Thrash '88
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Topic: Thrash '88
Posted By: Unitron
Subject: Thrash '88
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:51am
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1988, the only time when the big four all released an album in the same year, and also just an amazing year for thrash in general. I couldn't fit everything here, so if an obscure favorite is missing feel free to list it in your reply. Vote your favorite! ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 11:06am
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It´s between Slayer and Metallica here for me, but I have to chose Metallica. ...and Justice is such a powerful album. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 3:48pm
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South of Heaven, ...And Justice For All and So Far, So Good...So What! all got one hell of a thrashing in my last year of high school (1989). I once kept track of what albums I listened to and how often for a statistics project. ...And Justice For All and South Of Heaven got exactly the same number of listens. So Far, So Good...So What! was third. Then came some AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, WASP, GnR etc. Of all those albums, South of Heaven is the one I revisit most often now, so I voted for it. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 4:09pm
| If you'd asked me at the time I'd have probably gone for Slayer, Megadeth or Exodus but with hindsight I think Forbidden released the best album there. |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 4:27pm
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Didn't notice Fabulous Disaster there. It was actually released in January 1989. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 4:35pm
The album page says it was released in 1988 in the UK: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/exodus/fabulous-disaster" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/exodus/fabulous-disaster I'm not sure if this is true though, as neither Wikipedia or EM says that it was released in 88.  ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Vim Fuego wrote:Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 8:58pm
I just saw this line: UK label Music for Nations (MFN 90) released the album in 1988, but in the USA, it was released in January 1989 by Combat/Relativity Records. Don't stress!  |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 9:09pm
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It's hard for me to vote, as so many of these are favorites. It could have easily been Anthrax, Exodus, Slayer, Voivod, or Overkill but I went with Razor. They're a bit underrated on this site, and Violent Restitution may very well be the fastest thrash album I've ever heard. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 9:19pm
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Just a quick look through my media player and I came up with these (all are open to correction, because I don't know if the right year has been put on them!) Leave Scars - Dark Angel Martha Splatterhead Returns - The Accused The Sane Asylum - Blind Illusion Neurodeliri - Bulldozer Life Sucks...And Then You Die! - Cerebral Fix Release From Agony - Destruction Mind Wars - Holy Terror Out Of The Dark...Into The Light - Kreator (really an EP, not an album) The Music Of Erich Zann - Mekong Delta Surf Nicaragua - Sacred Reich (EP not album) Mortal Way of Live - Sodom (Live album) Leave Scars is the only really essential album there. The Sane Asylum, Mind Wars, and possibly The Music of Erich Zann are sort of thrash fan-boy albums, where mentioning them gets you "street cred", and most of the others are worth a listen, but that's about it. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2017 at 11:53pm
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^Yeah, Leave Scars is from 89 and Release From Agony is 87. The rest of those I either don't know or left out because they're more on the obscure end. Here's some of my obscure favorites that I left out: Stone - Stone Deathwish - Demon Preacher (One of my all time favorites, underrated as hell even among thrash fans) Assassin - Interstellar Experience Outrage - Black Clouds Airdash - Thank God It's Monday Gothic Slam - Killer Instinct
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Posted By: tapfret
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 1:39pm
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Dimension Hatross is easily my favorite from the year. But I don't consider them a thrash band in the purest sense by this point. They were well of into their scifi-avant-progmetal phase. It was a masterpiece splinter. For pure thrash, the big four were already pretty well passe from the perspective of my young circle. I still enjoyed State of Euphoria, but aJfA had that absurd click bass drum, Slayer slowed down and seemed flat after masterwork RiB, and Megadeth was pretty much always a no-show in my collection. The pure thrash album that everybody in my clique was gushing over that year was Violence - Eternal Nightmare.
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 2:48pm
I disagree, I think Dimension Hatross and it's predecessor are both pure thrash with a sci-fi twist. Nothingface was when they lost the thrash, and didn't completely return to it until Negatron (Which I think is their best post-Hatross album personally). ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: tapfret
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 3:17pm
| lol...you will hate my Negatron review then. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 3:22pm
Probably, but I'm used to seeing people hate that album. I just need to finally write a positive review of it at some point.  ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: tapfret
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 1:26am
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We all have our crosses to bare. St. Anger is the only Metallica album I enjoyed after MoP...so...there's that.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 9:34am
Well if you´re into the more raw end of the 80s US thrash metal spectrum (artists like Slayer and Dark Angel around 1986), Eternal Nightmare is definitely a great album. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 10:50am
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I've only heard three of the list and of those it would be Metallica. The other two are Flotsam & Jetsam (not a patch on the first album to my ears) and Realm (okay but didn't get the hype). There is a few on the list that I'd be interested in checking out sometime though, but nothing on my priority list right now. I'll just throw a spanner in the works here and say that the crown of 1988 belonged to power metal rather than thrash.  ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 11:03am
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I own most of these but Metallica still tops the list for me on this one ------------- 
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Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 11:51am
Don't you mean a Scanner?  ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |