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Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is characterized by fast tempos, complex guitar riffs and solos, and often high-pitched vocals. The roots of speed metal can be traced back to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement, which included bands such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. The genre was further developed in the United States by bands such as Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, who are often credited with popularizing and expanding the sound. Speed metal has had a significant impact on the development of other subgenres of metal, such as thrash metal and power metal.
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1979-03-24 | Motörhead | Overkill |
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1981 | Venom | Welcome To Hell |
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1982 | Venom | Black Metal |
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1982 | Accept | Restless and Wild |
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1982-04-15 | Anvil | Metal On Metal |
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1983 | Exciter | Heavy Metal Maniac |
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1983-07-25 | Metallica | Kill 'Em All |
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1983-12-01 | Slayer | Show No Mercy |
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1984 | Metallica | Kill 'em All (Remastered) |
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1984 | Running Wild | Gates to Purgatory | ||
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1984 | Exciter | Violence and Force |
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| 43 | 1984 | Exciter | Violence & Force |
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1984-01-06 | Anthrax | Fistful of Metal |
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1985 | Exciter | Long Live the Loud |
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1985-03 | Helloween | Helloween |
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1985-04 | Overkill | Feel the Fire |
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1985-05 | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! |
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1985-06 | Agent Steel | Skeptics Apocalypse |
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1985-10-30 | Anthrax | Spreading the Disease |
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1985-11-18 | Helloween | Walls Of Jericho |
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1986 | Flotsam and Jetsam | Doomsday for the Deceiver |
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1986-05-12 | Rage | Reign Of Fear |
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1986-08-09 | Motörhead | Orgasmatron |
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1986-09-19 | Megadeth | Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? |
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1986-10-06 | Metal Church | The Dark |
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1986-10-07 | Slayer | Reign in Blood |
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1987 | Cacophony | Speed Metal Symphony |
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1987-03-22 | Anthrax | Among the Living |
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| 60 | 1987-05-21 | Agent Steel | Unstoppable Force |
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1988 | Pantera | Power Metal |
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1988-01-19 | Megadeth | So Far, So Good...So What! |
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1988-03-24 | Riot | Thundersteel |
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1988-04-14 | X Japan | Vanishing Vision |
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1988-05-18 | Blind Guardian | Battalions Of Fear |
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1988-06-06 | Rage | Perfect Man |
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1988-08-01 | Liege Lord | Master Control |
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1989 | Anthrax | Fistfull of Metal |
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| 92 | 1989-04-14 | Blind Guardian | Follow The Blind |
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1989-07-05 | Annihilator | Alice in Hell |
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1989-10-09 | Venom | Prime Evil |
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1990-09-03 | Judas Priest | Painkiller |
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| 61 | 1990-09-21 | Blind Guardian | Tales From The Twilight World |
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1990-09-21 | Megadeth | Rust In Peace |
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1992-06-29 | Blind Guardian | Somewhere Far Beyond |
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1992-10-21 | Running Wild | Pile of Skulls |
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1993-08-01 | Rage | The Missing Link |
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1994 | Leader | Warrior Inside |
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1995-04-03 | Grave Digger | Heart of Darkness |
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1995-04-05 | Blind Guardian | Imaginations From The Other Side |
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1995-08-01 | Anthrax | Fistfull Of Metal |
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1996-05-08 | Gamma Ray | Alive '95 |
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1998-02-09 | Running Wild | The Rivalry |
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1999 | Sonata Arctica | Ecliptica (2008 Edition) |
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2000-06-21 | Gamma Ray | Blast from the Past |
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2003 | Gamma Ray | Power Plant |
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2003-01-27 | DragonForce | Valley of the Damned |
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2003-08-25 | Children of Bodom | Bestbreeder From 1997 to 2000 |
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2004 | DragonForce | Sonic Firestorm (2010 Edition) |
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2004-03-24 | DragonForce | Sonic Firestorm |
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2004-07-24 | Megadeth | Rust In Peace (Remastered) |
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2004-09-13 | Megadeth | The System Has Failed |
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2004-11-28 | Anthrax | The Greater Of Two Evils |
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2005 | Gamma Ray | The Best (Of) |
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2005-09-22 | Gamma Ray | Majestic |
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2005-11-10 | Early Man | Closing In |
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2005-12-28 | DragonForce | Inhuman Rampage |
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2006-10-11 | Children of Bodom | Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live |
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2007-06-15 | Blind Guardian | Somewhere Far Beyond (Remastered 2007) |
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2007-06-15 | Blind Guardian | Imaginations From The Other Side (Remastered 2007) |
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2007-08-08 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales (Remastered 2007) |
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2007-09-14 | Rusko Star | Blonde |
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2007-11-22 | Nightwish | Angels Fall First (Official Collector's Edition) |
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2008-08-20 | DragonForce | Ultra Beatdown |
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2008-11-18 | Enforcer | Into the Night |
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2009-02-04 | Renegade Five | Undergrounded Universe |
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2009-03-20 | Ministry | Adios… Puta Madres |
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2010-05-24 | Enforcer | Diamonds |
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| 1 | 2010-10-29 | Exciter | Death Machine |
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2011 | Skull Fist | Head Of The Pack |
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2011-10-26 | Megadeth | TH1RT3EN |
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2011-11-07 | Speedwolf | Ride With Death |
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2011-11-08 | Midnight | Satanic Royalty | ||
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2013-01-08 | Newsted | Metal |
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2013-02-25 | Darkthrone | The Underground Resistance |
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2013-06-12 | Megadeth | Peace Sells...But Who's Buying (Deluxe Edition - Remastered) |
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2013-06-12 | Megadeth | So Far, So Good...So What! (2004 Remaster) |
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2014-01-10 | Skull Fist | Chasing The Dream |
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2014-08-08 | DragonForce | Maximum Overload |
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2015 | Velho | Decrepitude & Sabedoria |
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2016-06-17 | Vulture | Victim To The Blade |
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2017 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation |
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2017 | Vulture | The Guillotine |
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2017-04-24 | Hellripper | Coagulating Darkness |
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2017-04-25 | X Japan | BLUE BLOOD |
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2017-10-27 | Blind Guardian | Follow the Blind (Remastered 2017) |
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2018-01-31 | Hellripper | Hellkvlt Warfare Kommando |
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2019 | Megadeth | Night Stalkers / We’ll Be Back |
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2019-04-19 | Hellripper | Black Arts & Alchemy |
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2020-01-31 | Bütcher | 666 Goats Carry My Chariot |
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Megadeth | The World Needs a Hero |
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