Pete's reactions to Martin's choices are priceless 😂🤘🏼

South of Heaven is my fav Slayer album. 'One' is the thrash equivalent of Stairway to Heaven.

Geezer Butler said it better: Megadeth over Metallica.

It's official, Martin's lost his mind 🤣

I’ve learned to appreciate all these albums now in my 50s now better than I did back then

Killing is my Business has a lot of cool stuff of in my opinion.

Bonded by blood would definitely be a contender for me for best thrash metal album of all time. Kill em all would be too.

Love seeing you guys together discussing music.

In 1988 I started listening to Metallica. I had all the albums on cassettes. Then I bought some from Slayer and Megadeth because they were difficult to find in my country (Argentina). from Anthrax I only bought "Among the living" and the ep with Public Enemy. These albums were very important in my musical education and allowed me to meet other bands that influenced the Big 4 of Trash. 1-Ride the Lightning (1984) 2- ...And Justice for All (1988) 3-Reign in Blood (1986) 4-Kill 'Em All (1983) 5-Master of Puppets (1986) 6-Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986) 7-South of Heaven (1988) 8-So Far, So Good... So What! (1988) 9-Hell Awaits (1985) 10-Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) 11-Among the Living (1987) 12-Show No Mercy (1983) 13-Spreading the Disease (1985) 14-State of Euphoria (1988) 15-Fistful of Metal (1984)

I agree with Pete. Peace Sells but who's buying is #1 by far for me. 🤘

Peace Sells at 11th??I’m at a stage where I don’t think Martin is in the game at all anymore. He’s outta his mind.

Really enjoyed this show. Of the ranking the albums by a bunch of bands, this has been the one I’ve known most about so maybe that helped.

Knowing Martin, State of Euphoria could be first or last. 😂🇨🇦 EDIT: Just in case you were playing the "Poser" Popoff drinking game at home, this week we had: Contrarian(s) - 2 Production - 20 Right? - 21 Pete faces/grimaces - 4 Martinisms - reverby (1) Adding as bonus - atonal Enjoy your weekend everyone! 🇨🇦🍺🥃

Pete Can you do a one on Overkill, Testament, Exodus and Annihilator. 👍

1) Reign in Blood 2) Kill'em All 3) Master of Puppets 4) Peace Sells 5) Among the Living 6) Show No Mercy 7)Hell Awaits 8) Ride the Lightning 9) South of Heaven 10) And Justice. 11) So Good, so far, so What... 12) Killing is my Business 13) State of Euphoria 14) Spreading the Disease 15) Fistful of Metal

It wouldn’t be Friday In The Funhouse without at least one Pardo grimace as Martin calls out a stone cold classic in last place. 😂

Thank you guys great talk today. Martin’s honest comment about feeling like a poser Thrash guy was priceless! Yes my taste for this genre did diminish over time too. Metalica, my fav of these, hit me in a similar way to Pete with their first 4 - really great!! After that not so much. Btw I had quite a few Deadhead friends around this time that were also tuned into and dug those records - no BS lol! One cannot survive on Sugar Magnolia alone lol and you can’t argue with greatness!

I really really like this episode a lot and I’ll prob be coming back to it as a major source of reference and inspiration.

Such a great discussion, thank you guys. And here are my Top 10 1. Ride the Lightning 2. Reign in Blood 2. Master of Puppets 3. Peace Sells 4. Show No Mercy 5. South of Heaven Among the Living, Justice, and Spreading the Disease coming in close behind

This is the content I come here for!! The fact that I agree with very little of this particular discussion matters not! 😄

AWESOME VIDEO EXCELLENT BANDS PERFECT PICKS THANKS REALLY ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO GUYS!!!

Great posing! Loving it!

The two of you should do videos such as this one with the Hudson Valley Squares, I’d have loved to see Ryan, Chris or Butch react to Martin‘s contrarian picks.

