If there's any way to thrash in 2008, it has to be maniacally, and this crazed compilation from Earache Records is proof of the insane resurgence upon us. Featuring 16 vintage-soaked cuts from the fastest, most brutally ripping, denim-vested, back-patch-wearing, flipped-brim-hat-toting new school extremists from all over the world, this riff-fueled comp spares no screaming guitars, chugging verses or gang vocals. Channeling the big four and then some, headbanging tracks like Evile's "Thrasher" and Warbringer's "Total War" present a new idea of what it means to thrash.