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Power/speed metal band from Saarbrucken, Germany, formed in 2017. Their electrifying blend of power metal melody and speed metal velocity delivers high-energy anthems from the German-French border region.
Los Angeles's Harum Scarum have been a fixture of the city's progressive thrash underground since 2014, fusing speed metal's kinetic energy with progressive structures that don't sacrifice aggression for sophistication. They move fast and think hard simultaneously.
Baltimore speed/thrash outfit Have Mercy have been sharpening their blades since 2012, delivering the kind of lean, aggressive metal that keeps one foot in classic '80s thrash and the other stomping the accelerator. Their no-frills approach favors raw speed and tight riffing over technical flash.
Thrash/speed metal band from Cartagena, Spain, active since 2017. Their blistering attack channels the energy of classic thrash and speed metal from the Mediterranean port city.
Headcrasher is a heavy/speed metal band from Cosenza, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Heavy Water is a heavy/speed metal act from Szczecin, Poland, active since 2013 and channeling aggressive, heavy music through its uncompromising artistic vision. The project delivers powerful metal from the Poland scene.
Madrid-based speed metal outfit active since 2013, one of the Spanish capital's most enduring metal acts. Their wall-like name matches a sound built on solid foundations of classic speed and heavy metal.
San Francisco's Hell Fire have been feeding the Bay Area's appetite for old-school speed and heavy metal since 2016, channeling the raw swagger of the genre's golden era with genuine reverence and plenty of leather. Their riffs hit like a fist to the face on a Friday night.
Out of Montpelier, Vermont, Hell Priest sprints through speed metal with a ferocious urgency that sounds entirely at odds with the pastoral Green Mountain state. Since 2019, the band has committed fully to the genre's fastest and most reckless edge.
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