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Underrated Death Thrash Albums


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There are tons of great Death/Thrash metal albums out there but some seriously great ones get left behind or over looked. For me it is (drum roll please);

Protector - A Shedding Of Skin

Darkane - Rusted Angel

Slaughter -Strappado

those be a few to start with.

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I don't hear much thrash in Darkane, they're early 00s Swedish melodeath to me. Slaughter, on the other hand, doesn't sound like death metal at all. I haven't heard Protector. 

I'm not much of a thrash fan, but when I think of thrashy DM, I think of Solstice. Also a big fan of Coroner, again not much DM in their sound but they're my favorite thrash band. 

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Glad you dig it, it's a great album. You may also like Ripping Corpse's "Dreaming With The Dead", it's more raw than Solstice but with good energy. Florida DM with a good bit of Slayer influence. 

Solstice kills, and are fucking devastating live. Dreaming With the Dead is one of my favorite death/thrash albums, brutal, yet with a pretty organic flow and some discordant passages that don't really sound like anyone else. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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There are tons of great Death/Thrash metal albums out there but some seriously great ones get left behind or over looked. For me it is (drum roll please);

Protector - A Shedding Of Skin

Darkane - Rusted Angel

Slaughter -Strappado

those be a few to start with.

I'm going to partially disagree with FA here, Darkane is melodic death/thrash on Layers of Lies, Rusted Angel, and somewhat on Insanity. That said, Expanding Senses and Demonic Art are more standard melodeath, and also aren't as good as the other albums. Slaughter and Protector are both rad, I don't have Shedding of Skin, but everything before that I dig. If you like Darkane, check out The Crown's Deathrace King. It's not as technical, but has a similar sound and intensity. Also, for some more nasty old school death/thrash, check out Merciless, Num Skull, Hellwitch, Demolition Hammer, Morbid Saint, etc... Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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I'll second the Hellwitch rec Syzygial Miscreancy kicks all kinds of ass. Deceased also have that kind of melodic death/thrash vibe about them. Supernatural Addiction in particular stands out and who doesn't want an album where every song is inspired by either a horror film or horror story? Blair Witch, Tell-Tale Heart, and Trilogy of Terror are covered just to name a few.

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Morbid Saint is a given, have not listen to Hellwitch, going to try them. Than you for recognizing Darkane's first 3 albums. Deceased are also good, only herd a few songs from them but what I herd I loved.

okay just started Hellwitch - Nosferatu and holy shit!!! Those riffs are insane, why didn't you guys tell me about this earlier? ha ha ha

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