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Hi' date=' I've been getting back into listening to more thrash from the 90's lately. I'm curious as what bands from that era are u a fan of. And what are some of your favorite thrash albums from the 90's?[/quote'] Some of my favorite thrash albums were from the start of the 90's, right as the initial movement was dying off. Some good examples would be Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican, Devastation's Idolatry, Forbidden's Twisted Into Form, Demolition Hammer's Epidemic of Violence, Overkill's Horrorscope, Dark Angel's Time Does Not Heal, etc... In the 90's though, it was all about black/thrash and death/thrash, though some bands were still popping up here and there to kick some ass the old school way, like Ritual Carnage's The Highest Law. It seems like the mid 90's were a black hole for pure thrash, but it started to pick up a little bit of steam again in the 00's.
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Re: Favorite 90's thrash metal bands/albums Hate to break it to you, but Killbox 13 was released in '03. Overkill did have some good stuff in the 90's, but other than the aforementioned Horrorscope, none of it is thrash. They were one of the best groove metal bands, and didn't really start getting thrashy again until Bloodletting in '00. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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Hate to break it to you, but Killbox 13 was released in '03. Overkill did have some good stuff in the 90's, but other than the aforementioned Horrorscope, none of it is thrash. They were one of the best groove metal bands, and didn't really start getting thrashy again until Bloodletting in '00. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
Whoops. For some reason, I thought it was from the 90s, as the groove sound at the end has a very 90s feel to it. I do agree that they went more towards groove, but I think that these songs have thrash in them; something of a hybrid sound. Their pure groove sounds would be stuff more like Spiritual Void and Necroshine.
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Whoops. For some reason, I thought it was from the 90s, as the groove sound at the end has a very 90s feel to it. I do agree that they went more towards groove, but I think that these songs have thrash in them; something of a hybrid sound. Their pure groove sounds would be stuff more like Spiritual Void and Necroshine.
I Hear Black is my favorite from their groove period, it almost feels more like a stoner/doom album, especially with songs like Spiritual Void. The Killing Kind and Necroshine are probably their weakest 90's albums, and From the Underground and Below is decent, but sort of bluesy and less interesting than I Hear Black. That said, they're one of the few bands that I can say that I like all of their albums. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Hi. I recently started making a video series called good 90s thrash metal albums. I prefer to leave out the well known ones, like Megadeth, overkill, testament etc. So people can find bands they haven't heard of. Part 1

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90s thrash albums I like Slammer - Nightmare Scenario Deathamin - Mass of What MX -Again Allegiance - D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am Vulture - Easier To Lie Gladiator - Made of Pain Sacrament - Haunts of Violence Abhorrent - Rage Anyway I could go on and on and on. If you want more let me know
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Overkill has some underrated 90s stuff: 5Sb_w09LWyw s8L7RdmJk9U
From the Underground and Below is Thrash and it's my fav Overkill, then probably Under the Influence, but that's an 80's album. They are the energizer bunnies of Thrash.
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Hi. I recently started making a video series called good 90s thrash metal albums. I prefer to leave out the well known ones, like Megadeth, overkill, testament etc. So people can find bands they haven't heard of. Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
90s thrash albums I like Slammer - Nightmare Scenario Deathamin - Mass of What MX -Again Allegiance - D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am Vulture - Easier To Lie Gladiator - Made of Pain Sacrament - Haunts of Violence Abhorrent - Rage Anyway I could go on and on and on. If you want more let me know
Not everything on that list was awesome, but it was still very helpful. I found more than a few that I really enjoyed, especially Aspid and Megace, really cool stuff. Keep up the good work, I'm sure that there's plenty more out there worth discovering. The problem is that most of what you posted is pretty rare, I just wish some of that stuff was easier to track down. You would think that with all of the shitty retro bands out there stirring up thrash sentiments again, some of this stuff would start getting reissued, but it's not for some reason.
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Not everything on that list was awesome' date=' but it was still very helpful. I found more than a few that I really enjoyed, especially Aspid and Megace, really cool stuff. Keep up the good work, I'm sure that there's plenty more out there worth discovering. The problem is that most of what you posted is pretty rare, I just wish some of that stuff was easier to track down. You would think that with all of the shitty retro bands out there stirring up thrash sentiments again, some of this stuff would start getting reissued, but it's not for some reason.[/quote'] That's good mate, thanks. Yeah, I know that feel. On the other hand I now enjoy searching out the rarer bands, for the the occasional gems that stand out an inspire me to write music. It's like there is an endless pool of good thrash out there. Here's a playlist of heaps more bands I've saved ready for my next 90's videos.
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