15. State Of Euphoria 14. Reign In Blood 13. South Of Heaven 12. And Justice For All 11. Among The Living 10. Hell Awaits 9. Spreading The Disease 8. Killing Is My Business 7. So Far, So Good...So What 6. Show No Mercy 5. Ride The Lightning 4. Kill Em All 3. Fistful Of Metal 2. Master Of Puppets 1. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

anyone who claims Countdown as their favorite Megadeth album should not be ranking thrash albums. no wonder he put anthrax so high

Ranking these is going to be tough. We are talking about some of the greatest and most influential metal albums of all time. 1. Reign in Blood 2. Among the Living 3. Peace Sells 4. South of Heaven 5. Kill em All 6. Spreading the Disease 7. Ride the Lightning 8. Master of Puppets 9. Show no Mercy 10. Hell Awaits 11. So Far, So Good... 12. Killing is my Business... 13. State of Euphoria 14. And Justice for All 15. Fist Full of Metal

Martin may not have been the best guest for this show…lol.

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another interesting decade album blender episode. Though not too familiar with many of the albums, always learn something from watching/listening to Martin and Pete discuss music. This was no exception. As for Martin's question about Bread in the discussion during the premiere, all that can be offered here is that a lot of the young ladies from this part of the U.S. loved the 'romance' of those albums. Just another mix in the surviving AM radio of the time. Thanks once again, gents. There ya go!

4:36 Same Pete, same. A top 3 Slayer album and top contender on my thrash album ranking

I first about Metallica from Kerrang. As a result, I picked up "Ride the Lightening" & my response was being stunned by how heavy it sounded.

Randomly after last week’s show I ordered Martin’s Nugent book from Amazon

You don't like instrumentals????? How are you gonna be a rock critic expert who knows every band from every country over 50 years of releases and say you don't like instrumentals? That makes no sense.

Great idea, really enjoyed this. I saw all them all live in the 80s save Megadeth and always thought Anthrax were more of a live than a studio band. I'd have to say Kreator and Voivod released albums that imo were better than all those discussed bar Puppets and Reign in Blood.

Should have put Poser Popoff in the title of the episode, would have garnered even more clicks! Martin picked Ride The Lightning as his number one so all good 👍

How disappointing this Video started, when Martin mentions "Show No Mercy" first, means he finds all other 14 albums here were better than it... I listened to this at it came out, age 13. I loved it immediately! I heard "Kill Em All" before, but this I found far better, it sounds much more creepy and the amount of sheer classics on it is astonishing! (BTW I already was a huge Iron Maiden fan at that time). Pete saved my day then, picking it for his number two! For me it is perhaps one of the 3 greatest records of all time. Ok, Martin was 20 at that time, some years elder than me, and I remember the elder guys we met those times did not like thrash metal at all. They just didn't get it! They were grown up with sloppier sounding music... What I'm telling here is about the german heavy metal scene, as I come next from Stuttgart. Love and peace.

Great show you two

Pete talking about Master of Puppets brought back a memory. I think somewhere towards the end of the 80s I was hearing so much about Metallica that I was curious. I had not heard their music at all, I bought a cassette of Master of Puppets. My reaction was, WTF! It was outside what I could comprehend. I don’t know if I listened to the whole thing; there is a very good chance I only listened to (part of?) 1 track. That was enough for me. I wanted nothing to do with it. I don’t remember what I did with that tape. Maybe it ended up in the trash. After the Black Album, I heard more of the band, heard more Metal. I started opening up to Metal. At some point I bought Master of Puppets again. I liked it. How many years had to pass between rejecting Master Of Puppets & accepting it? 3-4 yrs? I don't know. I've only heard 3 Metallica albums, a few Anthrax albums, never heard any album by Slayer or Megadeth. I like some Metal, but I've never been a big fan of it.

