Thrash Metal 2020s Albums

Cursum Perficio is a useful way to hear ANTHRAX from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

Goliath finds EXODUS shaping rough Bay Area thrash riffs, confrontational energy and heavyweight sound pressure into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Kreator's sixteenth studio album, from January 2026, produced by Jens Bogren; the Japanese edition came out the same day.

Released on January 23, 2026, Megadeth is MEGADETH’s seventeenth and final studio album.

Dead To Rights finds METAL CHURCH shaping hard-edged US power metal and thrash-leaning riffs into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

The 2026 remaster of Metallica's 1997 seventh album, cut by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering with Greg Fidelman overseeing, issued in Japan as a single SHM-CD.

The seventeenth album, which Ministry have named as their last. Cleopatra Records issues it on 30 October 2026.

The four-song EP that is Sepultura's last studio release, out in April 2026 and in Japan on 10 July.

TRIVIUM's eleventh studio album, born of Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and steeped in Japanese horror film; Josh Wilbur produced it and Jacob Hansen mixed it.

The band's first live album with a symphony orchestra, recorded with the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec in Quebec City on 4 June 2025.

Unatoned by MACHINE HEAD: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

A New World Rising finds RAGE shaping the direct drive of German power metal and hard riffs rooted in thrash into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Para Bellum finds TESTAMENT shaping Bay Area thrash sharpness and the weight of modern heaviness into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

The Haunted's tenth album, released on 30 May 2025, their newest record and twelve tracks long.

Ministry's sixteenth album, out on 1 March 2024. It closes on a reading of Fad Gadget's Ricky's Hand.

Afterlifelines is an ambitious double album that places RAGE’s raw trio attack beside a more expansive orchestral dimension.

Congregation of Annihilation by METAL CHURCH: track list, Spotify player and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

72 Seasons looks back at the formative first eighteen years of life while using Metallica’s familiar language of heavy riffs and long-form construction to probe inward.

Overkill's twentieth album, released in April 2023 after the longest gap of their career, and recorded by each member on his own during the pandemic.

Nine songs from across the band's history re-recorded by the current line-up for their fortieth anniversary, plus a new title song and one cover.

Kreator's fifteenth studio album, from June 2022 and the first with Frédéric Leclercq on bass.

Of Kingdom and Crown is a concept album that unfolds Machine Head’s low-end weight, punishing riffs and exposed emotion across an extended narrative.

Building on the renewed strength of Dystopia, this album is charged with the urgency that defines Megadeth at their best.

Voivod's fifteenth studio album, from February 2022, written by sending files back and forth when the band could not travel.

Returning to the studio after a long gap, Exodus deliver an extended blast of uncompromising thrash metal.

Ministry's fifteenth album, out on 1 October 2021. It includes a reading of the Stooges' Search and Destroy.

Resurrection Day puts Rage’s twin-guitar lineup at the front, intensifying the mix of heavy riffs, speed and melodic guitar interplay.

Trivium’s tenth album integrates thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive structure at high density.

Ballistic, Sadistic condenses the speed, odd turns and black humor associated with Jeff Waters’ Annihilator.

Outrage's thirteenth album, out on 15 April 2020. Jay Ruston mixed it, and it closes with two tributes to the NWOBHM.

Wings of Rage connects the forward drive of German metal with Rage’s particular sense of melancholy.

Sepultura's fifteenth studio album, from February 2020, built on the number four and divided into four sections.

Testament’s thirteenth album retains thrash metal’s cutting edge while adding the weight and ease of a long career.

Trivium’s ninth album tightly connects thrash sharpness, metalcore aggression and progressive movement, even within compact songs.