Thrash Metal 2000s Albums - Page 2

The Greater of Two Evils revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

The Art of Dying brings Death Angel back to the thrash-metal front through sharp riffs, shifting rhythms and tense vocals.

Tempo of the Damned reasserts Exodus through slicing riffs, accelerating beats and a raw vocal attack.

The System Has Failed sharpens Megadeth’s identity through cutting riffs, shifting rhythm and Dave Mustaine’s distinctive vocal delivery.

The Weight of the World uses hard guitar riffs, heavy-footed beat and forceful vocals to push traditional heavy-metal weight to the front.

Ministry's ninth album, out on 22 June 2004. Every song but Walrus takes a title beginning with W.

Outrage's ninth album, out on 21 April 2004, from the years when they worked as a trio with Yoshihiro Yasui singing. Deadbeat was also issued as a single.

The War Within uses slicing twin guitars, heavy breakdowns and fierce vocals while still pushing memorable melody to the front.

The Haunted's fourth album, out on 18 October 2004. Peter Dolving returned to sing on it after two albums away.

We've Come for You All connects Anthrax’s sharp riffs and springing rhythm to John Bush’s forceful vocals inside a modern, hard-edged production.

Through the Ashes of Empires restores Machine Head’s low, rolling riffs, urgent vocals and muscular rhythm.

St. Anger chooses urgent riffs, raw sound and anger-filled vocals over Metallica’s usual polish and architectural control.

Ministry's eighth album, out on 18 February 2003, and for a long time the last one the bassist Paul Barker played on.

Overkill's twelfth album, released in March 2003: Derek Tailer's arrival made them a five-piece again, and Colin Richardson produced and mixed it.

Soundchaser builds tense power/thrash metal from cutting guitar, fast rhythm and heavy bass.

Sepultura's ninth studio album, from 2003. The title is an old English word for a forged story used in politics.

The Haunted's third album, released on 17 February 2003 and their last for Earache.

Ember to Inferno uses fast guitar, rough vocals and shifting rhythm to make aggressive metal with obvious ambition.

Voivod's self-titled tenth studio album, from March 2003, with Snake back and Jason Newsted newly on bass.

Waking the Fury pushes Annihilator back toward thrash-metal tension with intricate, cutting riffs at the front.

Outrage's eighth album, out on 25 July 2002. It is the first full-length made as a trio and holds fourteen songs.

Unity combines Rage’s weighty riffs, detailed rhythm changes and memorable vocal melodies.

The Art of Balance brings together thrash metal’s cutting riffs, melodic leads and hardcore-derived force with impressive control.

The Crown's fifth album, from 2002. It is one of only two of their records sung by Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates.

Carnival Diablos centers on Jeff Waters’s sharp riffs and technical guitar work while expanding thrash momentum through varied arrangements.

Kreator's tenth studio album, from 2001, the record on which they returned to the thrash metal of the 1980s.

Supercharger channels Machine Head’s low-slung groove through more contemporary rhythms and dense impact.

The World Needs a Hero sees Megadeth move back toward hard riffs and tense songwriting after the broader melodic direction of the late 1990s.

Welcome to the Other Side adds intricate construction and shadowed melody to Rage’s hard riffs and power-metal drive.

Sepultura's eighth studio album, from 2001, their last for Roadrunner and the one with the most guests.

God Hates Us All compresses Slayer’s cutting riffs and high-tension rhythms into a brutally direct statement.

First Strike Still Deadly revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Immortal's sixth album, issued by Osmose Productions in 2000. It is the first record with Iscariah on bass.

Overkill's eleventh album, released in October 2000: made as a four-piece with Dave Linsk as the only guitarist, and mixed by Colin Richardson.

Reinventing the Steel distills Pantera’s groove-metal force into a final, hard-hitting studio statement.

Of One Blood connects melodic-death guitar language with hardcore force in an early Shadows Fall statement.

The Haunted's second album, released in October 2000, eleven tracks running 35:57.