The MetalEra |OT| We're not in the Stone Age anymore

lordxar said:

There we go, been waiting on those. I think I saw your 2015 list on the old site but your computer was broke for 16 if memory serves. Good to see these, thanks!

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lordxar said:

Song of the Day
Since we were talking Exodus yesterday, I'm putting up Raze for today's song. I love the Shovel Headed Kill Machine album and really need to get on purchasing this, but the opening tune does a really good job of setting the tone of the rest of the album. I nearly put Deathamphetamine up instead but it was a bit long for my taste today. So burn this bitch straight to the ground and enjoy your Sunday!

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Omnipotent said:

One of the 3 albums that got me into thrash and metal in general. Exodus is just a great band.

Also thanks for the list(s) Bitanator! Gotta say im surprised to see Brotherhood of The Snake on the list for its respective year. Personally feel like its Testament's weakest album but I think im in the minority there.

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Bitanator said:

Yeah I'd love to see one for each genre haha, not sure how many people here dive so deep into the rabbit hole of one genre though lol.


Top thrash from 2014

Exmortus - Slave to the Sword
Premonition - Visions of Emptiness
Perpetrator - Thermonuclear Epiphany
Demon Prayers - Evoke the Pain
Acid Age - Drone Shark Ethics
Space Eater - Passing Through the Fire to Molech
Skeptor - United We Stand... Together We Fall
Mosh-Pit Justice - Justice will be Served
Exorcist - Utterances of Going Forth by Day
Höwler - Back to Madness
Gargoyle - Geshiki
Legion of the Damned - Ravenous Plague
Aggressive Squad - Thrash or Die
Reactory - High on Radiation
Tankard - R.I.B
Acidity - Into the Lies
Rigor Mortis - Slaves to the Grave
Algebra - Feed the Ego
Overkill - White Devil Armory
Menace - Cosmic Conspiracy
Reek - Necrogenesis
Forseen - Helsinki Savagery
Profecia - Oro Negro
Alitor - Eternal Depression
Kremated - Three Minute Warning
Pripjat - Sons of Tschernobyl
Slayground - Critical Thinking
Violent Agressor - Unleash the Evil
Shrapnel - The Virus Conspires
Vaitor - Deto-Nació
Deadlysins - Anticlockwise
Gumo Maniacs - Out of Disorder
Burning Nitrum - Molotov
Lucifer - Desensitized to Oppression
Kraken - Kraken
Arsenite - Apophis
Warckon - High Treason
Chronosphere - Embracing Obliveon
Alkoholizer - Free Beer... Surf's Up
Lich King - Do-Over
The Hidden - Fearful Symmetry
Thorn Burial - Pleasured by Rage
Exlosicum - Raging Living
Severity - Severe Brain Damage
Agressor - Demise of Life
Thrashless - Cult of Fear
Mortal Strike - For the Loud and the Agressive
Ratos De Porão - Século Sinistro
Tormenter - Prophetic Deceiver
Evil Force - Ancient Spores



