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] #43
2	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #161 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #201 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #337
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) #143
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (1993) [Compilation] Black Metal (1982) #2500 Welcome to Hell (1981) #3030
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #54 Hell Awaits (1985) #55
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1335 Army of One (2006) The Privilege of Power (1990) #3861
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #675 Go Off! (1988) #3751
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2632 Death by Fire (2013) #4907 Into the Night (2008) #6346
9	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2984 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3221 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
10	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1246 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3468 Collision Course (2000)
11	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3163 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3537 Skeptics Apocalypse (1985) #5537
12	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2015 Hypertrace (1988) #2515 Scantropolis (2002) #4979
13	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #3116 Evil Invaders (1985) #3392 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3540
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2982 Agony of Death (2008) #3856 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #4006 Nightside (2022) #6404 Witchkrieg (2010) #6887
16	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3785 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4723
17	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2921 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5133 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5798
18	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5776 Protected from Reality (1987) Living Death (1994) [Compilation]
19	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6524 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
20	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #7003 StormWarrior (2002) #7533 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7733
21	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2519 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2584 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2903
22	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4982 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6466 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
23	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #4999 Skycrest (2020) #5159 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5439
24	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #119 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #195 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #380
25	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #861 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2835
26	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #603 The Premonition (2008) #1129 Immortals (2017) #1979
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) #42 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #154 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #408
29	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1854 Dis Morta (2022) #2981 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
30	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) #4991 The Edge of Eternity (1990) #5129
31	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2947 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5072 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
32	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #5201 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) #242 Persistence of Time (1990) #752 Spreading the Disease (1985) #995
35	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #818 Conjure and Command (2011) #2612 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) #4658 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #8155
38	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1847 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2208 Insult to Injury (1990) #3359
39	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #4026 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
40	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #6057 666 (1986)
41	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3707 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) #656 Trapped! (1992) #663 Strings to a Web (2010) #702
44	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2386 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7859
45	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5534 Conquistador (2004) #7362
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) #4189 Sentinels (2024)
48	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #6049 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6618 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) #8388 Bewitcher (2016)

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