Best Speed Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Helloween 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #26 United Alive (2019) [Live] #38
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #164 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #236 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #330
3	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #15 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #143
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #2703 Black Metal (1982) #2849 Warhead (1984) [Single]
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #49 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #53
6	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #724 Go Off! (1988) #3777
7	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1632 Sons of Society (1999) Through the Storm (2002)
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2541 Death by Fire (2013) #4659 Into the Night (2008) #5999
9	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2671 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
10	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1955 Hypertrace (1988) #2436 Scantropolis (2002) #4720
11	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3034 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3355 Omega Conspiracy (1999) #5067
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2979 Evil Invaders (1985) #3225 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3357
13	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1769 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3285 Product of Imagination (1987) #3715
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2413 Agony of Death (2008) #3675 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3824 Nightside (2022) #6055 Witchkrieg (2010) #6520
16	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Living Death (1994) [Compilation] Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5482 Protected from Reality (1987)
17	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6161 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
18	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #6629 StormWarrior (2002) #7121 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7299
19	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3602 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4503
20	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4724 The Day of Wrath (1985) #5473 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
21	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #4740 Skycrest (2020) #4889 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5139
22	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2647 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5125 Heavy Metal Drill (1996)
23	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #606 The Premonition (2008) #1099 Immortals (2017) #1922
24	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2502 Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2699 The End of Chaos (2019) #3072
25	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1812 Dis Morta (2022) #2843 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
26	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #813 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2713
27	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #4933 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
28	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #766 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
29	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #112 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #213 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #381
30	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #223 Persistence of Time (1990) #783 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1047
31	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #776 Conjure and Command (2011) #2525 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
32	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2154 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) Coagulating Darkness (2017)
33	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Dejavoodoo (1997) #5730 Awakening (1991) The Edge of Eternity (1990) #6115
34	ADX France Speed Metal	Suprématie (1987) Weird Visions (1990) Division Blindée (2008)
35	Liege Lord 1982, United States Power Metal, Speed Metal	Master Control (1988) #4433 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #7693
36	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1956 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2133 Insult to Injury (1990) #3196
37	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #57 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #148 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #434
38	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #3850 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
39	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #5741 666 (1986)
40	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3522 Beneath the Crimson Prophecy (2023) Evil Night (2014) [Demo]
41	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
42	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #546 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #732
43	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2319 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7411
44	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5240 Conquistador (2004)
45	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #5734 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6250 Live to Die (1987)
46	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Outrage (2009) Outraged (2013) Black Clouds (1988) #6918
47	Stone 1985, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	No Anaesthesia! (1989) Colours (1990) Emotional Playground (1991)
48	Bewitcher 2013, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Under the Witching Cross (2019) Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) #7913 Satanic Panic (2013) [Demo]
49	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #87 Overkill (1979) #466 Inferno (2004) #2093
50	Malice 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	New Breed of Godz (2012) License to Kill (1987) In the Beginning... (1985)

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