I ranked the first five albums of the Big Four during the early pandemic and this is what I came up with. I'd actually say only 'Load' and Anthrax's 'Sound of White Noise' and the last two Joey albums would be good enough to crack this list of the later stuff I've heard. Sound of White Noise would actually be in my top ten here, the highest ranked Anthrax album. #20 Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction #19 Anthrax - State of Euphoria #18 Anthrax - Persistence of Time #17 Metallica - Metallica #16 Anthrax - Spreading the Disease #15 Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What?!?! #14 Anthrax - Among the Living #13 SLAYER - Hell Awaits #12 Anthrax - Fistful of Metal #11 SLAYER - Seasons in the Abyss #10 SLAYER - Show No Mercy #9 Megadeth - Rust in Peace #8 Megadeth - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good! #7 SLAYER - South of Heaven #6 Metallica - Master of Puppets #5 Metallica - ...and Justice for All #4 Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Whose Buying? #3 Metallica - Kill 'em All #2 Metallica - Ride the Lightning #1 SLAYER - Reign in Blood

1 - Master of Puppets 2 - Ride the Lightning 3 - Seasons in the Abyss 4 - South of Heaven 5 - Among the Living 6 - Kill em All 7 - Peace Sells 8 - Reign in Blood 9 - And Justice For All 10 - So Far So Good So What 11- Spreading the Disiease 12 - State of Euphoria 13 - Hell Awaits 14 - Show No Mercy 15 - Fistful of Metal

Very nice topic. And for once I’m familiar with all albums and don’t have to prepare.

Can’t agree with Martin’s assessment of early Slayer, but I do own that awesome trilogy of thrash books he’s done, as well as the NWOBHM trilogy. But hey, to each their own. Glad to hear there is a 90’s discussion coming because that’s the only valid excuse for not including the 1990 albums. Thanks for this awesome discussion guys, I nodded my head in agreement and my eyes bulged out at other times and that’s the way it should be. 1. Master of Puppets 2. Ride the Lightning 3. Hell Awaits 4. Reign in Blood 5. Among the Living 6. Kill ‘em All 7. …And Justice For All 8. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? 9. Spreading the Disease 10. South of Heaven 11. Seasons in the Abyss 12. So Far, So Good….So What! 13. Killing Is My Business….And Business Is Good. 14. Fistful of Metal 15. State of Euphoria 1-4 and the bottom 2 are a lock. The ones in between can fluctuate easily. Even State of Euphoria is about a 7/10 so not a bad album in the bunch. I grew up on this stuff and these albums I’ll be listening to until the day I die.

Hey Pete can you please do a top ten songs for Exodus? I think that would be a great topic

This was tough! can't wait for the 90's show! my contrarian list goes... 15. State Of Euphoria 14. So Far, So Good... So What? 13. ...And Justice For All 12. Fistful Of Metal 11. South Of Heaven 10. Hell Awaits 9. Kill 'Em All 8. Among The Living 7. Master Of Puppets 6. Reign In Blood 5. Spreading The Disease 4. Peace Sells 3. Show No Mercy 2. Killing Is My Business 1. Ride The Lightning

Master of Puppets and Reign in Blood are the two flawless albums for me here. Very different albums, but perfection from start to finish. I'm still blown away by these two today. 1. Master of Puppets 2. Reign in Blood 3. ...And Justice for All 4. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying 5. Ride the Lightning

Peace Sells is also my number one! One of the first cassette tapes I bought with my paper route money. It’s in my blood lol. The song names eventually faded from the cassette and I’d have to wind it on occasion with a pencil when the tape came loose. Miss those days.

