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The answer to your question is more than crystal clear..........

Go the nearest map,head towards the american continent and then go straight north............Yes,yes,you must have come across Canada by now.Now go to Otawwa.This is the birth place OF THE ONE AND TRUE SPEED KINGS:EXCITER!

Here's the answer to your question......now you can lock this thread!

Savage Grace and Agent Steel for me.

I don't know about bands, but my favorite Speed record is Fistful Of Metal.

There's no doubt in my mind: AGENT STEEL.

If the first Su ta gar qualifies, then that's it. Otherwise, I'd go with Agent Steel probably, but there are at least ten more bands who made at least one fantastic speed metal record.

See, I said it was easy - AGENT STEEL = Speed Metal. The majority has spoken. It is decided. Now, for runner-ups...

My vote goes to LIVING DEATH. "Back To The Weapons" is all the proof you need.

I got some suggestions:

SDI
Vampyr
Warhead
Evil
Battering Ram
first H Bomb
Original Sin
Pile Driver
Crossfire
Znowhite
Razor
Abbatoir
Vendetta (Fin)
Dead Mans Fun
Holy terror
Blind Guardian

metalmaster your list RULES

Okay, if we are going to get into bands like Helstar and shit, you can toss in Omen, Liege Lord, and Phantom which I don't really think is suitable.

I think that if we are going to ramble off names they should be of bands that are more SPEED then Power or Thrash, etc.

Bands like, Exciter, Iron Angel, ADX, Defender, SDI, Abbatoir, Savage Grace, Agent Steel, Mysto Dysto and Holy Terror.

Running Wild is pretty damn boarder line as I'd say their releases up until "Blazon Stone" and "Pile Of Skulls" were a 50/50 split of Power/Speed.

MASTERS OF METAL, AGENTS OF STEEL

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Avenger wrote:Okay, if we are going to get into bands like Helstar and shit, you can toss in Omen, Liege Lord, and Phantom which I don't really think is suitable.

I think that if we are going to ramble off names they should be of bands that are more SPEED then Power or Thrash, etc.

Bands like, Exciter, Iron Angel, ADX, Defender, SDI, Abbatoir, Savage Grace, Agent Steel, Mysto Dysto and Holy Terror.

Running Wild is pretty damn boarder line as I'd say their releases up until "Blazon Stone" and "Pile Of Skulls" were a 50/50 split of Power/Speed.

Helstar are much more of a speed metal band than Holy Terror for one thing! listen to the chunky, thrashy riffs of Holy Terror compared to the 90% of the time alternative picked riffs of Helstar and that's not to mention the vocals.

Leader - Out in the Wasteland

An outstanding speed metal masterpiece no one has mentioned as of yet.

Nightlock wrote:Helstar are much more of a speed metal band than Holy Terror for one thing! listen to the chunky, thrashy riffs of Holy Terror compared to the 90% of the time alternative picked riffs of Helstar and that's not to mention the vocals.

But Holy Terror are a lot faster. Wouldn't that be the main consideration in determining who's speed metal and who's not?

Since Venom is considered Speed by many, a band like Deliverance is Speed too? As sort of a "newbie" I still don't have very clear the definition of Speed, I think is one of the most ambiguous definitions that metal has. In the beggining I thought it was sort of like Thrash minus the Punk.

Cochino wrote:I still don't have very clear the definition of Speed

Listen to Iron Angel & Agent Steel & you will know
Also first two Blind Guardian.