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.

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Top artists of speed metal genre

Megadeth
Motörhead
Slayer
DragonForce
Helloween
Accept
Anthrax
Blind Guardian
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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
Megadeth
72 28 40 88 0 40 121 3897983
2
Motörhead
69 15 37 90 6 28 143 3175984
3
Slayer
68 16 32 98 0 10 109 2956959
4
DragonForce
64 3 25 96 0 21 171 835223
5
Helloween
62 0 36 82 4 43 129 958625
6
Accept
62 6 52 82 3 34 124 737735
7
Anthrax
61 0 42 92 0 29 127 1294393
8
Blind Guardian
60 8 38 79 18 27 145 590947
9
Exodus
55 28 36 97 0 33 109 541520
10
Kreator
55 11 40 97 0 26 113 571989
11
Angra
54 0 37 87 5 22 134 340092
12
Iced Earth
52 10 46 86 0 31 136 310345
13
Annihilator
50 14 48 93 7 33 129 302322
14
Sodom
50 42 37 94 0 26 128 335312
15
Overkill
49 24 35 83 1 38 129 440962
16
Venom
48 5 30 80 1 28 122 385034
17
Gamma Ray
47 0 37 92 2 26 120 227579
18
Running Wild
47 17 33 92 0 32 145 137033
19
Primal Fear
46 2 46 92 0 35 136 131256
20
Diamond Head
45 34 26 93 0 41 134 138929
21
Halford
44 4 45 84 2 29 106 206567
22
Metal Church
44 9 40 93 0 28 126 169387
23
Grave Digger
44 13 45 92 1 20 125 119554
24
Rage
44 2 46 95 0 31 142 91820
25
Voivod
43 17 26 89 0 18 120 87414
26
Anvil
41 16 41 94 0 52 118 91221
27
Riot
41 12 27 88 2 29 131 48123
28
Warbringer
40 27 34 97 0 24 132 86295
29
Onslaught
40 25 42 97 0 33 114 68331
30
Flotsam & Jetsam
40 11 28 94 0 29 135 77449
31
Sacred Reich
40 20 43 95 0 40 119 104524
32
3 Inches Of Blood
40 4 38 96 0 39 114 52921
33
Enforcer
39 10 40 90 5 32 137 40922
34
Tankard
39 5 37 97 1 44 143 115749
35
Gama Bomb
38 17 49 98 0 28 131 47379
36
Coroner
37 57 26 85 0 42 125 71694
37
Angel Witch
37 16 29 79 0 36 135 68968
38
Grim Reaper
36 10 33 91 0 41 123 64631
39
Razor
34 69 24 98 1 18 111 53613
40
Heathen
34 21 41 93 0 25 141 57597
41
Stormwarrior
33 28 27 95 0 20 124 32201
42
Exciter
33 28 25 88 0 34 136 44774
43
Artillery
32 24 32 95 0 27 125 61912
44
Laaz Rockit
32 48 31 90 0 30 118 24397
45
Raven
32 56 38 90 1 42 122 50829
46
Crimson Glory
32 9 34 81 9 37 138 41357
47
Whiplash
32 17 25 96 0 31 137 85406
48
Agent Steel
30 15 21 97 0 16 116 30673
49
Mortal Sin
29 30 25 95 0 24 126 29777
50
Vicious Rumors
29 5 30 91 0 31 125 21310
51
Hirax
28 8 37 93 0 27 126 54920
52
Sacrifice
28 43 29 96 0 23 118 20664
53
Helstar
28 16 34 81 1 39 124 20662
54
Omen
28 0 35 87 0 54 119 21496
55
Toxik
28 24 27 87 0 13 135 47309
56
Jag Panzer
27 1 36 89 0 53 125 23015
57
Nasty Savage
24 2 32 92 0 22 123 18364
58
Hallows Eve
24 1 33 87 1 39 101 19807
59
Powermad
23 15 42 85 0 32 150 5030
60
Iron Angel
20 18 25 94 0 20 154 18723
61
Anacrusis
17 44 32 88 0 31 122 10014
62
H-Bomb
14 22 34 94 2 32 142 2389
63
Tyrant
10 18 22 85 0 24 128 1900
64
Tyrant
9 12 39 82 0 26 146 1643
65
Damien Thorne
5 48 18 84 0 20 104 675
66
Steel Vengeance
3 36 28 80 0 36 147 1227
67
Hammerhawk
1 8 32 77 0 46 136 98