speed metal
Fast, heavy guitar
Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by fast tempos, aggressive drumming, and rapid guitar riffs.
Emerging in the early 1980s, it bridges traditional metal and thrash metal, emphasizing technical precision and relentless pace over the raw aggression of punk-influenced styles: Motörhead and early Metallica helped define the speed metal sound.
Sandman's musical summoners
- MegadethAmerican thrash metal band
- AnthraxEighties thrash metal group
- Judas PriestPioneering British metal group
- Iron MaidenBritish heavy metal group
Beat violently or defeat utterly
- shredTorn fragment
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- distortionTwisting from original state
amplifier · overdrive · headbanging · moshpit · metalhead · leather · studs · drumsticks
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- stage-diveLeap into concert audience
- pyrotechnicsArt of explosive displays
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
setlist · venue · arena · tour · roadie · backline · horns · frontman
Continuing without pause
- freneticWildly agitated, fast
- breakneckRecklessly high speed
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
furious · aggressive · brutal · chaotic · whiplash · adrenaline · ferocious · unrelenting
Speedy, or skip eating
- rapidMoving with haste
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- racingSpeed competition sport
uptempo · machine-gun · propulsive · thunderous · frantic · nonstop · velocity
Metallica
Sandman's musical summoners
- MegadethAmerican thrash metal band
- AnthraxEighties thrash metal group
- Judas PriestPioneering British metal group
Iron Maiden · Sodom · Exodus
thrash
Beat violently or defeat utterly
distortion · amplifier · overdrive · headbanging · moshpit · metalhead · leather · studs · drumsticks · falsetto
concert
Live musical performance
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- stage-diveLeap into concert audience
- pyrotechnicsArt of explosive displays
encore · setlist · venue · arena · tour · roadie · backline · horns · frontman · shredding
relentless
Continuing without pause
blistering · furious · aggressive · brutal · chaotic · whiplash · adrenaline · ferocious · unrelenting · explosive
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
- rapidMoving with haste
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- drivingControlling a vehicle
racing · uptempo · machine-gun · propulsive · thunderous · frantic · nonstop · velocity
- rock genresalternative rock, classic rock, hard rock, indie rock, progressive rock
- Heavy MetalMetallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden
- microgenresmicrogenre, subgenre, chillwave, vaporwave, synthwave
speed metalballads
Narrative verse set to music
slow jams · power ballads · ambient music · easy listening · lullabies
speed metalsmooth jazz
Mellow, polished instrumental genre
easy listening · adult contemporary · muzak · elevator music · meditation music
speed metalminimalist music
Stripped-down, repetitive composition
ambient music · drone · punk rock · lo-fi · folk music
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