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) #29 United Alive (2019) [Live] #51
2	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #19 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #151
3	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #169 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #184 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #305
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1993) [Compilation] Black Metal (1982) #2153 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3359
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #50 Hell Awaits (1985) #60
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1359 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #4053
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #687 Go Off! (1988) #3540
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2365 Death by Fire (2013) #4358 From Beyond (2015) #5459
9	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Unstoppable Force (1987) #2349 Order of the Illuminati (2003) #2672 Metal Fest Vol.1 - Live from Germany 1986 (2011) [Video]
10	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1353 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3080 Product of Imagination (1987) #3402
11	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #2900 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3418 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2409 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3650 Evil Invaders (1985) #3921
13	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5751 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
14	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2085 Hypertrace (1988) #2612 Ball of the Damned (1997) #5649
15	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #3068 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP] The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #4284
16	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #3099 Agony of Death (2008) #4045 Disorder of the Order (2002)
17	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Awakening 2008 (2008) [Live] Live! -Rise and Shine (2010) [Live] Outrage (2009)
18	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	StormWarrior (2002) #7034 Heading Northe (2008) #7682 Northern Rage (2004) #7998
19	Sex Machineguns 1989, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	45° (2009) #3276 Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5527
20	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3957 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #5452
21	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #560 The Premonition (2008) #1125 Between Heaven and Hell (2002) #1859
22	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #5957 Nightside (2022) #6972 Witchkrieg (2010) #7532
23	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Unification (1999) #4559 Battering Ram (2004) #4894 The Landing (2011) #5310
24	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5750 The Day of Wrath (1985) #7051 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
25	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #36 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #109 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #416
26	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #968 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2852
27	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #3047 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5453 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #6553
28	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #7386 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
29	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2618 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2683 The End of Chaos (2019) #2898
30	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #210 Spreading the Disease (1985) #720 Persistence of Time (1990) #781
31	Liege Lord 1982, United States Power Metal, Speed Metal	Master Control (1988) #4673 Burn to My Touch (1987) #7879 Freedom's Rise (1985) #8239
32	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #101 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #179 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #351
33	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1848 Dis Morta (2022) #3008 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
34	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #5302 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5443
35	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1662 Insult to Injury (1990) #2623 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2671
36	Kreyson 1989, Czechia Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #830 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
37	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #844 Conjure and Command (2011) #2710 Hell on Earth (2005) #4479
38	ADX France Speed Metal	Suprématie (1987) Weird Visions (1990) Division Blindée (2008)
39	Bewitcher 2013, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Under the Witching Cross (2019) #5065 Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) #8642 Spell Shock (2024)
40	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Trapped! (1992) #629 Strings to a Web (2010) #750 Lingua Mortis (1996) #847
41	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #5975 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
42	S.D.I. 1986, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Sign of the Wicked (1988) #4382 Mistreated (1989) Satans Defloration Incorporated (1986)
43	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6957 666 (1986)
44	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #4513 Beneath the Crimson Prophecy (2023) Evil Night (2014) [Demo]
45	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
46	Phantom Mexico Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Not Midnight Yet (2026) #6365 Tyrants of Wrath (2025) Handed to Execution (2023)
47	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2474 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #8687
48	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5924 Conquistador (2004) #7380
49	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #121 Overkill (1979) #575 Lemmy - the Movie (2011) [Video]
50	Iron Angel 1983, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Hellbound (2018) Hellish Crossfire (1985) #8087 Winds of War (1986)

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