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It's funny, seeing this Vid, I was like "1996?". I was 17. Didnt have any outlets to what was going on unless some other kids told me or had a CD to play. So different from now with the Net and all that, most times you would have to see a band opening for a band you already knew about to become aware of them. I remember friends going to see Korn in Portland ME and being excited by the opener LIMP BIZKIT. Lol. I went to Ozzfest 97 because I was a lifelong Ozzy fan. Machine head and Fear Factory opened it up on the mainstage and I was so blown away! "Who the hell are these guys? All right! I'm in" Sounds funny now because those bands are huge.
@@saltpeter7429 That's true; the internet really did make things drastically easier. In fact, if it wasn't for it, i probably would've never found out about metal.
In 96, I was into Entombed, early Slayer, Death, Amorphis, Nuclear Assault Megadeth, Faith no more. It was also a year I first discovered Crisis, Neurosis and My dying bride. I was only listening to old school thrash that year. Cheers 🍻
@Metal Fan oh man, what a find! I didn't get to hear them until Dreaming Neon Black. Took me a few listens. Back when buying a cd was a risk. Eventually wore it out though. 😄
Great work, boy! I hope you continue the thrash metal series, because later, there were some good comeback albums and new killer bands :) P.S I liked when you showed the list of discord members' top picks, so consider it. Cheers!
yeah it's not really my cup of tea. a bit too much of that 90's Sepultura industrial groove sounding thrash. I would recommend just about any 80's album above it but hey. ;)
Thank you so much for adding one of my absolute favorite albums to your list. Black Thrash Attack is a 10/10 album for me. PS A special about Black Thrash Metal would be a very good idea I think 😉😘 Nice weekend 🤘🏻😎🍻
Loved this one, not the greatest year for Thrash, but imo still some great albums. The Sacred Reich, Mortification, and Iced Earth’s albums from this list were huge for me as a developing 13-14 year metalhead. Keep the top 10’s coming! Cheers as you say 🙌🏻
Yeah I were getting into thrash around this period too so I listened to some crap around this time that I perhaps wouldn't have given a second listen to these days. haha Cheers!
yeah, It almost ended up in the top 10 there were a few albums to chose from that were of a similar quality I think. Not that many truly great albums though. Cheerios!
Before clicking on this video Iced Earths The Dark Saga was the only album I could think of that came out in 96. Glad I saw it on here great list I mite check out Overkill and WitchBurners releases. \m/
As always, great work digging into the eras to bring us this awesome top lists. I did not know End Zone 'till today. They shall be a nice addition into my thrash metal playlist. Best regards.
great video! i grew up as a pastor‘s son, so i was kind of forced to listen to bands like mortification and these kind of bands… cool to see that they made it into the ranking… yes, not their best record… but also very far from their worst, as we had to find out in the years to come :D cheers from the swiss flatlands
Jon Shaffer's backing band all split two seconds after that Capitol shit went down. I think possibly Barlow had returned for a spell before that but I'm not sure. Shaffer himself is probably in some underground FBI bunker right now being "questioned/probed". Lol
I like the lists where you play some of the songs. I listened to your "Dark Angel" rank video and was disappointed that there was no music. This video, good job man!
Yeah I can't use copyrighted music in all my videos, the rank 'em all series I talk about the albums. I can't work 40 hour weeks for free you know. :) Unless my patreon explodes, there won't be much music in the video since I don't own the rights to it.
@@careful...Icarus I usually check out bands you mention that I'm unfamiliar with whilst cursing youtubes copyright policy :-) So you vids are a good source of new music.
Nice list, although I would've included Inquisitor's debut album, which blurs the line between death and thrash (although a lot of it sounds like thrash with blast beats) with one of the most eccentric and insane vocal performances in the genre. Shame the year was bad for the genre, but thankfully there are gems from bands who didn't follow the groove metal trend
The definition of Thrash has constricted as the scene has gotten older, certainly most of the tracks here, if not the complete records, would meet my definition quite easily. A great list. I haven't heard most of the albums, so will check them out.
yeah, there is a lot of groove or blackened thrash on this list. few albums I would call pure thrash but yeah. 96 was one of the worst years in my opinion. Hard to find anything listenable in thrash this year. Cheerios!
To be honest I only knew the Overkill record which I hold as one of their best from their groove metal era \m/ BUT Witchburner, Flames and End Zone are definitely bands to check out now!