Top thrash from 2015

Hatchet – Fear beyond Lunacy
Exarsis – The Human Project
Satyrasis - … Of the Dead
Traitor - Venomizer
Skeleton Pit – Chaos at the Mosh-Reactor
Conventrate – Cannon Fodder
Bastardos– Bastardos
Rapture – Crimes against Humanity
Calamity – Imminent Disaster
Chaotic Bastard – Death’s Waiting
Angel of Sodom – Divine Retribution
Chemicide – Episodes of Insanity
Conflicted – Under Bio-Lence
Atomik Destruktor - Unnatural disorder
Alcoholator – Escape From Reality
Final Fright – Artificial Perfection
Distillator - Revolutionary Cells
Centauro - Cienagas del Engano
Criptofonia - Hazlo o muere
Nuclear - Formula for Anarchy
Riptor – Sounds from Hell
Gama Bomb - Untouchable Glory
Wolf Spider - V
Oppression - Scars 1988-1990
Red Razor – Beer Revolution
Dreaded Mortuary – Vulgar way to die
Warsickness – Stay Drunk in Hell
Fog of War - Here Lies Humanity
Saintorment - Well of Sins
Impalers – God from the Machine
Orion – Control Total
Shallow Ground – Embrace the Fury
Dr. Living Dead! – Crush the sublime gods
NYLITHIA - Hyperthrash
Antipeewee – Madness Unleashed
Comaniac – Return to Wasteland
Weresquatch - Frozen void
Anthares - O caos do razao
Raging Death - Raging death
Omicida – Certain Death
Project Pain – Thrashed to Kill
Mynded – Dead End Paradise
McDeath – Lord of the thrash
Laid to Waste – Counterattack
Mad Dragster – Master of Space and Time
Bestial Invasion - Act of Retribution
Metallic Ass – Agricultural thrash
Social Black Yelling - Naluri Pembunuh
Thrashpit – Perpetual Malice
Oracle – The Forgotten
Divine – Long live thrash metal
Induxión Mental - Nacidos Para Matar
Spellbound – Nothing but the truth
Prisoner – See the scars
Thrash or Die – Melting your skull
Reign of Fury – Death b thy shepherd
Battalion – Generation Movement
Eradicator – Slavery
Thrashback – Night of the sacrifice
Inkvisitor – Doctrine of Damnation
Harlott - Proliferation
Metalquil - -Asi se forja el metal
Riler - Engendros del mal
Witchtrap - Trap the Witch
Dekapited - Nacidos del odio
Bio-Cancer - Tormenting The Innocent
Erasement – It comes to life
Mastermind – Unstoppable drunks
Jailor – Stats of Tragedy
Phernetix - Fear
Psychopath - Hatred Outside
Imminent Attack – Welcome to my funeral
Bankeray – Liar
Abiotx – Liquid Damage
Stillness - Sin destino
Breathless – Return to Pangea
Mutants of War – The mutation begins
Blackened Ritual - Blackened Ritual
Dangerous – Metal Heritage
Leave Scars – Chains of Redemption
Akramen - Bajo Control
Proagression - El castigo de quien busca la verdad
Riler - Engendros del mal
Vesztegzár – Utveszto
Majestic – Blood and power
Bitterness - Resurrexodus
Solanum – Into the Sinner Circle
Sypsis – Playground of the Dead
Thorax - Armamento de Piel y Hueso
Necrosis - Age of Decadence
PsychoMosher – Join the Mosh Party
Manfisto – Aliens in the Night
Koma - Ремиссия
System Overthrow - System Overthrow
Aratic - Secret Laws of Hell
Retrofaith - ...of Madness
Portal X - El secreto de los cielos
Ultra-Violence - Deflect the Flow
Deathhammer - Evil Power
Riotor - Rusted Throne
Frosthelm - The Endless Winter
Black Fast - Terms of Surrender
Manic Depression - Technocracy
Angelus Apatrida – Hidden Evolution
Nightbreed - Nightbreed
A.R.G. - Redemption from Refaim
Viking - No Child Left Behind

EP’s

War Curse – Final Days
Exalter - Democrasodomy
Acid Fury - Hunt
Violent – Violent World
NxTxZx - Nuclear thrashing zombies
Malism - Malism
Inhalator - Fajdalom szinhaz
Charonyx – Hearts of steel
Merciful Angel – Subhuman Hell
Sadistic Ritual – the end of the knife
Sardonius – Shantanu
Mutilator - Degollando muertos
Asphyxion - Onward to extinction
Witchery - Next victim
Poisoner – Disobey


