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] #40
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #168 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #213 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #334
3	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #16 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #145
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Black Metal (1982) #3045 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3265 Warhead (1984) [Single]
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #53 Hell Awaits (1985) #60
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1323 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #3818
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #668 Go Off! (1988) #3707
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2606 Death by Fire (2013) #4834 Into the Night (2008) #6250
9	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2919 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
10	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3138 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3497 Skeptics Apocalypse (1985) #5451
11	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1994 Hypertrace (1988) #2492 Scantropolis (2002) #4905
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #3092 Evil Invaders (1985) #3359 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3500
13	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1593 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3431 Product of Imagination (1987) #3853
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2955 Agony of Death (2008) #3814 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3968 Nightside (2022) #6309 Witchkrieg (2010) #6792
16	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3739 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4656
17	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2895 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5058 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5718
18	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5695 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
19	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6430 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
20	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #6909 StormWarrior (2002) #7426 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7618
21	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2496 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2560 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2877
22	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4909 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6369 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
23	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #4927 Skycrest (2020) #5083 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5353
24	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #856 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2806
25	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #602 The Premonition (2008) #1124 Immortals (2017) #1963
26	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Outrage (2009) Blind to Reality (1989) It's Packed! (1997) [Compilation]
27	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #41 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #150 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #418
28	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1840 Dis Morta (2022) #2954 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
29	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #4919 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5054
30	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #115 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #191 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #379
31	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2918 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5001 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
32	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5120 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
33	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #805 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
34	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #236 Persistence of Time (1990) #821 Spreading the Disease (1985) #990
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #818 Conjure and Command (2011) #2589 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) #4592 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #8029
38	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1844 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2180 Insult to Injury (1990) #3330
39	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #3987 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
40	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #5980 666 (1986)
41	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3659 Beneath the Crimson Prophecy (2023) Evil Night (2014) [Demo]
42	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
43	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #651 Trapped! (1992) #657 Strings to a Web (2010) #696
44	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2360 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7738
45	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5448 Conquistador (2004)
46	Vulture 2015, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves (2019) The Guillotine (2017) #4147 Sentinels (2024)
47	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #5972 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6520 Live to Die (1987)
48	Stone 1985, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	No Anaesthesia! (1989) Colours (1990) Emotional Playground (1991)
49	Bewitcher 2013, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Under the Witching Cross (2019) Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) #8262 Bewitcher (2016)
50	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #96 Overkill (1979) #564 Inferno (2004) #2222

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