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) #25 United Alive (2019) [Live] #44
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #141 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #244 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #312
3	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #17 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #159
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #2581 Black Metal (1982) #2804 Warhead (1984) [Single]
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #47 Hell Awaits (1985) #50
6	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #716 Go Off! (1988) #3595
7	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1417 Sons of Society (1999) Through the Storm (2002)
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2415 Death by Fire (2013) #4433 Into the Night (2008) #5710
9	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #2904 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3192 Omega Conspiracy (1999) #4805
10	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2847 Evil Invaders (1985) #3091 Shotgun Justice (1990) #4867
11	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2301 Agony of Death (2008) #3508 Disorder of the Order (2002)
12	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2114 Hypertrace (1988) #3043 Scantropolis (2002)
13	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Living Death (1994) [Compilation] Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5227 Protected from Reality (1987)
14	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #5853 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
15	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #6290 StormWarrior (2002) #6764 Thunder & Steele (2014) #6941
16	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Eyes in the Night (2010) #3441 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4272 City of Gold (2014)
17	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4492 The Day of Wrath (1985) #5216 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
18	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Skycrest (2020) #4304 The Landing (2011) #4507 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #4887
19	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2528 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #4874 Heavy Metal Drill (1996)
20	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #578 The Premonition (2008) #1046 Allegiance (2006) #1869
21	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2379 Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2577 The End of Chaos (2019) #2943
22	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #2071 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3140 Product of Imagination (1987) #3742
23	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #2282 Dis Morta (2022) #2300 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
24	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #1132 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2591
25	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) S.M. Show I (2000) [Video] To the Future Tracks (2003)
26	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #749 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
27	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #125 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #227 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #391
28	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #757 Conjure and Command (2011) #2402 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
29	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Dejavoodoo (1997) #5455 Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988)
30	ADX France Speed Metal	Suprématie (1987) Weird Visions (1990) Division Blindée (2008)
31	Liege Lord 1982, United States Power Metal, Speed Metal	Master Control (1988) #4206 Burn to My Touch (1987) #6915 Freedom's Rise (1985)
32	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #242 Persistence of Time (1990) #886 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1054
33	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Nightside (2022) #5761 Witchkrieg (2010) #6793 Restless & Dead (1998)
34	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1871 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2037 Insult to Injury (1990) #3058
35	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #3664 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
36	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
37	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #519 Trapped! (1992) #612 Strings to a Web (2010) #711
38	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2211 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7040
39	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation] Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Sweet Death and Ecstasy (2017)
40	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6489 666 (1986)
41	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #4987 Conquistador (2004)
42	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #45 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #165 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #428
43	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3104
44	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #5460 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #5939 Live to Die (1987)
45	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Outrage (2009) Black Clouds (1988) #6573 Life Until Deaf (1995)
46	Stone 1985, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	No Anaesthesia! (1989) Colours (1990) Emotional Playground (1991)
47	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #100 Overkill (1979) #474 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981) [Live]
48	Malice 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	New Breed of Godz (2012) License to Kill (1987) In the Beginning... (1985)
49	Flames 1984, Greece Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Resurgence (2022) Summon the Dead (1988) In Agony Rise (1996)
50	Holy Terror 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Mind Wars (1988) Terror and Submission (1987) #7517 El Revengo (2006) [Compilation]

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