Your favorite thrash metal album?

I think Rust in Peace is the most defining thrash metal masterpiece. MoP can come close IMO.
Your opinions?

 

Rust in Peace. I love Master of Puppets but Rust in Peace is the better thrash album.

 

RiP has a better guitar playing. Holy Wars is one of the best metal songs.

 

Master of Puppets is my favorite, but Reign in Blood should have been an option

 

Dave writes better songs & Megadeth have always been more musically gifted IMO so I'd have a handful of their Albums before MoP.

 

Where's Reign in Blood?

edit: Oh, nevermind - it's one of those threads...

 

I think you should have included other albums, but I would go with Rust out of the two, though neither one is my favorite from those respective bands.

 

Mortal Sin - Face of Despair

 

I hate thrash metal (and extreme metal), but I love Metallica and Megadeth. They don't sound like typical thrash metal bands, they're closer to classic metal, just faster. Rust in Peace is near perfect, except one blemish: The totally superfluous "Dawn Patrol".

 

Rust In Peace. I always found Master Of Puppets a tad boring.

 

Master of Puppets for me...my favorite album of all time. I love the flow of the album; it always takes me on a journey and makes the hairs on my neck stand on edge! Very powerful. Although RIP is probably technically better, especially Marty and Dave's blistering soloing, as BryanA mentioned the Dawn Patrol seems like a wasted opportunity. Would have loved to see an instrumental like Into the Lungs of Hell instead. Both killer albums!

 

Megadeth - Rust in Peace, for me.

 

Tough call between what are undoubtedly classic genre defining albums, but I'm going to with MOP.

 

Neither would be in my top ten but I prefer Master of Puppets.

 

I'm not a thrash purist (my loud music of choice is more punk/hardcore), and I'd go for Suicidal Tendencies - Join the Army.

I love their debut album, but Join the Army beats it in my book because it pulls in influences from hip-hop & guitar solos verging on noise rock, plus a distinctly Lemmy-ish yelp by Mike.

 

Master, for me.
This is based on pure nostalgia, for the most part. I bought it as a new release in '86, I was in my very impressionable years, and it became one of the most impacting albums for me.
RIP is indeed way better in terms of musicianship, but I didn't really hear it until a mere few years ago, in spite of my blood type being metal, and everything. Yeah, it's weird, I know...but there's a regretful story behind all that.
Anyway, yup...MoP has no filler, still has power to this day, and a certain magic about it that is timeless.

 

MOP

 

Mayhemic Destruction should also receive more praise

 

If I had to choose one from the two, it would be METALLICA...but if I would have the chance to name another albums, it would be one of the following milestones:

TESTAMENT (1987) The Legacy
EXODUS (1985) Bonded By Blood
SLAYER (1986) Reign In Blood
HOLY MOSES (1987) Finished With The Dogs
KREATOR (1985) Endless Pain
RAZOR (1988) Vilent Restitution
WHIPLASH (1986) Power And Pain
EXUMER (1986) Possessed By Fire
HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH (1988) Hobbs Angel Of Death
INFERNAL MAJESTY (1987) None Shall Defy

...and so many more great albums...!!!

 

"Mayhemic Destruction" is a KILLER !!!

 

Both of the ones listed in the poll are among the best. Thrash, by and large, comes off as pretty dated today and it's a genre that really failed to evolve beyond the early 90s. Some bands experimented with a 'groove' hybrid or mixed a more death metal sound but the core thrash sound was mostly taken to its apex long ago. And contemporary bands trying to revitalize the genre lack identity and mostly borrow aesthetics from the past without contributing anything new. I'd put Reign in Blood in the conversation as well and it still sounds quite intense and unique to this day.

 

Rust In Peace sounds as fresh as a daisy to me whether you think the genre has evolved enough is debatable but Megadeth in particular rarely sound dated IMO.

 

Rust in Peace. Definitely Rust in Peace.

 

I voted Master of Puppets as it was the better of the 2 for me but my favorite would be Death Angel's The Ultra-Violence.

 

My favorite is still Reign in Blood