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Heavy metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on January 26, 1985, by bassist and primary lyricist Marco Di Martino, who remains the sole founding member across the band's full history. The band released their debut album Libertae in 2004 and followed it with Imperium Legis in 2015, both recorded at Hurricane Studios in Porto Alegre, with all lyrics written in Portuguese.
Spater is a speed and thrash metal band from Newark, New York, formed in 2004, blending the kinetic energy of classic speed metal with thrash aggression and punk attitude in the vein of the genre's old-school practitioners.
Speed Demon is a thrash/speed metal band from Monterey, California, formed in 2022, drawing on punk-infused speed metal in the mold of early Motörhead and Agent Steel, favoring raw velocity and stripped-down song structures.
Belgian speed metal band from Limburg self-described as purveyors of "high speed, energetic, bitchin' heavy metal" and leaders of the "new wave of Belgian heavy metal," with three albums from "King of the Road" (2017) through "...With A Bang!" (2025). Their unabashed 1980s revival ethos and amplifiers-to-eleven philosophy have made them a prominent force in Belgium's traditional metal scene.
Speedbreaker forge heavy and speed metal from Dusseldorf, combining classic metal's melodic foundations with speed metal's breakneck velocity. Active since 2012, they deliver the high-octane intensity their name promises.
SpeedBurner is a speed/thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2019, playing fast, stripped-down metal informed by the early 1980s speed metal tradition and classic thrash aggression.
Black/thrash metal band from Três Corações, Minas Gerais, formed in 2018, with a lineup of vocalist/guitarist Spellcaster, guitarist Summoned, bassist Evilspirit, and drummer Hellkrätus. Their debut album Midnight Vampire was released in December 2020 on Helldprod Records, followed by a vinyl edition in January 2021 through Edged Circle Productions, drawing heavily on the classic São Paulo extreme metal tradition of Sarcófago, Vulcano, and Mutilator.
Speedrage deliver speed and thrash metal from Esslingen near Stuttgart, channeling the genre's furious velocity from the Swabian heartland. Active since 2009, they've been raging at top speed through the Baden-Wurttemberg underground for over a decade.
Speedtrap have been delivering heavy and speed metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Lappeenranta since 2009, making them one of Finland's most respected retro-metal acts. Their high-velocity approach channels the spirit of 1980s speed metal through Finnish precision.
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