Top thrash from 2016

Vektor - Charging the Void (USA) - Earache Records
Gargoyle – "誑 ~Taburakashi~" (japan) – first cell
Exmortus – "Ride Forth" (USA) - Prosthetic Records
Maze of Terror – "Ready to Kill" (Peru) – empire records
Korrosiah – "The Specter" (France) – self - released
Acid Age - Like a Runaway Combine Harvester in a Field of Crippled Rabbits (Ireland) - Witches Brew
Tumourboy (china) "damaged system" – mort productions
Suicidal angels (greece) "division of blood" – noiseart records
Exumer (germany) "the raging tides" – metal blade records
Overthrash (brazil) "until death" – self-released
Whiplash (indonesia) "war of terror" – disembowel records
Fabulous Desaster (germany) "hang 'em high" – self-released
Agggressor (mexico) "bury your idols" – american line productions
Riffobia (greece) "death from above" – eat metal records
Wildhunt (austria) "descending" – metal on metal records
Condition Critical (usa) "extermination plan" – self-released
National Suicide (italy) "anotheround" – scarlet records
Toxica (argentina) "ahogados en contaminacion" – witches brew records
Abduction (italy) "from uranus to your anus" – nightbreaker productions
Reabilitator (ukraine) "social programming" – metal race records
Speedrush (greece) "endless war" – eat metal records
Exekuter (greece) "the obscene ones" – ebm records
Vendeta (slovakia) "failure of humankind" – support underground records
Mental Coma (denmark) "fragments of democracy" - horror pain gore death productions
Tulkas (mexico) "freedom thoughts" – self-released
Toxik Waltz (spain) "declassified" – self-released
Unhoped (finland) "sonic violence" – ebm records
Evil Killer (spain) "witchcraft" – everthink metal records
Punisher (china) "battle of grace" – kurong music
Dust bolt (germany) "mass confusion" – napalm records
Inhalator (hungary) "almok temetoje" – self-released
Hexecutor (france) "poison, lust and damnation" - armee de la mort records
Aggravator (usa) "sterile existence" – headsplit records
Crimson Slaughter (spain) "state of decay" – self-released
Deathonation (serbia) "dragged into the beyond" – grim reaper records
Drunkard (greece) "inhale the inferno" – metal age productions
Alcor (china) "on the scorched earth" – self-released
Lintver (slovenia) "distorted perception" – self-released
Testament (usa) "brotherhood of the snake" – nuclear blast records
Evil Force (paraguay) "banging on the pentagram" – witches brew records
Deathweiser (ecuador) "prophecy" – self-released
Warfect (sweden) "scavengers" – cyclone empire
Under Assault (paraguay) "underground metal till death"
Devastation Inc (italy) "no way for salvation" – earthquake terror noise
Poltergeist (switzerland) "back to haunt" – pure steel records
Total Violence (germany) "violence is a way of life" – killer metal records
Fornix (peru) "sintomas de autodestruccion" – self-released
Enclave (austria) "new age disorder" – self-released
Reaktion (spain) "blackmailed existence" – self-released
Toxic Avenger (paraguay) "warpath" – eternal glory records
Violblast (spain) "conflict" – suspiria records
Adversor (italy) "rise to survive" – punishment 18 records
Parkrest (chile) "hallucinative minds" – self-released
Massacrator (mexico) "everlasting nightmare" – self-released
Incarcehated (brazil) "tales from the streets" – self-released
Mosh-Pit Justice (bulgaria) "stop believing lies" – witches brew records

best thrash metal eps of 2016

Asylum (australia) "concealed death" / ep - self-released
Disorder (nepal) "corrupted influence" / ep – self-released
Azotador (bolivia) "enganche al grinche" / ep - orchard records
Unjustice (chile) "the final sentence" / ep – self-released
Nemesis (chile) "nemesis" / ep – self-released
Exalter (bangladesh) "obituary for the living" / ep – transcending obscurity records
Riffocity (greece) "disciples of the storm" / ep - self-released
Asphaltator (italy) "world asphaltation" / ep – self-released
Pyroblast (romania) "war unchained" / ep – self-released
Vorbid (norway) "vorbid" / ep – self-released


That 2016 list is partial as I'm missing my ranking of them, as they are now you see them are not ranked 1-50 and I had 80 ranked for 2016 I'll need to find my complete list

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Bitanator said:

It was one of the 80 or so best albums comparing that to ones I left out I had to place it in there, it grows on you, not as good as their previous two efforts but still a decent slab of thrash metal.

Their weakest album is definitely Souls of Black, that boring piece of shit sandwiched between Practice and Ritual needs to be burned from existence

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Omnipotent said:

I feel personally attacked. I think Souls of Black is a good, solid album lol, not their best but its got some good songs on there, like Face in the Sky and the title track. Its no Electric Crown, Practice What You Preach or More Than Meets the Eye but its not bad. Id put it above Dark Roots of the Earth and Brotherhood if I were to make a list.

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lordxar said:

Shitting on Souls of Black...for shame

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Bitanator said:

Every song on Dark Roots is more energetic than that boring B sides release they lazily tossed out on that morning October 9th 1990. I wish I could get the time back from ever listening to it haha. It really is one of the most boring generic albums from a top class thrash band, track for track it loses to both Practice and The Ritual, so it exists in a place of the 80s where is does nothing well, and the 90s where is does not belong.

The Legacy - Fantastic
The New Order - Fantastic
Practice What You Preach - Inconsistent but still pretty good, needed to be only 8 tracks long
Souls of Black - Zzzzzz
The Ritual - Fantastic
Low - Fantastic

There is no reason to ever revisit souls of black and give it the full 40 minutes to me, it just does not do enough to keep your attention, if they went directly from Practice to the Ritual nothing of value would be lost.



Literally one of the few thrash albums I starting to fall asleep listening to.

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Hell Shinobi said:

We in almost in tune... almost... just don't agree with Low, the title says it all!
Souls of Black does have a better album cover than Low and that's it! -hehehe

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Bitanator said:

Their weakest album is definitely Souls of Black

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Morrigan said:

I don't think I remember much about this album... but the title track is awesome, at least. As is the ballad, The Legacy.

