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Sydney's Speed are the most explosive force to emerge from Australian hardcore in years, fusing metallic hardcore fury with crossover thrash energy and frontman Jem Siow's commanding presence. Their debut album 'Only One Mode' won the 2024 ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, and in 2025 they became the first Australian hardcore act to perform at Coachella.
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.
Speed Goat deliver lumbering doom and stoner metal from Manchester, their riffs coated in the kind of fuzz that could strip paint. Formed in 2021, they bring a lo-fi, riff-worshipping ethos to the city's thriving heavy scene.
Speed/thrash metal band from Itapeva, São Paulo, founded in 2005 by vocalist/guitarist Marcosoliverthrash alongside Rod Rosica and Wolf. After disbanding in 2009 and reforming in 2014, the trio of Marcosoliverthrash, drummer André Godinho, and bassist Alex Aquino released the six-track EP Prelude of Death in 2018.
Black/doom metal from Dallas.
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.
Halfweg's Speedchaser emerged in 2025 with heavy metal from the Noord-Holland canal town. Their velocity-pursuit name suits compositions built on the genre's fastest and most exhilarating traditions.
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