Witches - 3.4.1 (1994)

Ripping, fantastical, progressive French thrash. The band's ambitious songwriting is balanced by decidedly unadorned production and frontwoman Sibylle Colin-Tocquaine's hoarse howls, which give the whole thing a raw, almost crusty veneer.

Track listing:

1. Horror Museum

2. Crystal

3. Mirror of Memories

4. Black Sorcerer

5. And Then Came the White Lords

6. High History

7. Three Heroes...

8. ...For One Goal

9. The Eye

10. Lords of the Precious

11. Wind of Time

12. Eternal Heroes

13. Cod Name Experiments

A giant clock reaching all the dimensions

If you like this, try:

Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal (1991)

Acrimony - In Unknown Direction (1992)

Cancer - To the Gory End (1990)

Old-school English thrash-laced death metal. Hateful, violent, and borderline atonal, with precisely zero variation in sound.

Track listing:
1. Blood Bath
2. C.F.C.
3. Witch Hunt
4. Into the Acid
5. Imminent Catastrophy
6. To the Gory End
7. Body Count
8. Sentenced to the Gallows
9. Die Die

Pulling entrails from bleeding carcasses in hell

You'd also enjoy:

Disastrous Murmur -
Rhapsodies in Red (1992)

Horror of Horror -
Sounds of Eerie (1994)

Asschapel - Fire and Destruction (2003)

Ripping, crusty death/thrash. I just read that their vocalist, Eric Holcombe, has passed away. I didn't know him personally, but my old band played a few shows with these guys right around when this record came out, and our melodic d-beat always ended up looking kinda weak next to their precise, crushing ragers. It should go without saying that he was way too fucking young. Play this loud for him.

Track listing:
1. Unholy Destruction
2. The Battle-Axe
3. Carcass Bloody Carcass
4. The Final Command
5. Pray for Blood
6. The Blessed and the Wretches
7. Follow the Fist
8. The Sledgehammer Assault
9. Godwhore
10. Approach the Cashet
11. After the Sacrifice
12. Fire and Destruction

Fuck serenity
Fuck everlasting peace
Fuck eternity
Start the fire
Burn the world down
Rip its fucking heart out

You should also listen to:

Inure -
Inure (Rough Mixes) (2003)

Plaguewielder - Demo (2005) +
Diablero - Demo Tracks (2007)

Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines (1997)

Epic, melodic, zombie-centric US death/thrash. Fearless Undead Machines is a concept album based, at least in part, on Night of the Living Dead, so consider this post a lazy, belated tribute to the late, great George Romero.

Track listing:
1. The Silent Creature
2. Contamination
3. Fearless Undead Machines
4. From the Ground They Came
5. Night of the Deceased
6. Graphic Repulsion
7. Mysterious Research
8. Beyond Science
9. Unhuman Drama
10. The Psychic
11. Destiny

I can see the terror in their eyes, that empty stare
Their haunted souls still intact to seek revenge

You should also listen to:

Solstice -
Solstice (1992)

Merciless -
Unbound (1994)

Sextrash - Sexual Carnage (1990)

Been gone a while, so you know I'm gonna bring the ruckus. Here's some evil, disgusting Brazilian death/thrash for scumbags and perverts. If only every album could just be this album.

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Psychoneurosis
3. Delirium Tremens
4. The Insatiable Pleasure of Delight
5. Seduced by Evil
6. Alcoholic Mosh
7. Obscene Symphony
8. Black Church
9. Night Pigs
10. Genital Tumor

The gutter is our bed

Also listen to:

Gehennah -
Hardrocker (1995)

Abigail -
Intercourse & Lust (1996)

Solstice - Solstice (1992)

Killer US thrash with death metal elements. Mosh-y thrash riffs, tight drumming, twin guitar leads, hoarse vocals that would sound right at home on a 90s hardcore record, and tough chug-a-lug breakdowns.

Track listing:
1. Transmogrified
2. Cleansed of Impurity
3. Eternal Waking
4. Survival Reaction
5. S.M.D. [Carnivore cover]
6. Netherworld
7. Plasticized
8. Catalysmic Outburst
9. Aberration

Anger has been blotted out by pain

You should also like:

Chakal - The Man
Is His Own Jackal (1990)

Merciless -
Unbound (1994)

Merciless - Unbound (1994)

Majestic Swedish thrash. Unbound is Merciless' third and most ambitious record, boasting killer guitar work with a great balance of melodic and brutal, the kind of vicious, reverb-drenched vocals that every thrash band should have, sweet-ass instrumental sections, and full, crisp but not overly clean production. For my money, one of the more underrated thrash records in existence.

Track listing:
1. Unbound
2. The Land I Used to Walk
3. Feebleminded
4. Back to North
5. The Silent Truth
6. Lost Eternally
7. Nuclear Attack
8. Forbidden Pleasure

What can you do about it when your life is a lie and your head is full of shit?

If you like this, try:

Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death (1988)

Razor - Open Hostility (1991)