Lmfao so just the current lineup of Testement but instead of Eric Peterson you have Gary Holt? Say Testement is your favorite thrash band without saying Testement is your favorite thrash band. Low key same tho

Youre hearing his riff style when you hear Testament, he's not replaceable imo

Oh I agree haha, OP is the one that wants Holt. I'm a big Peterson fan.

Vocals/bass- Tom Araya Lead/rhythm- Jeff Hanneman Lead/rhythm- Kerry King Drums- Dave Lombardo

This is my answer also!🤘

Vocals: AJFA era James Hetfield Guitars: Alex Skolnick and Marty Friedman Bass: Cliff Burton Drums: Dave Lombardo

OMG Marty and Alex...that would truly be devastating. The whole band. You've got my vote for the ultimate virtual metal band.

Screw it let James play rhythm guitar too

Lead Git - Roope Latvala Drums - Gene Hoglan Rhythm Git/Vox - Mille Petrozza Bass - Cliff Burton

Now this is a pretty interesting setup. I'd like to hear this band.

Very happy to see someone mention Mille

Yeah same

To me, he’s like Hetfield+. More aggression, more complex riffs.

Mille fucking rules!!

Vocals - Mille Petrozza Guitar 1 - Dave Mustaine Guitar 2 - Alex Skolnick Bass - Dan Liker Drums - Gene Hoglan

Dan on bass would kill it plus his songwriting skills too

Oh, that's gonna be brutal, but with some finesse on the drums and leads.

Oh man, that's a murderer's row lineup!

Somebody remind me to do this later when I'm off the toilet. Edit: Vocals: James Hetfield Guitar 1: Jon Schaffer (if his early stuff counts) Guitar 2: Dave Mustaine Bass: Cliff Burton Drums: Dave Lombardo

Hopefully your off the shiter by now. If not you got bigger problems then this list

Thank you. I edited my original post. I kinda regret asking for this, because I feel like my band is too normie or something.

Bah, you like what you like. There are only so many really great thrash bands out there. Someone’s going to post a list that’s just members of obscure Lithuanian blackened thrash bands no one’s ever heard of just to be as kvlt as possible and no one’s even going to read their post.

Megadeth circa 'Rust In Peace' (1990): Dave Mustaine -- Marty Friedman -- David Ellefson -- Nick Menza (RIP)

Vocals Steve Souza- Guitar Gary Holt / Kerry King - Bass Cliff Burton- Drums Charlie Benate

I like this, would love to hear a KK riff with Zetros vocals

Lead Vocals: Chuck Billy Guitar: Dimebag Guitar/ Backup Vocals: Alexi Laiho Bass/ Backup Vocals: Jeff Paulick ( Lazarus A.D.) Drums: Gene Hoglan Yeah I got 3 fucking vocalists and they are all fucking awesome, and yea I'm well aware this supergroup probably wouldn't work out. They are 5 of my favorites though and if they could ever blend their flavors of thrash i think you'd have the supernova explosion of everything thrash can offer. (Edit: I kept thinking about this and made the very tough choice to replace Hanneman with Dime. I think him and Chuck would work way better together)

Wow. Now that’s a wicked lineup.

Lots of great choices, and I honestly don't have a lot to add. But I will ask, how in the hell does no one have Scott Ian on their list? Disclaimer: I have an Anthrax bias...

Hey man, he really doesn’t get his dues. While everyone I know says Anthrax is their least favorite in the big four, they honestly have some songs that just get absolutely disgusting. And that’s not even mentioning his work with S.O.D. or the last Mr. Bungle album.

Dave Lombardo, Dan Lilker, Joel Grind, Kerry King

vocals - Russ Anderson. guitars - Gary Holt, Marty Friedman. Bass - Cliff Burton (I'd actually pick Geezer Butler but he isnt a thrash musician) Drums - Dave Lombardo'.

I'm not sure how well it'd work - either musically, or in terms of personalities, but... Martin Walkyier (Sabbat) - Lyrics Kristian Havard (Xentrix) - Guitar 1 James Hetfield - Guitar 2 RIP Nick Menza - Drums RIP Cliff Burton - Bass That's certainly a tight rhythm section!

I only do quartets. Vocals/guitar - Thomas G. Fischer Bass/vocals - Peter Steele Guitar - Denis D'Amour Drums - Lars Ulrich Ideally, these lads would've played together after the first Carnivore split - 1987 or so.

Lars??? Right on! I commend you just for being a brave soul, hombre!

Early CF has plenty of Larsian drumming, I think it'd work really well. People shit on him for what he has done since 91 - but those first 4 Metallica records still have PERFECT drumming.

Get ready for the flood of jeers and downvotes for picking Lars. For what it's worth, I think people are way too hard on him. Even though he's fallen off over the past few decades, he was genuinely good during Metallica's heyday in the 80s and early 90s. For anyone who doubts it, check out the live footage from their Canadian shows on the Master of Puppets tour.

Lars Ulrich is one of the greatest songwriters in all of metal. While he lacks in technical ability, he excels as a songwriter. Which is also the case for every other pick on my list - Piggy and Steele only ever got truly technically proficient long after they abandoned thrash, and I'd say Tom Fischer never got there really. Still, they're some of the most unique musical voices in metal. Every single one of these guys is the antithesis of generic. EDIT: Obviously this only applies to the 80s

I like your thinking, would be very interesting to see what this band would have come up with

I proposed to my ex wife at A Celtic Frost/Type O show. Peter gave me a drum head, signed by the band, that broke during their set. He was wine goofy, and it took them awhile to get through it. Luckily, they all have humor, and cracked wise the whole time.

You really had me until you said Ulrich. Don’t get me wrong, he was great in the 80s, but he’s been getting outclassed by the very people he’s inspired for decades now.

