Speed Metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music originating in the early 1980s, rooted in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and hardcore punk. It is described by the Allmusic site as “extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding” music. Also according to Allmusic, speed metal eventually toned down its intense tempos and evolved into thrash metal. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Salamandra

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Jan 7 Thursday 7 January 2010
VH1 Classic Presents The Anvil Experience at House of Blues Anvil	House of Blues Cleveland OH, United States 41.499618 -81.691178	2 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 10 Sunday 10 January 2010
Warbringer	Whisky a Go Go West Hollywood, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.09085 -118.385727	4 people attending Add shout
Anvil at House of Blues Anvil	House of Blues Chicago IL, United States 41.88812 -87.629525	6 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 14 Thursday 14 January 2010
The Anvil Experience at Main Stage at Sonar Anvil	Main Stage at Sonar Baltimore, United States 39.292258 -76.60956	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 15 Friday 15 January 2010
Cancelled The Anvil Experience at Irving Plaza Anvil	Irving Plaza New York NY, United States 40.735 -73.988421	6 people attending 1 shout Buy Tickets
The Anvil Experience at Blender Theatre at Gramercy Anvil	Blender Theatre at… NY, NY, New York, United States 40.74003 -73.984895	3 people attending Add shout

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veyita_88 wrote:
Saturday morning

And Wall of Jericho by Helloween is pure speed metal,so it´s a valid genre

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veyita_88 wrote:
Saturday morning

"This is a joke: Dragonforce? Helloween?(Apart from Walls of Jericho...?), Blind Guardian? Motörhead? Please can somebody tell us any speed metal band? Thanks " Exciter,Jag Panzer,Riot,Raven,Racer-X,what about those? .

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boozec wrote:
16 days ago

lololollolololololo

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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
21 days ago

Midnight for real speed guys.

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IndustryFails wrote:
22 days ago

StudioForce speed metal? fucking jokes these days. If I see another fags tag cloud with StudioForce under speed metal, Im going to slit their fucking throat

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Colony666 wrote:
25 days ago

lots of idiots on this page like 4 posts beneath

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Jorgetime wrote:
26 days ago

lol@ this tag

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BiotechGodzilla wrote:
26 days ago

Lol'd at Motörhead.

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CraiGORE wrote:
December 2009

haha that davidsantana27 kid makes me laugh

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NosferatuA wrote:
December 2009

This is a joke: Dragonforce? Helloween?(Apart from Walls of Jericho...?), Blind Guardian? Motörhead? Please can somebody tell us any speed metal band? Thanks

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VikingBloed wrote:
November 2009

where is Abattoir?

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RhysTerk wrote:
November 2009

I'll define it as heavy metal which is fast while not really being thrash

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Makuse wrote:
November 2009

Sequi2112 wrote: last month " I think children of bodom is the great example of speed metal today " lol dont feed the troll

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Findecan0 wrote:
November 2009

Helloween and Blind guardian!!!

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Gianlux89 wrote:
October 2009

studio force are studio music. not metal

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d00n3y wrote:
October 2009

MEGADETH

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HamsterOfHell wrote:
October 2009

isn't it called speed metal due to the fact that the musicians are on speed?

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Sequi2112 wrote:
October 2009

I think children of bodom is the great example of speed metal today

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ironcillo wrote:
October 2009

DRAGONFORCE SPEED METAL!!! Fucking joke. StudioForce is a crap "power metal" aka "fag metal that is not nu metal". (3)

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MrPablosky wrote:
October 2009

Speed Metal is, by its present-day definition, any Metal that is too melodic to be Thrash but too aggressive to be Power Metal. It's something in between. The perfect example is "Soundchaser" by Rage. It's too damn evil to be Power Metal like Hammerfall, but too melodic to be Thrash like Kreator. In short, Speed Metal is Power Metal with balls. ;-)

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