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) #158 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #215 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #331
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) #137
4	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #2722 Black Metal (1982) #2870 Warhead (1984) [Single]
5	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #51 Hell Awaits (1985) #53
6	Riot 1975, United States Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal	ThunderSteel (1988) #1640 Sons of Society (1999) Army of One (2006)
7	Cacophony 1986, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal	Speed Metal Symphony (1987) #730 Go Off! (1988) #3807
8	Enforcer 2004, Sweden Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Diamonds (2010) #2549 Death by Fire (2013) #4697 Into the Night (2008) #6047
9	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2684 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
10	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1968 Hypertrace (1988) #2450 Scantropolis (2002) #4759
11	Agent Steel 1984, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Order of the Illuminati (2003) #3053 Unstoppable Force (1987) #3377 Omega Conspiracy (1999) #5108
12	Razor 1983, Canada Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Violent Restitution (1988) #2998 Evil Invaders (1985) #3251 Shotgun Justice (1990) #3380
13	Paradox 1986, Germany Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Heresy (1989) #1772 Tales of the Weird (2012) #3310 Product of Imagination (1987) #3742
14	Holy Moses 1980, Germany Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Invisible Queen (2023) #2425 Agony of Death (2008) #3702 Disorder of the Order (2002)
15	Witchery 1997, Sweden Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Restless & Dead (1998) #3856 Nightside (2022) #6107 Witchkrieg (2010) #6576
16	Living Death 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Living Death (1994) [Compilation] Back to the Weapons (1986) [EP] #5518 Protected from Reality (1987)
17	Legend 2006, Korea Power Metal, Speed Metal	Legend (2007) [Demo] The Lost World (2009) #6212 Force of Glory (2009) [Compilation]
18	Stormwarrior 1998, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	Heading Northe (2008) #6683 StormWarrior (2002) #7177 Thunder & Steele (2014) #7355
19	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3625 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4539
20	Flotsam and Jetsam 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Doomsday for the Deceiver (1986) #2454 Flotsam and Jetsam (2016) #2516 No Place for Disgrace (1988) #2794
21	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4763 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6159 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
22	Iron Savior 1996, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal	The Landing (2011) #4780 Skycrest (2020) #4930 Megatropolis 2.0 (2015) #5180
23	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2660 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5166 Heavy Metal Drill (1996)
24	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #579 The Premonition (2008) #1098 Immortals (2017) #1937
25	Toxik United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	World Circus (1987) #1818 Dis Morta (2022) #2865 Wasteland (1986) [Demo]
26	Hexenhaus 1987, Sweden Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Awakening (1991) A Tribute to Insanity (1988) The Edge of Eternity (1990) #6164
27	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #122 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #220 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #377
28	Helstar 1981, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Nosferatu (1989) #816 Vampiro (2016) A Distant Thunder (1988) #2731
29	Sex Machineguns 1990, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Ignition (2002) Sex Machineguns (1998) #4971 S.M. Show I (2000) [Video]
30	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #772 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
31	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #224 Persistence of Time (1990) #785 Spreading the Disease (1985) #965
32	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #781 Conjure and Command (2011) #2534 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
33	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2162 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) Coagulating Darkness (2017)
34	ADX France Speed Metal	Suprématie (1987) Weird Visions (1990) Division Blindée (2008)
35	Liege Lord 1982, United States Power Metal, Speed Metal	Master Control (1988) #4465 Burn to My Touch (1987) Freedom's Rise (1985) #7751
36	Whiplash 1984, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Power and Pain (1985) #1969 Ticket to Mayhem (1987) #2140 Insult to Injury (1990) #3222
37	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #56 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #151 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #436
38	Power From Hell 2002, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	The True Metal (2004) #3879 Sadismo (2007) Spellbondage (2009)
39	Kat 1979, Poland Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Bastard (1992) Metal and Hell (1985) #5787 666 (1986)
40	Diabolic Night 2013, Germany Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal	Beyond the Realm (2019) #3545 Beneath the Crimson Prophecy (2023) Evil Night (2014) [Demo]
41	Pokolgép 1980, Hungary Power Metal, Speed Metal	Éjszakai Bevetés (1989) Metál az Ész (1990) Totális Metál (1986)
42	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #544 Trapped! (1992) #641 Strings to a Web (2010) #742
43	Antidote 1986, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Total (1994) #2332 Mind Alive (1996) The Truth (1992) #7466
44	Olympos Mons Finland Power Metal	Medievil (2007) #5276 Conquistador (2004)
45	Intruder 1987, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	A Higher Form of Killing (1989) #5780 Escape from Pain (1990) [EP] #6299 Live to Die (1987)
46	Outrage 1982, Japan Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	Outrage (2009) Outraged (2013) Black Clouds (1988) #6976
47	Stone 1985, Finland Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	No Anaesthesia! (1989) Colours (1990) Emotional Playground (1991)
48	Bewitcher 2013, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Under the Witching Cross (2019) Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) #7973 Satanic Panic (2013) [Demo]
49	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #88 Overkill (1979) #512 Inferno (2004) #2103
50	Malice 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	New Breed of Godz (2012) License to Kill (1987) In the Beginning... (1985)

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