Top Ten Most Influential Thrash Metal Songs

Yes, most influential. Especially for the random fast down strumming/picking riffs.

I voted for raining blood by accident

You hear something from this song in many thrash songs and even in many death metal songs. This is also the most copied riff in metal history. This is what I call INFLUENTIAL.

This album is just what thrashmetal is all about. no doubt that this is number 1

Very influential to technical thrash.

Literally like the best song ever written. Perfect title, topic, and amazing solo work by Kirk Hammett.

I agree this is the best song ever

One is the best song of all time.

One of the best

Great instrumentals and vocals, really well put together, James' scratchy vocals are fantastic in this one!

Search and Destroy by The Stooges is Good.

This is an awesome song! It's what inspired Metallicas "Whiplash."

One of the first.

This is my favorite of their's. But is this song thrash metal?

The subgenre was named after this song - thrash.
I think it's very influential.

It WAS the first one, after all...