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The greatest thrash metal artists of all time

33 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Metallica

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · heavy metal
146.669
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25 Blind Guardian Germany flagGermany · 1984– · power metal 0.710
26 Therion Sweden flagSweden · 1988– · symphonic metal 0.670
27 Ministry United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · industrial 0.663
28 Venom United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979– · black metal 0.506
29 Fear Factory United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1990– · industrial metal 0.490
30 Lou Reed United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1942–2013 · rock 0.457
31 Atheist United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1984– · death metal 0.400
32 DevilDriver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2003– · death metal 0.369
33 Arch Enemy Sweden flagSweden · 1996– · melodic death metal 0.313