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@BlutAusNerd would be the ideal one for this, because he's way more knowledgeable about thrash than I am. I'm not entirely sure if this is what you're looking for, but here are a handful of older thrash albums you might dig if you haven't heard them yet:

Sadus - Chemical Exposure (Illusions)

 

Holy Moses - Finished With The Dogs (featuring one of the OG female extreme metal vocalists!)

 

 

Protector - Golem

 

 

Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence

 

 

Solstice - Solstice (pretty much exactly situated between DM and thrash, I don't know if this is what you're looking for but I fucking love this album)

 

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On 11/11/2017 at 6:18 AM, Parker said:

Who can recommend me some brutal, old school, Speed/Thrash?

In addition to what was posted above, for brutal shit, go for Num Skull, Dark Angel, Inquisitor, Exhorder (first album), Hexx (Morbid Reality), Ritual Carnage, Armoros... fuck, I'm drawing a blank. There should be more in the pinned thread.

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These guys are kind of all over the place ... but they are Swedish ... so what I'm thinking is that if the Swedes get to have their own DM genre, then why not a separate Swedish Thrash/Speed genre? What we can say, at the very least, is that they used to kick some serious ass when playing live. 

 

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These guys are kind of all over the place ... but they are Swedish ... so what I'm thinking is that if the Swedes get to have their own DM genre, then why not a separate Swedish Thrash/Speed genre? What we can say, at the very least, is that they used to kick some serious ass when playing live. 
 
It's weird to hear Peter Dolving in this context, but it doesn't sound like thrash. It's kind of got a punk/alternative/grunge thing going on, almost like Faith No More without Mike Patton's wackiness. I can't say that I enjoyed it.

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There are some bands that have not been mentioned yet. 

German/Swiss Thrash and Speed

 

Assassin (Thrash) song: Abstract War

Accu§er (technical Thrash) song: Master of Desaster

Angel Dust - Into the Dark Past song: Legions of Destruction (thrash/speed)

Angel Dust - To Dust We Must Decay song: Mr Inferno

Apocalypse song: Digital Life (melodic thrash)

 

Blitzz - Do the Blitz EP song: Tarantella (Speed metal from former East Germany with female vocals)

early Blind Guardian (Speed Metal) song: Fast to Madness

Celtic Frost song: Into the Crypt of Ray

Despair - History of Hate (technical Thrash/Speed)

Erosion - Thoughts ( Thrash)

Helloween - Walls of Jericho song: Metal Invaders (speed metal)

Mania song: Wizard of the Lost Kingdom (speed/power)

Paradox song Paradox (Thrash/Power)

Running Wild song Riding the Storm (melodic speed)

Risk - The Daily Horror News song Living in Chaos (thrash/speed)

Risk song Ratman (Thrash)

Sieges Even - Lifecycles song: Repression and Resistance (progressive thrash)

Savage Circus song Evil Eyes (speed metal in the style of early Blind Guardian)

Tankard song: The Morning After (thrash)

Vendetta song Brain Damage (melodic thrash)

Wardance - Heaven for Sale song Paris in Fear (speed metal with female vocals)

Warrant (Germany) - The Enforcer (speed)

X Wild - Savageland (speed/power)

More bands:

Speed/Thrash Metal:

Agent Steel song Agents of Steel 

Anvil (Speed of Sound/Speed)

Exciter (Rain of Terror/Speed)

Grip Inc - Power of Inner Strength (side project of Dave Lombardo and Waldemar Sorychta fro Slayer/Thrash)

Hobbs Angel of Death (thrash) song: Marie Antoinette

Hexx - No Escape (Speed/Power)

Hexx - Under the Spell (Speed)

Hexenhaus - Edge to Eternity (technical Thrash)

Helstar song The King Is Dead (thrash)

Hades song Opinionated (thrash)

 

Indestroy - Indestroy (thrash)

Lääz Rockit (bay area thrash)

Midas Touch - Presage of Desaster (thrash)

Mordred - Fool’s Game (bay area thrash) song: Spectacle of Fear

Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction (thrash)

Meliah Rage - Kill to Survive (thrash)

Mandator - Initial Velocity (thrash)

Mucky Pup song: Little Pig (crossover thrash)