What is pizza thrash? Great to see you put Overkill so high on the list! There were good albums by Sepultura and Pantera in 96, but I guess they weren't thrash...
Didn't realize that any Thrash Metal Albums released between 1991 - 2001 and the only Real Thrash Metal album that year was Kreator - Violent Revolution. All these young new bands started up around 2002 acting like Thrash Metal was like finding the Holy Grail. Most of these new millennium Thrash bands were Blackened Thrash, a few years down the road Crossover Thrash was all the rage. Excellent list , it's quite impressive that you could actually make a list from such a year . A time that not only Thrash was practically extinct, Metal in general seemed like a distant memory. Even extreme sub genres like Death and Black Metal got really strange around that time. It was rough to play Traditional Metal throughout that horrible decade, especially when you come of age and just start paying decently around the 1990s.
I mean there were some good stuff, Demolition Hammer, Sadus even Testament. 2001 was the return of the big German bands so that year was the best since the early 90s I think. Cheerios!
i was 13 in 1996 & remember being disappointed with load, disgusted with the rise of korn along with the "nu metal 7 string era" & got disheartened with where thrash was ending up so i got into European power metal for a bit at the the time...with that said Ruthless, maybe a future rank em all with some of the those bands like Labyrinth,Helloween & Stratovarius ?
I agree with your opinion on Sepultura, Roots. I didn't listen to another new album from them until Quadra a few years ago because I was so disappointed with it, especially because of there being no guitar solos.
Cool to see Mortification get a mention. They were never quite the same after Jayson Sherlock and Michael Carlisle left, though I do really like both Bloodworld and Primitive Rhythm Machine. EnVision EnVangeline is a solid enough album, but I think Steve Rowe was attempting to punch above his weight with the title track, taking on a progressive metal direction. But "Northern Storm" is a great example of when Steve just writes a good riff and a catchy, heavy song. Slim pickings for 1996, though. The Dark Saga is actually my favorite Iced Earth album, so despite it not truly being a thrash record, I understand its inclusion, especially because the band rode that line between USPM and thrash quite a bit with the early records. Good stuff.
Oh mortification how the first 3 records are masterpieces. After that it was down hill from there with changing line up changes and Steve Rowe being the only original member till the end. It was cool to see them live in 2001. Steve is a really nice guy. God bless keep true to metal. ❤️
That Aura Noir one is a beast! I have to say there’s some good ones on here despite not being pure thrash. I love seeing Annihilator and Overkill on here. BUT where is Testament’s Demonic? 🤣 OK, just kidding.
1. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy 2. Virtual - Language Of Machines 3. Kat - Róże miłości najchętniej przyjmują się na grobach 4.Annihilator - In Command 5. Annon Vin - A New Gate
I dont realy listen to that much thrash metal and i dont know any of the albums on here but, i like this years list with more blackened and darker style thrash.
Bewitched is one of the bands I respected back then, even though what they were doing has been done before, they were like older brothers to look up to, when young bands do the same thing, it may not be for me, but I'm sure some of the younger kids will be inspired by them.
Bra lista under omständigheterna. Diabolical Desecration med Bewitched fick mycket speltid hos undertecknad. Witchburner ägs på orginal vinyl och spelades även den flitigt (tror den kom några år senare på vinyl dock). Kan ju tycka att när genre bändning ägt rum kunde ju Abrah Kadavrah med Defleshed fått lite kärlek. 🤘🤘
I've done from 1983 up until 1996. I'll take it year by year. We'll see when I grow tired of it. A bit into the 2000s I grew tired of the Pizza thrash revivalists. haha
Wow, that Witchburner is definitely something I have to check out! In my opinion, the years between 1995 and ca 2002/03 were pretty fucking bleak, musically speaking. Of course some great stuff came out during that period, but in general it was pretty horrible, one of the worst music periods in recent memory. I don't think I can remember a single good band that was at its peak during that time
Yeah they were one of the first bands with a more retro blackeneed thrash sound. Yeah 2001 was pretty good though when the German bands came back strong. Cheerios!
The years you mentioned were great for Doom/Gothic, Power/Melodeath and some strains of Black Metal. They are niche sub genres though, so I can see how they could have felt bleak, especially in a time when the Internet wasn’t as spread out. And yes, Classic Metal, Death and Thrash (aside from maybe Groove Metal) were pretty much dead, and if you didn’t like Nü Metal, it was tough luck finding popular music you liked.
