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) #163 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #203 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #310
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) #134
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1993) [Compilation] Black Metal (1982) #2474 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3091
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #54 Hell Awaits (1985) #57
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1353 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #3947
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #659 Go Off! (1988) #3696
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2315 Death by Fire (2013) #4238 From Beyond (2015) #5241
9	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Unstoppable Force (1987) #3022 Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3215 Skeptics Apocalypse (1985) #4967
10	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3275 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3348 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
11	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1264 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3527 Collision Course (2000)
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2719 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3598 Evil Invaders (1985) #4061
13	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2033 Hypertrace (1988) #2549 Scantropolis (2002) #5086
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #3042 Agony of Death (2008) #3940 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #5106 Skycrest (2020) #5262 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5541
16	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Live! -Rise and Shine (2010) [Live] Outrage (2009) Blind to Reality (1989)
17	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #4096 Nightside (2022) #6522 Witchkrieg (2010) #7023
18	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3864 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4829
19	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #549 The Premonition (2008) #1082 Immortals (2017) #1992
20	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2973 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5234 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5924
21	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5903 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
22	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6647 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
23	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #7143 StormWarrior (2002) #7696 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7902
24	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2552 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2615 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2954
25	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5089 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6587 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
26	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #939 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2882
27	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #113 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #195 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #381
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) #412
29	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1871 Dis Morta (2022) #3041 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
30	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #5098 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5229
31	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #3002 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5176 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
32	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #251 Persistence of Time (1990) #774 Spreading the Disease (1985) #948
33	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5300 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
34	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #825 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #837 Conjure and Command (2011) #2643 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) #4531 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #8328
38	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1865 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2227 Insult to Injury (1990) #3414
39	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Trapped! (1992) #621 Lingua Mortis (1996) #661 Strings to a Web (2010) #710
40	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #4115 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
41	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6185 666 (1986)
42	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3771 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) #2414 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #8027
45	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5647 Conquistador (2004) #7518
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) #4283 Sentinels (2024)
48	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #6177 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6743 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) #8555 Bewitcher (2016)

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