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] #39
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) #144
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #2706 Black Metal (1982) #2852 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) #728 Go Off! (1988) #3780
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) #2542 Death by Fire (2013) #4663 Into the Night (2008) #5998
9	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2673 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) #2437 Scantropolis (2002) #4724
11	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3038 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3359 Omega Conspiracy (1999) #5067
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2984 Evil Invaders (1985) #3229 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3361
13	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1769 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3289 Product of Imagination (1987) #3718
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2412 Agony of Death (2008) #3677 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3826 Nightside (2022) #6054 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) #6628 StormWarrior (2002) #7122 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7299
19	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3603 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4507
20	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4728 The Day of Wrath (1985) #5473 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
21	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #4744 Skycrest (2020) #4893 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5139
22	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2649 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5125 Heavy Metal Drill (1996)
23	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #605 The Premonition (2008) #1102 Immortals (2017) #1923
24	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2503 Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2702 The End of Chaos (2019) #3076
25	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1812 Dis Morta (2022) #2846 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
26	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #223 Persistence of Time (1990) #785 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1050
27	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #814 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2716
28	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #4935 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
29	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #769 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
30	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #114 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #215 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #381
31	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #779 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) #2153 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) Coagulating Darkness (2017)
33	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Dejavoodoo (1997) #5729 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) #4437 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #7695
36	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1956 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2132 Insult to Injury (1990) #3200
37	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #58 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #149 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #435
38	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #3852 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
39	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #5740 666 (1986)
40	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3523 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) #545 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #737
43	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2319 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7412
44	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5241 Conquistador (2004)
45	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #5733 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) #6917
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) #7915 Satanic Panic (2013) [Demo]
49	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #87 Overkill (1979) #466 Inferno (2004) #2092
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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