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Speed metal

Index Speed metal

Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots. [1]

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  1. 62 relations: Accept (band), AllMusic, Anthrax (American band), Anvil (band), Bass drum, Bathory (band), Birmingham, Black metal, Black Sabbath, Blues, Breadfan, Budgie (band), Children of the Grave, Deep Purple, Deep Purple in Rock, Exciter (band), Exciter (song), Extreme metal, Fast as a Shark, Fireball (album), Fireball (Deep Purple song), Four on the floor (music), Guitar solo, HarperCollins, Heavy metal music, Helloween, Highway Star (song), Ian Christe, Ian Paice, Into the Void (Black Sabbath song), Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I, List of speed metal bands, Master of Reality, Megadeth, Metallica, Motörhead, Neoclassical metal, New wave of British heavy metal, Ottawa, Power chord, Power metal, Punk rock, Queen (band), RhythmOne, Rock music, Sabotage (Black Sabbath album), Saxon (band), Shred guitar, ... Expand index (12 more) »

Accept (band)

Accept is a German heavy metal band from Solingen, formed in 1976 by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, singer Udo Dirkschneider and bassist Peter Baltes.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Anthrax (American band)

Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.

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Anvil (band)

Anvil is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in Toronto in 1978.

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Bass drum

The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.

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Bathory (band)

Bathory was a Swedish black metal band formed in Vällingby in March 1983.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Speed metal and Black metal are heavy metal genres.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Breadfan

"Breadfan" is a song by Welsh Blues Rock heavy metal power trio Budgie, appearing on their 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend.

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Budgie (band)

Budgie were a Welsh heavy metal band from Cardiff.

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Children of the Grave

"Children of the Grave" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album Master of Reality.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Deep Purple in Rock

Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970.

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Exciter (band)

Exciter is a Canadian speed metal band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1978.

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Exciter (song)

"Exciter" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest from their 1978 album Stained Class.

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Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual transgression". The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style associated with the speed metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, and doom metal genres.K. Speed metal and Extreme metal are heavy metal genres.

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Fast as a Shark

"Fast as a Shark" is a song by German heavy metal band Accept and a single from their 1982 album Restless and Wild.

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Fireball (album)

Fireball is the fifth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971 as the second album with the Mark II line-up, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

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Fireball (Deep Purple song)

"Fireball" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple, from the album of the same name.

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Four on the floor (music)

Four-on-the-floor (or four-to-the-floor) is a rhythm used primarily in dance genres such as disco and electronic dance music.

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Guitar solo

A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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Helloween

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool.

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Highway Star (song)

"Highway Star" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple.

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Ian Christe

Ian Christe (born 21 March 1970 in Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss author, disc jockey and the publisher of Bazillion Points Books.

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Ian Paice

Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple.

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Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)

"Into the Void" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album Master of Reality.

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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.

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Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I

Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I is the second studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1987.

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List of speed metal bands

This is a list of speed metal bands.

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Master of Reality

Master of Reality is the third studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 1971 by Vertigo Records.

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Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Motörhead

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.

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Neoclassical metal

Neoclassical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is heavily influenced by classical music and usually features very technical playing,Stephan Forté, "Metal néoclassique" in Guitarist Magazine Pedago, Hors Série #29, "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, pp.14–15. Speed metal and Neoclassical metal are heavy metal genres.

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New wave of British heavy metal

The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Power chord

A power chord, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes.

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Power metal

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Speed metal and Power metal are heavy metal genres.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

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RhythmOne

RhythmOne, previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company which owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)

Sabotage is the sixth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 28 July 1975.

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Saxon (band)

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.

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Shred guitar

Shred guitar is a virtuosic style of electric guitar performance.

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Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.

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Sodom (band)

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.

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Sound of the Beast

Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal is a 2003 book by Ian Christe, documenting the history of heavy metal music and its origins.

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Stone Cold Crazy

"Stone Cold Crazy" is a song written and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.

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Symptom of the Universe

"Symptom of the Universe" is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1975 album Sabotage.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.

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The Sweet

Sweet (known as The Sweet until the early 1970s) are a British glam rock band who rose to prominence in the 1970s.

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Thrash metal

Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo. Speed metal and thrash metal are heavy metal genres.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Venom (band)

Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.

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VH1

VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American Basic Cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City.

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Virtuoso

A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, or; Late Latin virtuosus; Latin virtus; 'virtue', 'excellence' or 'skill') is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or composition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_metal

Also known as Fast Metal, Sped Metal, Speed rock, Speed-metal, Speedrock.

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