Bay Area style, but Onslaught put out a couple really good albums, particularly "In Search of Sanity" featuring ex-Grim Reaper throat Steve Grimmett.

Canada:

Sacrifice - I can't say enough about Annihilator, but Sacrifice satisfies that urge for refined yet savage thrash.

[slamtv]

Bay Area/San Fransisco
Forbidden--consider praise lavished...

L.A.

Slayer (nuff said)

New York/New Jersey

Overkill. Honorable mention: Slaughterhouse (NJ)

Germany

Kreator (this really is too easy...)

England

Onslaught.

Canada

Ahh, now it gets interesting: Piledriver! with an honorable mention to Slaughter (Canada). No, that would not be the "Fly to the Angels" boy band...

[Mythos Inibri]

Name your favorite thrash band(s) from the following scenes, and lavish praise upon them:

Bay Area/San Fransisco



weren't Possessed from there?

I'll add more later..

[Bradzilla]

Yep, Possessed is from SF.

[Mark Carras]

Bay Area/San Fransisco-Testament

L.A.-Slayer

New York/New Jersey-Overkill

Germany-Destruction

England-Onslaught

Canada-Slaughter (Canada)

[SLASHer]

Bay Area/San Fransisco- Metallica (They haven't got any votes yet......come on people)

L.A.- Megadeth (THE GREATEST!)

New York/New Jersey - Anthrax

Germany- Sodom

England - Evile

Canada- Annihilator (I thought they would win this hands down.)

[old waldorf]

Name your favorite thrash band(s) from the following scenes, and lavish praise upon them:

Here are some of my favorite thrash vinyl albums from the 80's...:monkeyspank

Bay Area/San Fransisco - Exodus: "Bonded By Blood"

L.A. - Slayer: "Show No Mercy"

New Jersey - Blessed Death: "Kill Or Be Killed'

New York - Anthrax: "Metal Thrashing Mad"

Cleveland - Destructor - "Maximum Destruction"

Germany - Phantom Lord: "Evil Never Sleeps"

England - Venom: "Black Metal"

Canada - Razor: "Evil Never Sleeps"

:monkeythumb

[old waldorf]

Canada - Razor: "Evil Never Sleeps"




Razor: "Evil Invaders"


That's what I meant to type....:tard

[Bradzilla]

Razor: "Evil Invaders"


That's what I meant to type....:tard

Great track. I haven't heard much Razor, but I've got that album. Dude's got a wicked voice.

[old waldorf]

Great track. I haven't heard much Razor, but I've got that album. Dude's got a wicked voice.

Canada - Yeah, another good album from Razor is "Violent Restitution"


A couple more good Canadian thrash albums were...

Exciter: "Heavy Metal Maniac"

and

PILEDRIVER: "Metal Inquisition"

"If you ain't a metal head....Then you might as well be dead"

Pile Driver

[slamtv]

"I, the Piledriver
High Priest of the Metal Inquistion
find you GUILTY of crimes of sorcery and witchcraft..."

(or something--it's been 20+ years since I've owned a copy of that album)

[Bradzilla]

I had to obtain a not-so-legal copy from a friend a while back, but it's got both albums on it. For a "joke" band it's actually quite good.

[slamtv]

I looked at one right after I posted last night and thought---eh, pricey.
Much as I get a kick out of the band, starting price of $27 is a lot.

However, in other news, I scored used (unfortunately) copies of Ultimate Revenge I & II. Few little bouncing lines on the Slayer set, but still watcheable (they're on VHS, of course).

[fuzzay crisis]

all i have to say is New York/New Jersey...BIGWIG!!!!!!!!!!

[old waldorf]

I looked at one right after I posted last night and thought---eh, pricey.
Much as I get a kick out of the band, starting price of $27 is a lot.

That's funny, I wonder how much my vinyl is worth?, I have the Canadian release.

I picked up the imported "Metal Inquisition" on CD about 8 years ago for $18.99...:metal

It has a 1986 PILEDRIVER interview with the German metal mag "Rock Hard" as the final track.

Of course it also contains "Sex With Satan"

and "Sodomize The Dead".....:dogstyle

[jonezie]

Bay Area/San Fransisco Metallica

L.A. Slayer

New York/New Jersey Overkill

Germany Sodom

England Sabbat :headbanger

Canada early Voi Vod

[slamtv]

That's funny, I wonder how much my vinyl is worth?, I have the Canadian release.

I picked up the imported "Metal Inquisition" on CD about 8 years ago for $18.99...:metal

It has a 1986 PILEDRIVER interview with the German metal mag "Rock Hard" as the final track.

Of course it also contains "Sex With Satan"

and "Sodomize The Dead".....:dogstyle


Correction: after I posted in this thread, i re-checked and the lowest price for a new cd (the combined version) was $41.

So i got 4 Sodom cds, one double English Dogs cd amd one double Sacrillege cd instead-- sure I spent twice as much....