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) #28 United Alive (2019) [Live] #47
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #162 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #202 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #341
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) #142
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1993) [Compilation] Black Metal (1982) #2468 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3066
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #54 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #56
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1348 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #3921
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #658 Go Off! (1988) #3674
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2310 Death by Fire (2013) #4211 From Beyond (2015) #5224
9	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Unstoppable Force (1987) #3001 Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3194 Skeptics Apocalypse (1985) #4941
10	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3253 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3322 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
11	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1256 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3504 Collision Course (2000)
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #3373 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3576 Evil Invaders (1985) #4034
13	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2029 Hypertrace (1988) #2540 Scantropolis (2002) #5065
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #3020 Agony of Death (2008) #3915 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #4069 Nightside (2022) #6499 Witchkrieg (2010) #6992
16	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3836 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4804
17	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #543 The Premonition (2008) #1083 Immortals (2017) #1989
18	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2953 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5217 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5893
19	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #5085 Skycrest (2020) #5245 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5523
20	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5872 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
21	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6622 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
22	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #7111 StormWarrior (2002) #7652 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7857
23	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2545 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2608 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2932
24	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5068 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6563 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
25	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #122 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #195 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #384
26	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #938 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2865
27	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Outrage (2009) Blind to Reality (1989) It's Packed! (1997) [Compilation]
28	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #43 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #144 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #410
29	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1868 Dis Morta (2022) #3019 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
30	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #5077 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5213
31	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2981 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5155 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
32	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #247 Persistence of Time (1990) #768 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1053
33	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5285 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
34	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #817 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #831 Conjure and Command (2011) #2636 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
36	ADX France Speed Metal	Suprématie (1987) Weird Visions (1990) Division Blindée (2008)
37	Liege Lord 1982, United States Power Metal, Speed Metal	Master Control (1988) #4503 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #8282
38	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1862 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2223 Insult to Injury (1990) #3392
39	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Trapped! (1992) #618 Lingua Mortis (1996) #659 Strings to a Web (2010) #706
40	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #4089 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
41	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6159 666 (1986)
42	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3748 Beneath the Crimson Prophecy (2023) Evil Night (2014) [Demo]
43	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
44	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2409 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7987
45	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5624 Conquistador (2004) #7476
46	Grave Digger 1980, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	25 to Live (2005) [Live] Tunes of Wacken (2002) [Live] Liberty or Death (2007)
47	Vulture 2015, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves (2019) The Guillotine (2017) #4256 Sentinels (2024)
48	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #6150 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6715 Live to Die (1987)
49	Stone 1985, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	No Anaesthesia! (1989) Colours (1990) Emotional Playground (1991)
50	Bewitcher 2013, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Under the Witching Cross (2019) Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) #8510 Bewitcher (2016)

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