@@nicoloenricorimoldi7425 Exactly. I'm not a fan of europower or melodeath, nor symphonic, industrial or nu metal, but the other genres are solid. As I said, there were some great releases during this time; Saxon - Metqlhead, Killing Ground and Unleash the Beast, Iron Maiden - Brave New World, Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets, Thorns s/t, Windir's entire discography and a ton of others,. Incantation, Immolation, The Chasm, Sabbat (jpn) and others released some god-tier material, but they are the exception. There were just so many bands releaseing stuff that's aged like milk in the sun. And again, very few bands, at least which I like, were at their peak during that time. In fact, I think the majority of older bamds released some of their worst (or at least least-great) material during that period. Maiden's Blaze years, Priest's Ripper years, Candlemass with Dactylis amd 13th Sun, Running Wild with Victory and The Brotherhood, Motorhead with Snake Bite Love and We are Motorhead... I can go on and on. It doesn't have to mean I think these are awdul albums, but they're far from the peak, and i think all of these bands I mentioned released better stuff afterwards as well. And Sodom, Kreator and Destruction, Benediction, W.A.S.P. released some of their weakest material towards the end of the 90s. I think you get my point 😂
Aura Noir- or as Chris Rock might call them "I think Mille Petrozza is gonna sue somebody." I love how the Angel of Death thrash break just pops up out of nowhere on The One Who Smites. I kind of consider Black Thrash Attack more black metal than thrash, but who cares? It still rules.
I definitely agree with you 96 was not a great year for thrash Metal or any of the following years. Until the new wave of thrash Metal came about. In the early 2000's in my opinion.🤘🍺
I turned 18 late this year. I was busy discovering thrash from the 80’s and being disillusioned with current music. It’s funny, BONDED BY BLOOD seemed like an ancient album back then, but these days, 2011 seems current. 😂
Was at Megadeth concert last Friday. In flames, Trivium and Lamb of God. I don't have anything against in flames and Trivium, and have always enjoyed Lamb of God. But wow was the difference between Megadeth and the rest on display. Normally I am in the pit for most concerts. This one I was in the stands. Normally in the pit, anything aggressive and heavy is enjoyable, as you are kind of witnessing the music but also letting the emotions out physically and feeling the groove. But sitting in the stands you get to witness the music, listen to it, and really observe the musicians. Megadeth opened with Hangar 18, and there was more awesomeness, more musical enjoyment, more wow factor in that one song, than all of the songs of all of the other bands that played combined. Megadeth's set list was even slightly a let down and they still showed the epic gap between themselves and most other bands. I know many in the metal community like to latch onto more obscure bands like its more legit to like bands without as much commercial success, but sorry, there is a reason that Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Judas Priest, etc sold so many records and played in front of so many fans. I had a friend come along, and this was his first metal concert. He said leaving, "wow there is a big difference between Megadeth and the other bands".
Out of that ten I've only got OVERKILL.. from the dis/honorable list .. allegiance, Sepultura... I did think i may have had something in the collection but nothing from 96. The Crown's album the burning which probably would have sat in a death thrash area was 95.. The rest of what was had either done a Kreator endorama space move or no longer existed as they broke up . Mortal Sin for one had dropped off for 6 years then 97 original singer back started again but then 8 years more till something else.. . In some ways i think the grind of the road got to the bands that broke up and weren't making as much as they may have been.. let alone record companies dropping them.. On a band you might like to go through its discography.... CHASTAIN with Leather Leone on vocals . Ive been going back to that band getting a hold of each cd (secondhand) ..
Nice but crummy times for Metal. Heck, i quit playing guitar for like 8 years in the late '80s. Took a guitar being found in a dumpster outside of our warehouse in '94. Co worker finds it first....had a black 335 alike and a S alike so let it go. Wife gets home and groans. oh well. Got decent enough to gig again. This thrash thing seems like the flip side of some of the Shrapnel stufff, Too samey after time. I'd rather listen to Obituary, Six Feet Under, Pantera or Grief then. Dark times.
Ufff....I tought you was gonna said load or reload or wherever they make on 1996🤣....just kidding....I got half of this list on records....I'm gonna check those I didnt hear🤟
Have you heard mid 90's Sepultura? It's Nu metal of the worst type. Iced Earth played darkened power metal. way closer to thrash than the crap Sepultura was doing by then.
I'm sorry but Dark Saga has got nothing to do with thrash whatsoever. Don't mention the fact that album is absolute disappointment after previous works. Though it's a matter of taste, of course.
