100 Best Crossover Thrash Bands Of All Time
A list by slamlord
Categories: Artist Names, All Time, Genre
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By making this a conclusion crossed my mind that I want to share. In the old days, mainly hardcore punk kids played this fusion of hardcore and thrash as they progressed musically and advanced technically with their instruments, and that's probably why all those albums are so good and innovative. Now in the new age crossover thrash play only metal dudes, as a joke, making it very dull and repetitive... ok, with few exceptions.
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| 1 |  | 1.S.O.D. | ||
| I know that this is not coming as a big surprise, but let the best be the best | ||||
| 2 |  | 2.D.R.I. | ||
| Top of the top!
The band that become synonymous with the genre. They don't have a single week spot in their discography. Started as fast hardcore and crossovered to thrash on third LP Crossover (1987). It is hard to chose their best release, but in my book they reached a peak with forth LP 4 of a Kind (1988) | ||||
| 3 | | 3.Cro-Mags | ||
| Alpha & omega of crossover!
Their first LP is considered as one of the most influential hardcore albums. After that they began to crossover to thrash and released pure perfection Best Wishes (1989). Despite all internal problems each and every album they released is solid. We can only guess how much more great albums and success they would have if it wasn't so much hostility between Joseph, Flanagan and Mayhew. | ||||
| 4 | | 4.Suicidal Tendencies | ||
| The fathers of crossover "Venice style".
First four albums are pure gold. Their most representative crossover release would probably be Join the Army (1987), although subsequent two albums are much better. The punk-rock/funky style of last 15 years cast a dark shadow over their years of greatness. | ||||
| 5 | | 5.Crumbsuckers | ||
| New York's finest!
With their crossover bible Life of Dreams (1986) they were at the forefront of the crossover movement on the East Coast. They were too good so they burned out fast. | ||||
| 6 | | 6.Agnostic Front | ||
| The godfathers!
Hardcore legends entered into the world of crossover with their first LP Cause for Alarm (1986), that still stands as one of their best releases. | ||||
| 7 | | 7.Excel | ||
| Blasting hell!
Emerging from the L.A. Venice scene forefronted by Suicidal Tendencies, Excel moved beyond merely following the footsteps of ST, and carved their own style of crossover. For all these years I can't set my mind which one of their first two albums is better, but on this day, and this day only, I would say The Joke's on You (1989). | ||||
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| 8 | | 8.M.O.D. | ||
| Gross MOSHconduct
Representative album: Gross Misconduct (1989) | ||||
| 9 | | 9.Ludichrist | ||
| Ludicrous Technicality
Representative album: Immaculate Deception |(1986) | ||||
| 10 | | 10.The Accüsed | ||
| Please splatter your puke Mr. Cook
Representative album: Martha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told (1988) | ||||
| 11 | | 11.Ratos de Porão | ||
| Representative album: Brasil (1989) | ||||
| 12 | | 12.Blunt Force Trauma | ||
| Representative album: Hatred for the State (2009) | ||||
| 13 | | 13.Leeway | ||
| Representative album: Born to Expire (1988) | ||||
| 14 | | 14.No Mercy | ||
| Representative album: Widespread Bloodshed / Love Runs Red (1987) | ||||
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| 15 | | 15.Pro-Pain | ||
| Representative album: Foul Taste of Freedom (1992) | ||||
