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] #45
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #162 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #201 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #339
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) #140
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1993) [Compilation] Black Metal (1982) #2513 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3056
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #53 Hell Awaits (1985) #57
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1334 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #3901
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #659 Go Off! (1988) #3663
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2303 Death by Fire (2013) #4183 From Beyond (2015) #5181
9	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Unstoppable Force (1987) #2987 Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3184 Skeptics Apocalypse (1985) #4899
10	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3243 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3313 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
11	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1352 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3495 Collision Course (2000)
12	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2021 Hypertrace (1988) #2530 Scantropolis (2002) #5023
13	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #3364 Evil Invaders (1985) #3414 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3563
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #3005 Agony of Death (2008) #3896 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #4045 Nightside (2022) #6452 Witchkrieg (2010) #6946
16	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3819 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4763
17	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2938 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5174 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5850
18	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5830 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
19	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6575 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
20	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #7059 StormWarrior (2002) #7605 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7805
21	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2535 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2600 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2920
22	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5026 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6513 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
23	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #5043 Skycrest (2020) #5202 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5486
24	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #120 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #194 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #382
25	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #963 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2855
26	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #609 The Premonition (2008) #1120 Immortals (2017) #1984
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) #44 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #142 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #406
29	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1863 Dis Morta (2022) #3004 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
30	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #5035 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5170
31	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2968 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5114 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
32	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5241 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
33	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #811 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
34	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #247 Persistence of Time (1990) #762 Spreading the Disease (1985) #996
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #824 Conjure and Command (2011) #2627 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) #4463 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #8226
38	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1856 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2222 Insult to Injury (1990) #3382
39	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #4065 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
40	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6111 666 (1986)
41	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3736 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	Trapped! (1992) #620 Lingua Mortis (1996) #660 Strings to a Web (2010) #708
44	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2403 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7931
45	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5583 Conquistador (2004) #7426
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) #4229 Sentinels (2024)
48	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #6103 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6669 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) #8457 Bewitcher (2016)

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