Reign in blood is great

I was on holiday so I watched the latest episode where Pete and Martin mention the comments before watching this episode. People need to chill out ! Pete and Martin aren’t always going to pick your favourites, especially the contrary Martin ! I wouldn’t describe myself as a fan of the thrash genre in general, although I do have every Slayer album up to Undisputed Attitude. The only Metallica album I have is Kill ‘Em All, I’ve got a couple of Anthrax albums that somebody gave me because they were getting rid of their vinyl and I have no Megadeath, although I did see Megadeath on the Clash of the Titans tour where Slayer were top of the bill. I’ve heard a lot of Metallica over the years and if I have a regret it’s that I bought Kill ‘Em All over Ride the Lightning. I can’t pick a favourite from Reign in Blood/South of Heavan/Seasons in the Abyss but I agree with Pete that albums after Devine Intervention are unlistenable (except for Undisputed Attitude which I guess is a special case - I’ve probably listened to it more than any other Slayer album outside my top 3). I didn’t expect my favourite Slayer albums to be at the top of Pete and Martin’s lists and I wasn’t disappointed !

« Baby Slayer » (Pete talking about Show No Mercy). So cute! 🤣

My friend was born in 1971 and he loves both Hell Awaits and Bonded by Blood. I was born in 1974 and discovered thrash in 1988. I hardly ever listen to those bands anymore. I am similar to both Martin and Pete, except I listen to a lot more genres, than they do. I love Rockabilly, Doo-Wap, Bebop Jazz, Punk, Reggae. I left thrash for Death metal.

Some wild takes in this video 😮 My ranking worst to best would be- 15) State of Euphoria 14) Fistful of Metal 13) Spreading the Disease 12) Hell Awaits 11) Among the Living 10) Show No Mercy 9) Killing Is My Business 8) Kill Em All 7) South of Heaven 6) So Far, So Good...So What! 5) Reign in Blood 4) Ride the Lightning 3) ...And Justice For All 2) Peace Sells 1) Master of Puppets

I had a lot of fun researching and comparing these classic albums. 1. Justice 2. Puppets 3. Lightning 4. South of Heaven 5. Reign in Blood 6. Peace Sells 7. So Far So Good 8. Kill Em All 9. Spreading the Disease 10. Among the Living 11. Show No Mercy 12. State of Euphoria 13. Hell Awaits 14. Killing is my Business 15 Fistful of Metal

15 So far so good 14 Killing is my business 13 Show No Mercy 12 Fistfilul of Metal 11.And ...justice for All 10. State of Euphoria 9. Kill Em All 8. Hell Awaits 7. South Of Heaven 6. Among The Living 5. Reign In Blood 4. Master Of Puppets 3. Ride the Lighning 2. Peace Sells 1. Spreading The Disease

Sucks to get old...I now need 'Mother's Little Helper' to get through some of these now but couldn't get enough in my youth

Great show. Would be boring if everybody had the same taste. Intersting to hear how your listening habits develop over the years for people who were there when those albums came out. Love Megadeth's cover of Budgie's Melt the ice away. But indeed those covers on the early albums.... my god, why oh why... Can't really rank 'm. Only own the Megadeth ones and the last two Slayer.

Nothing comes even close to master of puppets and ride the lightning

1 Ride the lightning 2 South of Heaven 3 Piece Sells 4 Among the living 5 Kill Em All

1. Metallica - And Justice for All (1988) 2. Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) 3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (1984) 4. Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying? (1986) 5. Metallica - Kill 'Em All (1983)

Considering the amount of time I've spent with all this albums in the last ten years: 1.Ride the Lightning 2.Master of Puppets 3.South of Heaven 4.Reign in Blood And I cannot recall listening to anything else from the big 4 from the 80's in the last ten years. Granted, they went on infinite loop before the grunge train knock me off my feet in the beginning of the 90's and listened quite a bit in the 90's too, nevertheless, but there is so much music and so little time.

