With blistering tempos, savage vocals, and wailing solos, these gentlemen have solidified themselves as the most brutal of thrash metal’s “Big 4.” Inspiring the darkest and heaviest metal subgenres, they’ve managed to inject plenty of hellish atmosphere into their music to balance out their trademark aggression. These are my favorite songs from the Satanic shredders.

*This list will be updated in the event of any future (including posthumous) releases.

Honorable mentions

At Dawn They Sleep

Dead Skin Mask

Expendable Youth

Hell Awaits

War Ensemble

Top 10

10. Blood Red

9. Altar of Sacrifice

8. Criminally Insane

7. Mandatory Suicide

6. Postmortem

5. Spirit in Black

4. Jesus Saves

3. Seasons in the Abyss

2. Angel of Death

1. Raining Blood

Favorite Album Cover

South of Heaven (1988)

Favorite Track on Each Album

Show No Mercy (1983)

Die by the Sword

Hell Awaits (1985)

At Dawn They Sleep

Reign in Blood (1986)

Raining Blood

South of Heaven (1988)

Mandatory Suicide

Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Seasons in the Abyss

Divine Intervention (1994)

Divine Intervention

Undisputed Attitude (1996)

Gemini

Diabolus in Musica (1998)

Bitter Peace

God Hates Us All (2001)

Payback

Christ Illusion (2006)

Eyes of the Insane

World Painted Blood (2009)

World Painted Blood

Repentless (2015)

Repentless

Albums Ranked

12. Diabolus in Musica (1998)

11. Undisputed Attitude (1996)

10. Divine Intervention (1994)

9. World Painted Blood (2009)

8. Repentless (2015)

7. Christ Illusion (2006)

6. God Hates Us All (2001)

5. Show No Mercy (1983)

4. South of Heaven (1988)

3. Hell Awaits (1985)

2. Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

1. Reign in Blood (1986)