Another year down, not enough moshing accomplished. This is the same issue I have every year and at this point, I’m not sure how much moshing is enough moshing. However, I did roll out and rank my top 30 thrash albums of the year to try and help out any other individuals that are suffering from the same lack of moshing that I found myself in throughout 2015. There are some interesting mixtures to be found here, some newer bands clawed their way onto the list – including a rip roaring debut from Skeleton Pit, but a lot of the list is made up of more seasoned bands with multiple albums under their belt now like In Malice’s Wake or the ultra-fun punk spunk of Dr. Living Dead. There are even some “classic” bands throwing their hats into the ring like The Crown or Slayer, so there is plenty of variety for all kinds of thrashers here. Not to mention plenty of different styles of thrash that stretch from death metal influences all the way into the industrial arena and into the all too overlooked groove department.
Now I didn’t get to listen to every thrash release of the year, but it was well close to 200 through various links, promotional copies, and personal purchases that were considered for this list. If you are in a thrash band or know a thrash band that would like to be considered for their release next year, feel free to send an email with links, downloads, or just an FYI to The Metal Observer. Hopefully I can get through some more stuff next year and get that ‘moshing to not moshing’ ratio fixed.
THIRTY
Eradikator – Edge of Humanity
TWENTY NINE
Fog of War – Here Lies Humanity
TWENTY EIGHT
Black Mass – Ancient Scriptures
TWENTY SEVEN
Eradicator – Slavery
TWENTY SIX
Dr. Living Dead – Crush the Sublime Gods
TWENTY FIVE
Zafakon – Release
TWENTY FOUR
Hatesphere – New Hell
TWENTY THREE
Slayer – Repentless
TWENTY TWO
Deathhammer – Evil Power
TWENTY ONE
Extinction A.D. – Faithkiller
TWENTY
Evil Invaders – Pulses of Pleasure
NINETEEN
Distillator – Revolutionary Cells
EIGHTEEN
In Malice’s Wake – Light Upon the Wicked
SEVENTEEN
Witchgrinder – Haunted
SIXTEEN
Dew-Scented – Intermination
FIFTEEN
Dekapited – Nacidos Del Odio
FOURTEEN
Bio-Cancer – Tormenting the Innocent
THIRTEEN
Criptofonia – Hazlo o Muere
TWELVE
Impalers – God from the Machine
ELEVEN
Harlott – Proliferation
TEN
Skeleton Pit – Chaos at the Mosh Reactor
NINE
Frosthelm – The Endless Winter
EIGHT
Hatchet – Fear Beyond Lunacy
SEVEN
The Crown – Death is Not Dead
SIX
Lamb of God – VII: Sturm und Drang
FIVE
Alcoholator – Escape from Reality
FOUR
Ultra-Violence – Deflect the Flow
THREE
Gama Bomb – Untouchable Glory
TWO
Venom – From the Very Depths
ONE
Angelus Apatrida – Hidden Evolution
And just for shits and giggles, I thought I would throw on my Top 5 Biggest Disappointments in Thrash on this list as well. Just for conversation.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS:
- Essence – Prime
- One Machine – The Final Cull
- Reign of Fury – Death by Thy Shepherd
- Soulfly – Archangel
- Bloodrocuted – Disaster Strikes Back
How do you think I did? Did I miss something? Was the ranking wrong? Spit some bullets below about what you think the best thrash metal albums of the year was!