| 16 | | 16.Pitboss 2000 | ||
| Representative album: Everyone's a Winner (1999) | ||||
| 17 | | 17.Nuclear Assault | ||
| Representative album: Survive (1988) | ||||
| 18 | | 18.Gang Green | ||
| Representative album: You Got It (1987) | ||||
| 19 | | 19.Wehrmacht | ||
| Representative album: Biermächt (1989) | ||||
| 20 | | 20.Uncle Slam | ||
| Representative album: Say Uncle (1988) | ||||
| 21 | | 21.Municipal Waste | ||
| Representative album: Hazardous Mutation (2005) | ||||
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| 22 | | 22.Lethal Aggression | ||
| Representative album: Life Is Hard... But That's No Excuse at All! (1988) | ||||
| 23 | | 23.The Exploited | ||
| Representative album: Beat the Bastards (1996) | ||||
| 24 | | 24.Siberian Meat Grinder | ||
| Representative album: Metal Bear Stomp (2017) | ||||
| 25 | | 25.Beowülf | ||
| Representative album: Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track (1988) | ||||
| 26 | | 26.Attitude | ||
| Representative album: Kein Schlaf Bis Deutschland (1987) | ||||
| 27 | | 27.Raw Power | ||
| Representative album: Screams From the Gutter (1985) | ||||
| 28 | | 28.Holier Than Thou? | ||
| Representative album: The Hating of the Guts (2001) | ||||
| 29 | | 29.In Defence | ||
| Representative album: Into the Sewer (2009) | ||||
| 30 | | 30.Carnivore | ||
| Representative album: Retaliation (1987) | ||||
| 31 | | 31.The Shining | ||
| Representative album: Rise of the Degenerates (2013) | ||||
| 32 | | 32.Battletruk | ||
| Representative album: Acid Death (2010) | ||||
| 33 | | 33.Attitude Adjustment | ||
| Representative album: Out of Hand (1991) | ||||
| 34 | | 34.Dead Heat | ||
| Representative album: Certain Death (2019) | ||||
| 35 | 35.Armored Assassin | |||
| Representative album: Damaged Youth (2008) | ||||
| 36 | 36.M.S.T | |||
| Representative album: 38'48" Regeneration (1991) | ||||
| 37 | | 37.Trenchfoot | ||
| Representative album: Turn on Tune in Drop Out (2008) | ||||
| 38 | | 38.Red Death | ||
| Representative album: Sickness Divine (2019) | ||||
| 39 | | 39.The Insurgence | ||
| Representative album: The Insurgence (2010) | ||||
| 40 | | 40.Power Trip | ||
| Representative album: Manifest Decimation (2013) | ||||
| 41 | | 41.Deal With It | ||
| Representative album: End Time Prophecies (2008) | ||||
| 42 | | 42.Mucky Pup | ||
| Representative album: A Boy in a Man's World (1989) | ||||
| 43 | | 43.Emils | ||
| Representative album: Fight Together For... (1987) | ||||
| 44 | | 44.Prong | ||
| Representative album: Primitive Origins (1987) | ||||
| 45 | | 45.DBC | ||
| Representative album: Dead Brain Cells (1987) | ||||
| 46 | | 46.Body Count | ||
| Representative album: Body Count (1992) | ||||
| 47 | | 47.Unseen Terror | ||
| Representative album: Human Error (1987) | ||||
| 48 | | 48.The Crucified | ||
| Representative album: The Crucified (1989) | ||||
| 49 | | 49.Erosion | ||
| Representative album: Mortal Agony (1988) | ||||
| 50 | | 50.Austrian Death Machine | ||
| Representative album: Double Brutal | ||||
| 51 | | 51.Guillotine | ||
| Representative album: Guillotine (1989) | ||||
| 52 | | 52.Mace | ||
| Representative album: The Evil in Good (1987) | ||||
| 53 | | 53.Dayglo Abortions | ||
| Representative album: Here Today Guano Tomorrow (1988) | ||||
| 54 | | 54.Evol | ||
| Representative album: Experiment in Fear... (1992) | ||||
| 55 | | 55.Dresden 45 | ||
| Representative album: Paradise Lost (Expanded) (1989) | ||||
| 56 | | 56.Wrecking Crew | ||
| Representative album: Balance of Terror (1987) | ||||
| 57 | | 57.Clown Alley | ||