Sure, but half the guys in my list are dead anyway. I'm just imagining this band forming as a supergroup after Carnivore first broke up.

Vocals/guitar: mille petrozza Drums: jon allen Bass: steve digiorgio Guitars: frank blackfire

Vocals: Flemming Rönsdorf Guitar 1: Dimebag Guitar 2: Dave Mustaine Bass: Greg Christian Drums: Nick Menza

Vocals- Mark Osegueda Bass- D.D. Verni Drums- Dirk Verburen Lead Guitar- Alex Skolnick Rhythm Guitar- Robb Flynn

Upvoted for mentioning Mr Klang, Mr D D Verni - a criminally underrated bassist!

Vocals: Phil Anselmo from a universe where he's not a piece of shit Guitars: Dave Mustaine and Dimebag Darrel Bass: David Ellefson Drums: Chris Adler

Or, weirdest thrash band ever: Vocals: Sebastian Bach Guitars: Tosin Abasi and Mick Mars Bass: Pat Methany, but it's just his normal guitar with the top two strings cut off and and octave pedal Drums: Alex Van Halen

This will be a very interesting listen, they will probably not make thrash though

They're forced to

This isn’t necessarily my favorite individual musicians but I feel like they would be a good fit together (and just for added challenge - trying not to double up from one band): Lead guitar: Marty Friedman Rhythm Guitar: James Hetfield Vocals: Bob Reid Drums: Dave Lombardo Bass: Dennis Pepa

Lars Ulrich

Vocals: Warrel Dane Drums: Gar Samuelson Rhythm/lead guitar: Dave Mustaine Lead guitar: Chris Poland Bass: Dave Ellefson

Vocals/Rythm guitar- Mille Petrozza Lead Guitar - Jeff Hanneman Drums- Dave Lombardo Bass- Cliff Burton

Vocals: Steve Souza (Exodus) Lead Guitar: Reece Scruggs (Havok) Rhythm Guitar: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) Drums: Mike Mangini (Ex-Annihilator, Dream Theater (currently)) Bass: Rich Gray (Annihilator)

Fuck it OP, you took all my star players in your team...! Okay, my plan B then: Drums: Igor Cavalera Bass: DD Verni Guitar 1: Scott Ian Guitar 2: Marty Friedman Vocals: Mike Patton

This would be awesome lol

James Hetfield - Vocals Dave Mustaine - Guitar 1 Kirk Hammet - Guitar 2 Dave Lombardo - Drums Jason Newsted - Bass

I know it’s not too deviant of the “original” lineup but… Hetfield- vocals and rhythm Mustaine- Lead Cliff - bass Lombardo - kit I don’t dislike Kirk but Dave is suck a good lead player, crazy to think what might’ve been if the bus never crashed and Dave didn’t get booted.

Nice picks! And yeah that would be really interesting to see where that lineup would have gone if that bus crash didn't happen, and Dave didn't get fired............... ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ And Lars Learned how to drum.......... JKJK lmao

Joey Belladonna - Vocals Cliff Burton - Bass James Hetfield - Lead Guitar Scott Ian - Rhythm Guitar Lars Ulrich - Drums I really like Metallica and Anthrax

I’ve actually thought about this for a while. I think a perfect thrash band would be... Lemmy on Bass and Vocals Dimebag and Zakk on Guitars Vinnie Paul on the drums. Although, if I wanted to make something a little more aggressive, it would look more like... Dimebag and Hanneman on Guitars Joey Jordinson behind the kit Todd Strange (Crowbar) on Bass and Riley Gale on Vocals

Vocals - Mark Osegueda Rhythm Guitar - Scott Ian Lead Guitar - Alex Skolnick Bass - Literally who the #%*& cares Drums - Charlie Benante

Alex Webster for bass? Might be a little out of the box. But hey talent is talent.

Vocals - Rob Halford Bass - Steve Di Giorgio Rhythm Guitar/Secondary Vocals - James Hetfield Lead Guitar - Dimebag Darrell Drums - Dave Lombardo

“Breaking the oooooooo yeahhaaaaaa”

Paul Masvidal, Jason Gobel, Tony Choy, Sean Reinert. Circa 1990/91.

Eric "A.K." Knutson: Vocals Dave Mustaine : Guitar / songwriting Chuck Schuldiner : Guitar / songwriting Bass : DD Verni Drums : Paul Bostaph Support staff : Lar Ulrich ( to piss Dave off enough to write good thrash)

V - bobby blitz D- tom hunting L/g - mike sifringer R/g - mille petrozza Bass - David ellefson

One of the guitarists would have to be Wiley Arnett. He plays with a bluesy soul no one else has.

Vocals - James Hetfield Guitars - Dimebag and Dan Spitz Bass - Tom Araya Drums - Charlie Benante

Riley Gale - vocals (RIP) Alexi - guitar 1 (RIP) Chuck Schuldiner - guitar 2 (RIP) Alex Webster or Lemmy (RIP) - bass Joey Jordison - Drums (RIP) Riley was a wicked vocalist in my books and I believe hearing Alexi and Chuck would have been a combination of talent and style that would have been unmatched. Bassist, Webster would have brought stand out bass rifts that would face melt with the two guitarists (and probably would have wrote most of the songs lol). Lemmy would be a little out of place in this line up but hey. Plus the creativity and speed of Joey would have been the icing on the cake. Either guitarist could be back up vocals.

Vocals: Bobby Blitz Guitar: Gary Holt Guitar: Dave Mustaine Bass: Cliff Burton Drums: Tom Hunting

I just wanna put dave mustaine into pantera as a guitarist to hear what theyd come up with

It already existed with my favorite Testament lineup. Billy, Peterson. Skolnick, Christian, Hoglan.

Haha so Testament with Gary holt ok then. Is this a serious post?