1. Ride the Lightning 2. Reign in Blood 3. Master of Puppets 4. And Justice 5. Peace Sells

If you are getting too old to get into the fast Slayer stuff, may I then recommend a project called Slower? They are a band that plyes classic Slayer songs at like half the speed, where 2 minute tunes turn into 4 minutes. It kinda turns into Doom or Sludge riffs. Lol

Martin's and Pete's ranking below: Martin: 15. Show no mercy 14. Hell awaits 13. Killing is my business 12. Peace sells 11. So far, so good... So what 10. Fistful of metal 9. And justice for all... 8. State of euphoria 7. Reign in blood 6. Among the living 5. Spreading the disease 4. Kill em all 3. South of heaven 2. Master of puppets 1. Ride the lightning Pete: 15. State of euphoria 14. Killing is my business 13. Fistful of metal 12. So far, so good... So what 11. Spreading the disease 10. Among the living 9. And justice for all... 8. South of heaven 7. Kill em all 6. Master of puppets 5. Hell awaits 4. Ride the lightning 3. Reign in blood 2. Show no mercy 1. Peace sells Thanks for an excellent episode guys!

Martin put a lot of emphasis on production, I do too, but sometimes these songs are so good it outweighs the production. That being said. My top 10. 1. Reign In Blood ( The only album that completely blew me away after first listen) 2. Ride The Lightning (Better than MoP) 3. Show No Mercy ( Sorely underrated) 4. ..And Justice For all ( No bass, but who cares? Those RIFFS) 5. Hell Awaits. (Evil, raw, did I say evil?) 6. Peace Sells. (The only Megadave album that matters) 7. Master Of Puppets ( Slightly overrated, but still great) 8. Spreading The Disease ( Underrated, heavy, and very melodic) 9. Kill Em All (THRASH!) 10. Among The Living (Slightly overrated, but has all the hits)

Among The Living and Reign In Blood seem to flow better for me…I think it’s the drumming of Benante and Lombardo

Excellent show... I remember seeing the Clash of the Titans tour back in day. and I saw Metallica off the And Justice for all Tour. Firstly all four bands are great. 2ndly I like Martin listen to and bought more Anthrax albums the most of all 4 four bands (personally I think Scott Ian is brilliant) . The Best album of the group for me is probably a tie between Master of Puppets and Among the Living. Finally i must be in the minority here but I love State of Euphoria. I believe a 90s grouping of these bands would be a terrific idea.. I know i will tune in. Cheers !!!

1) Peace Sells… 2) Among the Living 3) Spreading the Disease 4) So Far.. 5) Show No Mercy 6) Ride the Lightning 7) South of Heaven 8) Kill ‘em All 9) Reign in Blood 10) State of Euphoria 11) Hell Awaits 12) Master of Puppets 13) And Justice… 14) Killing is My Business… 15) Fistful of Metal

1. Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying 2. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good 3. So Far… So Good… So What! 4. … And Justice For All 5.Master Of Puppets

Will you guys rank the Beatles in the 70s against each other?

1. Ride the Lightning 2. So Far So Good So What 3. Reign in Blood 4. And Justice for All 5. Master of Puppets 6. State of Euphoria 1, 2 and 3 could switch round depending on how I feel on the day.

My top 5 here are: 5 - South Of Heaven 4 - Peace Sells 3 - Reign In Blood 2 - Kill 'Em All 1 - Ride The Lightning

