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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fantasy-themed speed metal rippers forged in Houston's heavy underground. Released on Cease and Destroy Records.
Albuquerque's Leeches of Lore draw from the deep well of traditional heavy and speed metal, keeping the spirit of the NWOBHM and its American inheritors alive in the New Mexico high desert.
Letalis are a speed and heavy metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2021 by members including vocalist Jacqueline Jara. Drawing from 1980s speed metal influences, the band released their debut album Bestia Oculta in 2022 and followed it with Verdadero Poder in November 2025, the latter praised for tighter songwriting and a more fully realized sound within the genre.
One of America's longest-running progressive power metal acts, Lethal have been crafting keyboard-laced, melodically adventurous heavy metal from Hebron, Kentucky since the mid-1960s — a true institutional presence.
Stamford, Connecticut's Liege Lord are one of the East Coast's finest power and speed metal artifacts, sharpening their twin-guitar attack since 1987 into a body of work that still cleaves clean.
Speed metal outfit from Wasmes/Mons, Belgium, reviving classic speed metal ferocity since 2018. Their high-velocity riffs and galloping tempos channel the spirit of early European speed metal with unrelenting energy.
Spanish heavy/speed metal band from Zaragoza, tearing through high-velocity riffs since 2012. Their sound channels classic speed metal's galloping intensity with heavy metal's raw power.
Italian speed metal band from Naples with roots stretching back to 1993, making them one of the longest-running acts in this catalog. Their three decades of high-velocity riffing mark them as veterans of the Neapolitan metal scene.
Lonewolf was formed in France in 1992 by vocalist and guitarist Jens Börner, dissolving in 1996 before reforming in 2000 with a renewed focus on speed and heavy metal in the tradition of Running Wild and Grave Digger. The band has since released a prolific string of albums on Massacre Records, among them The Dark Crusade (2009), Cult of Steel (2014), and Division Hades (2020). With over a dozen studio records spanning three decades, they stand as one of the most consistent practitioners of European speed metal to emerge from France.
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