UK Thrash Metal

The early UK thrash and crossover scene was jam-packed with raw enthusiasm and visceral talent, but it had a bumpy ride in both critical and commercial terms. That said, there are clearly mountains of UK thrash bands worth their weight in gold.

Albums in this collection

Xentrix

For Whose Advantage?

1990 · Full-length
Roadracer Records
85%
7 reviews

Xentrix

Shattered Existence

1989 · Full-length
Roadracer Records
78%
8 reviews

Blood Money

Battlescarred

1987 · Full-length
Ebony Records
90%
1 review

Blood Money

Red, Raw and Bleeding!

1986 · Full-length
Ebony Records
90%
3 reviews

Warfare

Mayhem, Fuckin' Mayhem

1986 · Full-length
Neat Records
95%
1 review

Slammer

The Work of Idle Hands...

1989 · Full-length
Warner Bros. Records
77%
2 reviews

Toranaga

God's Gift

1990 · Full-length
Chrysalis
79%
1 review

Cerebral Fix

Tower of Spite

1990 · Full-length
R/C Records
82.5%
2 reviews

Hellbastard

Heading for Internal Darkness

1988 · Full-length
Meantime Records
83.5%
2 reviews

Energetic Krusher

Path to Oblivion

1989 · Full-length
Vinyl Solution
88.5%
6 reviews

Pariah

The Kindred

1988 · Full-length
Steamhammer
79%
3 reviews

Tröjan

Chasing the Storm

1985 · Full-length
Roadrunner Records
85.5%
2 reviews

Acid Reign

The Fear

1989 · Full-length
Under One Flag
86%
1 review

Metal Messiah

Honour Among Thieves

1989 · Full-length
R.K.T. Records
90%
1 review

Onslaught

The Force

1986 · Full-length
Under One Flag
90%
8 reviews

Anihilated

The Ultimate Desecration

1989 · Full-length
Metalworks
75%
3 reviews

Virus

Force Recon

1988 · Full-length
Metalworks
86.5%
4 reviews

Sabbat

History of a Time to Come

1988 · Full-length
Noise Records
87%
5 reviews

Sabbat

Dreamweaver

1989 · Full-length
Noise Records
95.5%
10 reviews

Cancer

Death Shall Rise

1991 · Full-length
Restless Records
90%
5 reviews

Arbitrater

Darkened Reality

1993 · Full-length
Cyclone Records
80%
3 reviews

Deathwish

At the Edge of Damnation

1987 · Full-length
Metalworks
93%
4 reviews

Hydra Vein

Rather Death Than False of Faith

1988 · Full-length
Metalother Records
85.5%
2 reviews

Deviated Instinct

Rock n' Roll Conformity

1988 · Full-length
Peaceville Records
80%
1 review

Sacrilege

Behind the Realms of Madness

1985 · Full-length
Children of the Revolution
87%
7 reviews