Just now hearing Enemy Is Us on Tribunal Records, despite my "connections"...reminds me of early The Haunted....

More from Enemy Is Us

As far as thrash goes, I used to be a MASSIVE fan of the genre, and many of those albums still remain favorites, but as I get older, thrash just doesn't have the same "kick" for me as it did when I was first discovering it. Granted, I'm not THAT old, but I do find myself searching for a bit more melody and song writing than many thrash has to offer. Some thrash bands can write some very memorable songs, but overall, the my personal reactions to the songs aren't as euphoric as they once were.

I'm super excited about this thrash resurgence though. Regardless of how I feel about the genre, this movement is keeping a lot of bands accountable. It's keeping the metal scene pretty pure.

I still pay attention to the genre though and to answer your question about best retro thrash albums--

Exit to Eternity - Coming Down
Havok - Time is Up
Warbringer - Waking into Nightmares/Worlds Torn Asunder
Violator - Chemical Assault

These are my favorites from 2011, some already mentioned.....

Essence - Lost in Violence
Sword of Judgement
Mortal Sin - Psychology of Death
Elm Street - Barbed Wire Metal
Fireforce - March on
Sabertung - Conquest
Havok - Time is up
Vektor - Outer Isolation
Invection - Facet of Aberration
Axegresssor - Next
The Blame - Born
Decimator - Bloodstained
Disposable - EP
Tantra - Human Mutation
Injury - Unleash The Violence
Overdrive - Angle maker
Revocation - Chaos of Forms
Sufosia - Inspiration Breakdown
Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

Sword of Judgement was a Gem of a find...Though the three songs they have from their most recent EP leave me wanting a full album release yesterday! Some of the best thrash I have ever heard, classic or new.....Vocals are amazing, guitars are crazy......

Going through this thread was great! I missed some thrash I will need to hunt down...Thanks! It's good to see that I'm not the only one with a thrash problem....

Some from the last decade not mentioned to my knowledge in the thread, sorry if they were....

Steelgar - Xenocide
Tuck From Hell
Ulysses Siren - Above the Ashers
Joe Thrasher - Cries of War
Abadden - Sentenced to Death
Shredding the Envelope - The Call of the Flames
Abuser - Threats of Fate
Aggression - MoshPirit
Ancient Dome - Human Key, Perception of This World
Angelus Apatrida - Clock Work, Evil Unleashed, Give Em War
Anihilated - Scorched Earth Policy
Armor Column - Maximum Collateral damage
Atomic Head s/t EP
Battalion - Underdogs
Battered - s/t
Black Moor - The Conquering
Chained - Greatful Sinner
Concrete Force - Mental Inforcers
Contradiction - The Essence of Anger
Criminal Justice - Burning the Infidel
Crash - The Paragon of Animals
Endovein - Waiting for Disaster
Face Down Hero - Of storytellers and Gunfellas
Hammerlord - Wolves At War's End, s/t
Hatcher - Birth of a Bomb, Forced to Fight
Kingdom of Hate - The Search
Last Envoy - Until the End of Time
The Law - Distorted Anthems From the Suburbs
Manditory - Lend Me Your Ears
Memorain - Reduced to Ashes
Martyrd - The Mortal Coil
Metal Militia - Perpetual State of Aggression
Outrage - s/t
Pollution - Modern Warfare
Prophecy - Legions of Violence
Prophecy 23 - To The Pit
Rancor - Release the Rancor
Rapidfire - Settle The Score
Razormaze - The True Speed of Steel, Miseries
Revtend - Welcome to Hell
Sacred Storm - Extreme Assault
Shredhead - Human Nature
Skull Hammer - Pay it in Blood
Slasher - Pray for the Dead
Suspiria - Attitude
Titans Eve - The Divine Equal
Torment Tool - Dawn of War
4Arm - The Empires of Death
9.7 Richter - Epicenter