It's tricky because there is so much classic thrash on here, but that genre died and was revived and then died again. If you get a taste for death metal or some of the other more contemporary extreme subgenres it'll be easier to follow current bands and see them in the future.
Here are a few modern recommendations you might like:
Unto Others (fka "Idle Hands" ) - Mana
Tribulation - Down Below
Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
It's tricky because there is so much classic thrash on here, but that genre died and was revived and then died again. If you get a taste for death metal or some of the other more contemporary extreme subgenres it'll be easier to follow current bands and see them in the future.
Here are a few modern recommendations you might like: