List of speed metal bands

This is a list of speed metal bands. Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music.

Contents 

A

Annihilator playing live in 2007 at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway

B

Body count performing in Prague, 2006

C

D

DragonForce in Melbourne in 2007

E

G

H

Helloween Live at Löwensaal in Nuremberg, January 18, 2006

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K

L

M

Kurdt Vanderhoof and Jay Reynolds of Metal Church performing at Gernika's Metalway Festival 2006, in Spain

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O

Overkill performing at Metalmania 2008

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R

S

Slayer at the Mayhem Festival 2009

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X

X Japan in Hong Kong, 2009

Z

See also

References

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