Artist	Song
Metallica	Metal Militia
from Kill 'Em All (2008)
Slayer	Angel of Death
from Reign In Blood (2007)
Megadeth	Wake Up Dead
from Greatest Hits - Back to the Start (2005)
Venom	Heaven's On Fire
from Black Metal (2009)
Anthrax	Metal Thrashing Mad
from Fistful of Metal (2009)
Motörhead	The Hammer
from Ace of Spades (2004)
Exodus	Bonded By Blood
from Another Lesson In Violence (Live) (2007)
Accept	Fast As a Shark
from Restless and Wild (1995)
Exciter	Heavy Metal Maniac
from Heavy Metal Maniac (2009)
Celtic Frost	Circle of the Tyrants
from Morbid Tales (2009)
Bathory	One Rode to Asa Bay
from Jubileum II (1993)
Kreator	Pleasure to Kill
from Pleasure to Kill (2009)
Destruction	Trash 'til Death
from The Antichrist (2006)
Pantera	Fucking Hostile
from Vulgar Display of Power (2007)
Voivod	Voivod
from War and Pain (1994)
Coroner	Masked Jackal
from Punishment for Decadence (2009)
Sepultura	Slaves of Pain
from Beneath the Remains (2007)
Raven	Faster Than the Speed of Light
from All Systems Go (2010)
Municipal Waste	Unleash the Bastards
from Hazardous Mutation (2005)
Overkill	Wrecking Crew
from Taking Over (2008)
Testament	Practice What You Preach
from Practice What You Preach (2008)
S.O.D.: Stormtroopers Of Death	Kill Yourself
from Speak English or Die (1985)
Death Angel	Thrown to the Wolves
from The Art of Dying (2006)
Toxic Holocaust	War Is Hell
from Speed Kills...Again! (2007)
Metal Church	Battalions
from Metal Church (2009)
Anthrax	Indians
from Among the Living (1990)
Slayer	Die By the Sword
from Show No Mercy (1993)
Megadeth	Hangar 18
from Rust In Peace (Live) (2010)
Destruction	United By Hatred
from Mad Butcher / Eternal Devastation (2007)
Venom	Dead of Night
from At War With Satan (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Flotsam & Jetsam	No Place for Disgrace
from No Place for Disgrace (2009)
Exodus	Deathamphetamine
from Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2006)
Motörhead	Iron Fist
from The Best of Motörhead (2008)
Onslaught	Shellshock
from In Search of Sanity (1985)
Celtic Frost	Visual Aggression
from Morbid Tales (2009)
Sepultura	Beneath the Remains
from Beneath the Remains (2007)
Kreator	Terrible Certainty
from Terrible Certainty (Bonus Track Edition) (2009)
Agent Steel	Avenger
from Order of the Illuminati (2005)
Rigor Mortis	Bodily Dismemberment
from Rigor Mortis (1988)
Testament	First Strike Is Deadly
from The Legacy (2008)
Nasty Savage	Unchained Angel
from Indulgence / Abstract Reality (1994)
Overkill	Deny the Cross
from Taking Over (2008)
Razor	Life Sentence
from Decibels (2004)
Municipal Waste	Wolves of Chernobyl
from Massive Aggressive (2009)
ULYSSES SIREN	NO TRACE of SHAME6
from ABOVE the ASHES (2004)
Metallica	Ride the Lightning
from Ride the Lightning (2008)
Living Death	Killing Machine
from Metal Revolution (2002)
Carnivore	Jesus Hitler
from Retaliation (2007)
Sabbat	For Those Who Died
from History of a Time to Come (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Atheist	Unholy War
from Piece of Time (1990)
Hobb's Angel Of Death	Crucifiction
from Armageddon Over Wacken - Live 2004 (2005)
Exciter	Violence & Force
from Violence & Force (2009)
Sodom	Napalm In the Morning
from M-16 (2006)
Evile	Devoid of Thought
from Infected Nations (2009)
Voivod	Warriors of Ice
from War and Pain (1994)
Helstar	Baptized In Blood
from Nosferatu (1996)
Nuclear Assault	Rise from the Ashes
from Alive Again (2006)
Artillery	Cybermind
from B.A.C.K. (2005)
Annihilator	Alison Hell
from Alice In Hell (2007)
Laaz Rockit	Take No Prisoners
from City's Gonna Burn (2007)
Flotsam and Jetsam	Hammerhead
from Doomsday for the Deceiver (1994)
Holy Moses	Current of Death
from Finished With the Dogs (2005)
Tankard	Endless Pleasure
from Melodic Metal Dreams for Christmas (2007)
Obsession	Only the Strong Will Survive
from Marshall Law - EP (1998)
Merciless Death	Tombs of the Dead
from Speed Kills...Again! (2007)
Exhorder	Slaughter In the Vatican
from Slaughter In the Vatican (2007)
Avenger of Blood	Enemy Attack
from Speed Kills...Again! (2007)
Gama Bomb	Escape from Scarecrow Mountain
from Tales from the Grave In Space (2010)
Sodom	I Am the War
from M-16 (2006)
Holy Moses	The Hand of Death
from Master of Desaster (2006)
Raven	Tyrant of the Airways
from All Systems Go (2010)
Saros	F Subzero
from Five Pointed Tongue (2006)
Nasty Savage	Eromantic Vertigo
from Indulgence / Abstract Reality (1994)
Sabbat	Do Dark Horses Dream of Nightmares?
from Dreamweaver (Expanded Edition) (2009)
S.O.D.: Stormtroopers Of Death	Fist Banging Mania
from Speak English or Die (1985)

Comment:

The thrash metal scene was off to the races from the moment Metallica released their frantic and frothy 1983 debut, [i]Kill 'Em All[/i]. A heavy metal classic of the highest order, it was also Dave Mustaine's indirect inspiration for forming Megadeth, thrash metal's other major act outside of Slayer. (Metallica booted Mustaine just before recording their breakthrough, which pushed him to proclaim he'd form a band that was "bigger than Metallica.") Outside of all that Metallica/Mustaine drama, thrash metal was a worldwide phenomenon, united by the pursuit of all things heavy, hard, and fast from the Bay Area (Metallica, Exodus, Testament) all the way to Germany, where the "Teutonic thrash" of bands like Kreator, Destruction, and Sodom was upping the brutality factor and inadvertently inventing death metal.

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