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Morrigan said:

I am fond of Souls of Black (the song) perhaps due to nostalgia. One of my earliest metal memory is being given this compilation (cassette version) by my brother at a very tender age and enjoying the hell of the first side (and always rewinding because side B was complete crap even when I was 9-10 years old XD) and it was therefore my first Testament song and I really liked it and still do. :3

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Bitanator said:

I love the solo in Souls of Black, but I love anything by Alex

Yikes that B side is utter dogshit haha.

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wild wild rice said:

Does anyone listen to Jute Gyte? It's this totally deconstructed microtonal black metal stuff. A friend played Oviri for me and now I'm hooked, wondering which of his other 20-something albums I should make sure to listen to.

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Andrew Korenchkin said:

Unskinny Bop is one of the worst songs ever. What a POS.

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selfReg said:

Slipcase Sunday

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Valkyr said:

Awesome. Amazing albums all around and amazing cover art. Love OSDM album aesthetics.

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Omnipotent said:

My vinyl collection is severely lacking in metal

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selfReg said:

make a change sir.

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Omnipotent said:

Every time i go into a record shop I think long and hard about it tbh, I scroll through everything they have available, but a lot of what they have is more popular stuff that I've either listened to intensely already (pretty much the entire Megadeth catalogue bar Risk and Supercollider) or stuff that I don't really think lends itself particularly well as a record listening experience opposed to streaming a few songs here and there. I still want to collect all my favorites but its never a must have at that very moment. I feel like Opeth and stuff like Bell Witch's Mirror Reaper or even some Black/Atmospheric Black would do a lot better, but last time I checked Mirror Reaper was sold out online and I've never seen it in person, and I don't really come across Black/Atmospheric Black in person either. Beyond Mirror Reaper Burzum's Filosofem is something Id enjoy putting on but, again knowing the kind of shit Varg gets up to Id rather not give him money to continue it. But if anyone has any suggestions based on my criteria Im all ears.

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Hell Shinobi said:

As a former collector myself the best tip i can give you is: Think way way ahead with your purchases and what this collection really means to you. If you want to continue to the rest of your life make sure you have a spare room to keep it.
I sold mine 4 years ago for my newborn, i needed both the room and the money, and believe me that money was very needed, when you don't have anyone to help you, babies are expensive as fuck...

But on topic, you seem to have a broad tste in music and metal, you should probably sell that Burzum album, cause Varg is the least of Burzum's problems :P and put that money on something more to your likening.

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Omnipotent said:

That's kind of where Im at now, I love collecting physical stuff, but Ill only grab stuff I really really like or feel is worthwhile. Hopefully im still a few years off from having any children but my space is limited as is so I never really have the opportunity to go overboard.

As for Filosofem, I don't own it lol Ive just listened to it on spotify and even that is fairly limited. But its the kinda album that lends itself well to a record format I think, not metal but King Gizzard's Murder of the Universe is another great album that is better as a record because youre kind of forced to listen to the whole thing because of the way its structured and its probably my favorite in my collection because of that.

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Hell Shinobi said:

King Gizzard as in King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard? Man i love those guys!

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coma said:

If you're in the U.S. and like grindcore at all, Wormrot (Singapore) and Viscera Infest (Japan) will be touring the East Coast this month. Should check them out if they come near you, as they're both awesome and these are pretty rare appearances.

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Brian_FETO said:

Mortuary Drape/Sargeist/Profanatica playing 2 minutes from my house the same night as Exhorder playing Chicago.......gaaaaaaaah

My band is opening the Wormrot date here, should be exciting

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Bitanator said:

Perfectly set up for a 90s sitcom shenanigans episode

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Brian_FETO said:

Mortuary Drape/Sargeist/Profanatica playing 2 minutes from my house the same night as Exhorder playing Chicago.......gaaaaaaaah

My band is opening the Wormrot date here, should be exciting

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Lapsed said:

Fuck this is a good lineup. I kinda doubt I'll ever get to see Drape. Volahn are good too.

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Brian_FETO said:

Last time I saw MD they toured with mgla

They were really good but they didn't even go on until 1:15am, didn't finish until 2:20 or something. Still the latest show I've ever been to

I usually check out after 12:30 regardless of how good a band is, past that it just becomes waiting for the show to end...

Hopefully this time's a bit more reasonable

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Verano said:

I really dont give 2 shits about lists and pix of your personal collection...post pix, vids and the bandcamp links plz. I need new musix. feed us.

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