Napalm - Cruel Tranquility song: Practice What You Preach (thrash)

Nasty Savage - Penetration Point/Abstract Reality/Indulgence (thrash) song: XXX

M.O.D. song Surf USA (crossover thrash)

Pariah - Blaze of Obscurity (power/thrash)

 

Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum/Comsuming Impulse/Testimony of the Ancients (thrash with hints of death metal)

Racer X - Street Lethal (speed)

Sacrilege UK - Behind the Realms of Madness (Crusted Thrash)

Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (speed)

Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black (progressive heavy/thrash)

Toranaga (thrash)

Toxik song Heart Attack (thrash with high pitched vocals)

Terrorizer song Fear of Napalm (brutal thrash with Grindcore blasts)

Xentrix (thrash)

 

 

 

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There are some bands that have not been mentioned yet. 
German/Swiss Thrash and Speed
 
Assassin (Thrash) song: Abstract War
Accu§er (technical Thrash) song: Master of Desaster
Angel Dust - Into the Dark Past song: Legions of Destruction (thrash/speed)
Angel Dust - To Dust We Must Decay song: Mr Inferno
Apocalypse song: Digital Life (melodic thrash)
 
Blitzz - Do the Blitz EP song: Tarantella (Speed metal from former East Germany with female vocals)
early Blind Guardian (Speed Metal) song: Fast to Madness
Celtic Frost song: Into the Crypt of Ray
Despair - History of Hate (technical Thrash/Speed)
Erosion - Thoughts ( Thrash)
Helloween - Walls of Jericho song: Metal Invaders (speed metal)
Mania song: Wizard of the Lost Kingdom (speed/power)
Paradox song Paradox (Thrash/Power)
Running Wild song Riding the Storm (melodic speed)
Risk - The Daily Horror News song Living in Chaos (thrash/speed)
Risk song Ratman (Thrash)
Sieges Even - Lifecycles song: Repression and Resistance (progressive thrash)
Savage Circus song Evil Eyes (speed metal in the style of early Blind Guardian)
Tankard song: The Morning After (thrash)
Vendetta song Brain Damage (melodic thrash)
Wardance - Heaven for Sale song Paris in Fear (speed metal with female vocals)
Warrant (Germany) - The Enforcer (speed)
X Wild - Savageland (speed/power)
More bands:
Speed/Thrash Metal:
Agent Steel song Agents of Steel 
Anvil (Speed of Sound/Speed)
Exciter (Rain of Terror/Speed)
Grip Inc - Power of Inner Strength (side project of Dave Lombardo and Waldemar Sorychta fro Slayer/Thrash)
Hobbs Angel of Death (thrash) song: Marie Antoinette
Hexx - No Escape (Speed/Power)
Hexx - Under the Spell (Speed)
Hexenhaus - Edge to Eternity (technical Thrash)
Helstar song The King Is Dead (thrash)
Hades song Opinionated (thrash)
 
Indestroy - Indestroy (thrash)
Lääz Rockit (bay area thrash)
Midas Touch - Presage of Desaster (thrash)
Mordred - Fool’s Game (bay area thrash) song: Spectacle of Fear
Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction (thrash)
Meliah Rage - Kill to Survive (thrash)
Mandator - Initial Velocity (thrash)
Mucky Pup song: Little Pig (crossover thrash)
Napalm - Cruel Tranquility song: Practice What You Preach (thrash)
Nasty Savage - Penetration Point/Abstract Reality/Indulgence (thrash) song: XXX
M.O.D. song Surf USA (crossover thrash)
Pariah - Blaze of Obscurity (power/thrash)
 
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum/Comsuming Impulse/Testimony of the Ancients (thrash with hints of death metal)
Racer X - Street Lethal (speed)
Sacrilege UK - Behind the Realms of Madness (Crusted Thrash)
Savage Grace - Master of Disguise (speed)
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black (progressive heavy/thrash)
Toranaga (thrash)
Toxik song Heart Attack (thrash with high pitched vocals)
Terrorizer song Fear of Napalm (brutal thrash with Grindcore blasts)
Xentrix (thrash)
 
 
 
Wow, nice post. I'm familiar with many of these, but some only by name, and there are a few there I haven't heard of that I would like to explore.

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