image
Genre
speed metal
Parent Genre: metal

Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by fast and aggressive guitar riffs, high-pitched vocals, and fast-paced drumming. The genre emerged in the 1980s and is known for its intense energy and technical proficiency. Speed metal bands often incorporate elements of thrash metal and punk rock into their music. The lyrics typically deal with themes of violence, war, and social issues.


Top artists of speed metal genre

Show More

speed metal music timeline

Explore speed metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s

Similar Genres to speed metal

Discover more related genres to speed metal genre. This list is ordered by similarity from left to right.

metal thrash metal old school thrash hard rock neo-trad metal death metal power metal nwothm neo classical metal crossover thrash german metal us power metal melodic metal new wave of thrash metal technical thrash german power metal nwobhm rock groove metal canadian metal
Show More

speed metal playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular speed metal music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

List of speed metal artists

Here is a list of speed metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the speed metal genre. You can find out what speed metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1 70 23 39 92 0 35 136 4703437
2 67 21 32 96 0 19 116 3492803
3 66 13 36 92 5 31 135 3665133
4 62 11 41 79 3 44 120 2342263
5 61 35 41 96 0 26 146 1010937
6 60 17 38 92 2 23 123 1672029
7 59 1 29 94 1 26 156 955904
8 58 23 33 94 2 19 127 908837
9 58 4 38 85 4 29 134 1107215
10 57 16 42 75 3 25 126 900197
11 56 12 46 84 1 43 133 847416
12 56 24 29 94 0 25 111 723361
13 56 41 42 95 0 37 118 648007
14 56 9 37 93 1 31 127 1510896
15 56 6 46 82 3 29 128 589648
16 55 15 29 84 2 28 132 873346
17 55 2 46 87 5 31 123 611413
18 55 10 41 87 2 31 128 590784
19 54 1 44 80 4 28 125 414030
20 54 16 38 86 9 25 136 669078
21 54 27 36 95 1 23 119 680479
22 53 8 32 98 0 40 121 248606
23 52 1 39 85 6 25 137 393830
24 51 44 26 90 0 28 110 335423
25 51 40 22 86 4 18 121 465031
26 51 2 40 84 7 31 135 357858
27 50 25 37 97 1 35 129 655749
28 50 0 44 92 0 32 130 94421
29 49 0 51 96 0 18 136 99306
30 49 1 46 77 5 36 123 563357
31 48 4 34 80 8 28 126 180063
32 47 36 33 90 0 36 121 518862
33 47 16 43 91 0 31 133 344988
34 47 43 35 94 0 28 128 400832
35 47 1 47 84 4 31 131 262059
36 46 26 33 89 3 26 121 370885
37 45 16 46 91 4 33 131 348431
38 44 11 49 85 5 37 120 190599
39 44 5 42 91 0 29 126 140082
40 43 22 47 99 0 33 134 58518
41 43 16 38 93 2 31 144 52468
42 43 30 37 96 0 22 125 214499
43 43 12 24 80 1 25 111 199288
44 43 11 28 83 4 23 114 464617
45 43 4 32 90 2 25 133 256172
46 42 1 45 68 14 21 127 169429
47 42 11 43 95 0 33 128 195545
48 42 14 34 93 0 44 127 112111
49 41 1 42 90 0 35 121 81790
50 41 20 48 75 6 29 123 180177
51 41 53 40 97 0 30 137 153348
52 40 9 39 90 0 38 130 90735
53 40 17 35 93 0 33 136 156607
54 39 2 45 91 1 27 134 144315
55 39 36 29 92 1 42 144 131796
56 39 4 48 84 2 40 118 80003
57 39 7 29 95 0 26 107 272381
58 38 10 42 90 0 24 132 137108
59 37 1 43 90 1 32 129 101367
60 37 24 29 90 0 41 144 164339
61 37 10 37 95 0 23 135 70596
62 37 33 34 95 0 19 114 95988
63 37 7 41 95 0 28 137 77235
64 37 45 41 82 3 23 114 117655
65 37 3 44 88 1 37 133 53944
66 36 2 44 95 0 22 118 243397
67 36 30 32 98 0 21 126 99601
68 35 3 42 97 0 38 124 135352
69 35 9 29 91 2 37 129 54357
70 35 20 26 94 2 12 118 160226
71 35 8 38 98 0 37 113 59373
72 34 15 32 90 1 32 141 97539
73 33 40 42 97 0 21 118 59185
74 33 60 39 94 0 28 130 40791
75 32 5 38 85 0 35 109 257268
76 31 8 31 77 0 39 136 82109
77 31 8 47 98 0 28 124 61188
78 30 14 31 92 0 36 128 77674
79 30 1 40 91 0 41 134 46630
80 30 0 43 88 4 40 128 49611
81 30 32 26 95 0 18 136 35752
82 29 7 39 81 6 40 130 49215
83 29 0 44 96 0 39 136 23186
84 29 7 42 99 0 27 113 82899
85 29 24 38 94 0 31 128 73025
86 28 38 27 89 0 31 125 57068
87 28 1 60 73 0 44 101 53623
88 27 33 33 85 9 43 129 62654
89 27 43 26 95 0 16 120 19207
90 27 14 27 89 0 35 131 26825
91 27 4 38 88 3 36 137 46137
92 27 25 27 90 1 44 117 36277
93 26 7 48 79 2 46 125 30573
94 26 1 53 90 0 46 134 16347
95 26 10 35 93 0 32 118 68090
96 26 11 32 90 0 39 130 36022
97 26 12 44 96 0 33 164 20274
98 26 1 39 92 0 48 144 45568
99 25 36 32 89 1 43 131 36790
100 25 40 44 92 0 37 129 16095
101 25 1 42 82 0 41 123 17949
102 25 29 30 88 1 32 124 37537
103 24 0 40 97 0 38 119 11743
104 24 2 39 97 0 48 139 43961
105 24 0 36 87 0 45 127 27745
106 24 12 31 86 0 43 121 25207
107 23 9 31 97 0 31 101 30072
108 23 2 34 98 0 51 122 34089
109 22 0 35 87 0 49 126 26614
110 22 12 28 90 0 49 124 12399
111 22 2 48 88 2 41 138 17267
112 22 13 40 97 0 32 135 26149
113 22 25 34 82 10 30 119 17636
114 21 0 33 83 0 51 125 26906
115 21 20 34 98 0 21 110 37450
116 21 37 22 98 0 10 121 18076
117 20 20 35 94 0 26 105 35039
118 19 18 38 92 0 35 128 6291
119 18 5 34 97 0 45 118 11178
120 17 23 35 86 0 49 89 9275
121 17 31 29 99 0 17 131 15488
122 17 0 39 66 1 50 129 4847
123 17 45 34 90 0 28 117 16467
124 16 20 36 80 0 34 139 4793
125 15 20 29 92 0 30 125 11359
126 15 6 39 84 0 34 117 10418
127 12 77 28 96 0 17 136 12141
128 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7214
129 9 85 36 88 0 27 142 1956
130 9 36 20 86 0 22 118 2672
131 8 0 17 83 0 37 155 4717
132 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2536
133 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2186
134 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2926
135 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4779
136 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 947
137 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1610
138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10633
139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4832
140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130