Speed Metal

Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by extremely fast tempo, aggressive rhythm, and shredding guitar solos. Emerging in the late 1970s and peaking in popularity during the 1980s, speed metal drew from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and punk's energy. Bands employed rapid-fire drumming, palm-muted guitars, and often, high-pitched vocals. This intense sound was fueled by the likes of Motörhead's pioneering work and later, thrash metal's aggression. Speed metal's cultural significance lies in its rebellion against mainstream music, embracing a DIY ethos and extreme sonic experimentation. Notable for its technical virtuosity and breakneck pace, speed metal influenced the development of thrash, power, and melodic death metal. Its distinct blend of aggression, melody, and neoclassical influences sets it apart from other metal subgenres, cementing its place in the metal pantheon.

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ANTHEM X
Ambush
Amon Amarth
Aquilla
Armoured Knight
Atomic Witch
Black & Damned
Blizzen
Bloodbound
Bloodrunner
Bruce Dickinson
Burning Witches
Chakal
Coroner
Crystal Skull
Dagger
Dark Angel
Dead Heat
Death Angel
Desaster
Diamond Head
Dirkschneider & The Old Gang
Dragonsclaw
Dragonsfire
Elettra Storm
Ellefson-Soto
Eternal Drak
Etorkizun Beltza
Evilcult
FORBIDDEN
FerreTT
Final Error
Flotsam & Jetsam
Forces United
Fullminator
Grave Digger
Hallowed
Haunt
Hellcats
Helloween
Helstar
Inhuman 666
Iron Savior
Iron Spell
Joe Stump
Kamelot
Keepers Of Death
Kreator
Ladon Heads
Lujuria
Megadeth
Mercaptan
Midnight
Morbyda
Motörhead
Mud Slick
Necronomicon
Nils Patrik Johansson
Nitro
Paradox
Pharaoh Overlord
PowerHouse
Primal Fear
Rage
Reaper's Revenge
Redshark
Reinforcer
Rising Steel
Ross The Boss
Royal Hunt
STEELPREACHER
Sarcator
Sculforge
Sintage
Sodom
Species
Speed Queen
Starlight Ritual
Stormborn
Strident
Terrordome
Testament
The Judas Kiss
The Mist
The Rods
Them
Tomb Slayer
Toxikull
Typhus
VERSAILLES
Venom
Vicious Rumors
Vindicator
Violator
Warg
Warkings
Wings of Steel
Zeke Sky
bloodlost
Артур Беркут
Megadeth
Slayer
Motörhead
Sepultura
Amon Amarth
Helloween
DragonForce
HammerFall
Accept
Children Of Bodom
Death
Anthrax
Manowar
W.A.S.P.
Testament
Avantasia
Blind Guardian
ANGRA
Bruce Dickinson
Stratovarius
Dimmu Borgir
Kreator
Exodus
Saxon
Sonata Arctica
Kamelot
Sodom
Rhapsody
Iced Earth
Municipal Waste
Bathory
Morbid Angel
Lemmy
U.D.O.
Annihilator
Venom
Candlemass
Edguy
GALNERYUS
Bloodbound
Overkill
Gamma Ray
Vader
Warkings
Evil Empire
Dream Evil
Gaskin
Shihad
Midnight
Noora Louhimo
D.R.I.
Havok
Celtic Frost
Tungsten
Destruction
Mercyful Fate
Death Angel
Gama Bomb
Primal Fear
Metal Church
Kerry King
Transmetal
Black Tide
LOUDNESS
Running Wild
Enforcer
Grave Digger
Exhorder
Toxic Holocaust
Dirkschneider
LOVEBITES
3 Inches Of Blood
Pokolgép
Pretty Maids
Turbo
Evile
Tankard
Warlock
Hellripper
Burning Witches
Voivod
Iron Savior
Coroner
Diamond Head
Dirkschneider & The Old Gang
Onslaught
The Curse Within
Violator
Possessed
Frozen Crown
Ayrton Senna
Demons & Wizards
Rage
Wings of Steel
Suicidal Angels
Artillery
Bruzer
Crimson Glory
Flotsam & Jetsam
Warbringer