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Speedfever play heavy metal from Zweibrucken in the Rhineland-Palatinate, channeling classic metal energy with the feverish velocity their name suggests. Formed in 2021, they bring traditional metal passion to the southwestern Palatinate.
Speedfreak is a Southern/heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2022, blending the groove and swagger of Southern metal with classic heavy metal riffing in an unusually Northern context.
Beverwijk's Speedguru pair death and doom metal from the Noord-Holland steel town since 2013. Their paradoxical name combining velocity and patience suits a sound that navigates between tempos with mastery.
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.
Speedkvlt are a blackened speed/thrash metal band from Valdivia, in the Los Ríos region of Chile, formed in 2017. The band's lyrical themes revolve around terror, occultism, horror films, and speed, and they released their debut demo Promo MMXVII in 2017.
Speedkvlt are a blackened speed/thrash metal band from Valdivia, in the Los Ríos region of Chile, formed in 2017. The band's lyrical themes revolve around terror, occultism, horror films, and speed, and they released their debut demo Promo MMXVII in 2017.
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.
SpeedStab is a thrash metal band from the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin, formed in 2016, delivering no-nonsense, riff-forward thrash with an emphasis on speed and aggression over technical complexity.
Wolverhampton's SpeedTheory have blended groove metal's rhythmic crunch with metalcore intensity since 2006. Nearly two decades of activity have sharpened their crossover sound into something reliably punishing.
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