| Representative album: Clown Alley (1986) | ||||
| 58 | | 58.Verbal Abuse | ||
| Representative album: Rocks Your Liver (1986) | ||||
| 59 | | 59.Corrosion of Conformity | ||
| Representative album: Technocracy (1987) | ||||
| 60 | | 60.Cryptic Slaughter | ||
| Representative album: Money Talks (1987) | ||||
| 61 | | 61.Final Conflict | ||
| Representative album: Ashes to Ashes (1987) | ||||
| 62 | 62.The Krixhjälters | |||
| Representative album: Evilution (1989) | ||||
| 63 | | 63.Upset Noise | ||
| Representative album: Nothing More to Be Said!! (1988) | ||||
| 64 | | 64.Birth A.D. | ||
| Representative album: I Blame You (2013) | ||||
| 65 | | 65.Collision | ||
| Representative album: A Healthy Dose of Death (2012) | ||||
| 66 | | 66.Conquest for Death | ||
| Representative album: Beyond the Hidden Valley (2008) | ||||
| 67 | | 67.Craterface | ||
| Representative album: ...More Thrash For Ya Gash (2009) | ||||
| 68 | | 68.Cross Examination | ||
| Representative album: Menace II Sobriety (2008) | ||||
| 69 | | 69.Delta Force II | ||
| Representative album: Delta Force II (2007) | ||||
| 70 | | 70.Insanity Alert | ||
| Representative album: Insanity Alert (2014) | ||||
| 71 | | 71.Iron Reagan | ||
| Representative album: The Tyranny of Will (2014) | ||||
| 72 | | 72.The Spudmonsters | ||
| Representative album: Stop the Madness (1993) | ||||
| 73 | | 73.Lifeless | ||
| Representative album: Lifeless (2007) | ||||
| 74 | | 74.Milkman | ||
| Representative album: Nostalgiator (2007) | ||||
| 75 | | 75.No Redeeming Social Value | ||
| Representative album: Still Drinking (2007) | ||||
| 76 | | 76.Rehashed | ||
| Representative album: Code Black (2010) | ||||
| 77 | | 77.Send More Paramedics | ||
| Representative album: The Hallowed and the Heathen (2004) | ||||
| 78 | 78.Shock Troopers | |||
| Representative album: Blades and Rods (2010) | ||||
| 79 | | 79.T.C.F. | ||
| Representative album: Where Madness Reigns (2011) | ||||
| 80 | | 80.Thrashin in the Streets | ||
| Representative album: Season of Evil (2006) | ||||
| 81 | | 81.Havoc | ||
| Representative album: When the Shit Hits the Fan (2013) | ||||
| 82 | | 82.Set to Destroy | ||
| Representative album: Drink by Day Swerve by Night (2009) | ||||
| 83 | | 83.Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre | ||
| Representative album: 'Til Death Do Us Party (2015) | ||||
| 84 | | 84.The Donner Party | ||
| Representative album: Chain Reaction (2013) | ||||
| 85 | | 85.The Brood | ||
| Representative album: The Brood (1986) | ||||
| 86 | | 86.SSS | ||
| Representative album: SSS (2006) | ||||
| 87 | | 87.Anger | ||
| Representative album: Miami, FL (1994) | ||||
| 88 | | 88.Iron Age | ||
| Representative album: Constant Struggle (2006) | ||||
| 89 | | 89.Baba de Sheeva | ||
| Representative album: É Triste o Destino Da Maioria Dos Homens (2014) | ||||
| 90 | | 90.NoN-SToP! | ||
| Representative album: Forget the Consequence (2011) | ||||
| 91 | | 91.Nucleador | ||
| 92 | | 92.Antipeewee | ||
| Representative album: Human Grill Party (2013) | ||||
| 93 | | 93.Alpha & Omega | ||
| Representative album: Life Swallower (2010) | ||||
| 94 | | 94.Bandanos | ||
| Representative album: We Crush Your Mind With the Thrash Inside (2007) | ||||
| 95 | | 95.ANS | ||
| Representative album: Pressure Cracks (2009) | ||||
| 96 | | 96.Lobotomia | ||
| Representative album: Extinção (2008) | ||||
| 97 | | 97.Bomb Threat | ||
| Representative album: Inquisition (2008) | ||||
| 98 | | 98.Ratface | ||
| 99 | | 99.D.F.C. | ||
| 100 | | 100.Soziedad Alkoholika | ||
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