News — thrash metal

By Mike Garnett The idea of creating a list of the 5 best metal albums of all time is fairly preposterous, the idea of the 5 best thrash albums is still daft but a bit more palatable.  There are of course many fine thrash albums. These are my own 5 killer LPs whose face melting guitar riffs have helped spawn and influence death metal, black metal, metalcore etc.  Enjoy and let us know who you think should have made the list?   Judas Priest – Painkiller (1990)   Judas Priest’s place in the pantheon of the metal gods had long-since...