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The greatest speed metal artists of all time

23 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Metallica

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · heavy metal
20.642
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2 Blind Guardian Germany flagGermany · 1984– · power metal 11.507
3 Anthrax United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · thrash metal 7.581
4 Megadeth United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · heavy metal 7.114
5 Helloween Germany flagGermany · 1984– · power metal 5.380
6 Slayer United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · thrash metal 4.781
7 DragonForce United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · power metal 3.629
8 Sonata Arctica Finland flagFinland · 1999– · rock 2.875
9 Judas Priest United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969– · heavy metal 2.443
10 Motörhead United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–2015 · heavy metal 1.707
11 Exodus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · thrash metal 1.647
12 Venom United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979– · black metal 1.589
13 Devin Townsend Canada flagCanada · 1972– · progressive metal 1.305
14 Annihilator Canada flagCanada · 1984– · thrash metal 1.080
15 Rhapsody of Fire Italy flagItaly · 1995– · power metal 1.078
16 Dream Theater United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · progressive metal 0.904
17 Michael Kamen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1948–2003 · heavy metal 0.895
18 San Francisco Symphony United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1911– · heavy metal 0.895
19 Kamelot United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1991– · power metal 0.674
20 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Australia flagAustralia · 2010– · psychedelic rock 0.500
21 DevilDriver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2003– · death metal 0.369
22 Testament United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · metal 0.333
23 Dethklok United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2006– · death metal 0.300