Just a couple notes for context: Metallica was the first band or even musical artist in general which I discovered myself in my childhood. From ages 9-12 I´d more or less listen to Metallica exclusively, slowly discovering classic rock bands like The Beatles or Stones along the way. I´d wanted a Slayer album next (Live Undead) but my parents forbade it because I was only 9 or 10. I only became a Slayer fan at 18 or even 19. I discovered Megadeth at 13, I bought Rust in Peace afterwards and its been my favourite ever since. I finally listened to Anthrax 2-3 years ago, I think I already had For all kings for several years but only listened to it twice. Thus Metallica was the start of it all, Megadeth during the period were I truly became a music nerd and Slayer much, much later. I don´t dislike any of these albums, I even like at least 2 consecutive of each band from the early nineties, after that it gets spotty: Anthrax fell down a cliff in the mid 90s but got their mojo back in the 2000s, Metallica became a boring but acceptable studioband after Jason left, I don´t know any Megadeth album released after 1992 up until 2016, even the worst Slayer albums are still somehow listenable, but the first 5 is where it´s at. 15. Killing is my business and business is good (I know it´s got its fans but I don´t care particularly for it) 14. State of Euphoria (A couple solid tunes, but the weakest one of the Belladonna era. I even prefer their 93 album over it) 13. So far so good so what (3-4 stellar songs, the rest a bit meh) 12. FIstful of Metal (A fun Speed Metal album, nothing more, nothing less.) 11. Spreading the disease (Cementing their sound, filled with classic tunes. I´ve just got so little history with it) 10. South of Heaven (Might be much higher on some days, but there is one album which really rose in my estimation. Still one of my go to Slayer albums though. I like slow Metal, be it slow Heavy, slow Doom, Slow Thrash, slow Death...) 9. Kill em all (Absolute pummeling classic, nothing bad to say about it. Never cared for Anaesthesia. Love Cliff obviously, but Orion, Call of Cthulu or To live is to die is a much better showcase of his skills.) 8. Among the living (The sleeper album for me. I love it to bits, peak Anthrax and without a doubt one of the quintessential 80s metal albums) 7. Show no mercy (Obviously could be higher, but I love the marriage of early extreme metal like Venom, the overt Thrash and Punk stylings as well as the big NWOBTHM touch. An all out classic. Crionics man!) 6. Peace sells (I prefer it just a tad over Show no mercy, Title track one of those hits I could still listen to for the hundredth time... Second best Megadeth album) 5. Master of Puppets (One of the best albums ever, but there are just two Metallica albums which are more important to me because I got them way before this one.) 4. Reign in blood (Roughly 29 minutes of rewriting the rulebook of extreme metal. Essential.) 3. And Justice for all (For years I claimed it´s my favourite Metallica album, all killer no filler, but there is one album where there are some songs which are very near and dear to me.) 2. Ride the lightning (One of the most important albums to me, it was the last Metallica album I got before I really dived deeper into Metal and music as a whole. I liked to listen to Metallica for 3 years or so because I thought it sounded cool, but this was the first time in my life where music gave me emotional support in desperate times.) 1. Hell awaits (For a couple of years now I return to this album on a regular basis. My second favourite Thrash album, my third favourite Metal album overall. They took what Merciful Fate did on a similar mindboggling level and didn´t perfect it, but made it raw, hellish, evil. Perfect album.)

1. Reign in Blood 2. Master of Puppets 3. South of Heaven 4. Kill 'em All 5. Among the Living Cheers

11 pm. If I was 22. I be at the bar. lol 👍💯

I'll be watching later when the wife goes to work with a glass of red wine

1. Ride the lightning 2. Master of puppets 3. Hell awaits 4. Reign in blood 5. And justice for all... 6. Show no mercy 7. South of heaven 8. Among the living 9. Peace sells 10. Spreading the disease 11. Kill em all 12. Killing is my business 13. Fistful of metal 14. State of euphoria 15. So far, so good... So what

Where does the I’m the Man EP slot in here? haha

1. Kill ´Em All 2. South of Heaven 3. Ride the Lightning 4. Master of Puppets 5. Reign in Blood 6. Show No Mercy 7. Hell Awaits 8. And Justice for all 9. Among the Living 10. Spreading the Disease 11. Fistful of Metal 12. State of Euphoria 13. So Far, So Good... So What! 14. Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? 15. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

i love Martin,his tastes are very similar to mine

15. Euphoria 14. Hell Awaits 13. Killing 12. So Far So Good 11. Among 10. Show No Mercy 9. Justice 8. South 7. Spreading 6. Peace 5. Fistful 4. Master 3. Kill'em 2. Reign 1. Ride

1. Reign in Blood 2. Hell Awaits 3. South of Heaven 4. Show No Mercy I cannot stand the other 3 bands

1- Master of PUPPETS/8️⃣6️⃣. 2- Kill em ALL/8️⃣3️⃣ 3- Peace SELLS/8️⃣6️⃣ 4- Ride the LIGHTNING/8️⃣4️⃣ 5- Reign in BLOOD /8️⃣6️⃣👍💯

i know livw albums and eps don't count here but back in the day i ranked garage days up high on my list

1. Slayer - Haunting the Chapel 2. Megadeth - So Far , So Good , So What 3. Slayer - Show No Mercy 4. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal 5. Slayer - Hell Awaits 6. Megadeth - Killing is My Business 7. Slayer - Reign in Blood 8. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 9. Slayer - South of Heaven 10. Megadeth - Peace Sells

As soon as my wife&manager has the left the building, I'll tune in and open up a real cold one. I mean, this is serious - you guys talk about the most important albums of my early teenage years!

1 Reign in Blood 2. Justice 3. Master 4. Kill Em All (most influencial tho) 5. Among 6. Lightning 7. Peace 8. South 9. Show No Mercy 10. Hell Awaits 11. Spreading 12. Killing.... 13. So Far... 14. Fistfull 15. State

Pete please rank Virgin Steele! My favorite band!

Would much rather see either Overkill or Testament in the mix than Anthrax.

I love instrumental metal songs

1. South of Heaven 2. Justice 3. Among the Living (though I would have included S.O.D. and put Speak English or Die here if it were my show. But it's not my show) 4.Hell Awaits 5. Lighting

I just wish Hell Awaits had the production of 'Haunting the Chapel'.

Perfect words

Peace Sells/Reign in Blood/Kill 'em All/Spreading the Disease The best from the big 4 of the 80's IMHO Master of Puppets right there too

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets 2. Megadeth - Peace Sells 3. Slayer - Reign in Blood 4. Anthrax- Among the Living 5. Slayer - South of Heaven 6. Metallica- Ride the Lightning 7. Slayer - Show No Mercy 8. Slayer - Hell Awaits 9. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 10. Megadeth - So Far, So good... So What

Interesting lists! After the initial bottom three I was thinking: Wow, I am gong to disagree a lot with martin on this one. Later on the list, I thought he redeemed himself and Pete had some rankings I didn't at all agree with. Overall I do think I agree mostly with Pete though, but it's a tricky list to make in all fairness. Band catalogue wise, I think I will rate their 80s output as, from worst to best: Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Metallica, although the bottom two are very even to me. I always thought that Slayer and Metallica were quite a bit above them both, even if I liked both bands back then.

Exodus Bonded By Blood, and Venom Welcome To Hell need at least honorable mentions!

15. State of Euphoria 14. Fistful of Metal 13. So far So good So What 12. Spreading the Disease 11. Hell Awaits 10. Kill em All 9. South of Heaven 8. Killing is My Business 7. And Justice For All 6. Among The Living 5. Master of Puppets 4. Reign in Blood 3. Peace Sells 2. Show No Mercy 1. Ride The Lightning

It's like Martin makes an effort to be a.... contrarian.

Kill em All- Metallica Fistful of Metal- Anthrax Reign In Blood- Slayer Hell Awaits- Slayer Peace Sells- Megadeth Ride the Lightning- Metallica Master of Puppets- Metallica Among the Living- Anthrax Show No Mercy- Slayer Spreading the Disease- Anthrax South of Heaven- Slayer So Far- Megadeth Killing is My Business- Megadeth State of Euphoria- Anthrax And Justice For All- Metallica

I actually like the cover art of “So Far So Good”

Everybody has their own opinion. I like what I like.

I'm ambivalent about the cover art of SFSGSW, but I dig the red-hued band photo. P.S. I own MANY of Martin's books, but he may have officially lost his mind with that Show No Mercy ranking😂😂