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SPEED METAL: History

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SPEED METAL: History



1975

BLACK SABBATH "SABOTAGE"


1978

JUDAS PRIEST "STAINED CLASS"

HELL RAZOR forms, soon to change their name to EXCITER!


1979

MOTORHEAD "OVERKILL"

VENOM forms.


1980

MOTORHEAD "ACE OF SPADES"

ANGEL WITCH "ANGEL WITCH"

IRON MAIDEN "IRON MAIDEN"

JUDAS PRIEST "BRITISH STEEL"


1981

**OVERKILL write the worlds 1st known Speed Metal/ Thrash Metal song: "UNLEASH THE BEAST WITHIN". OVERKILL ofcourse named themselves after a MOTORHEAD song, and are still putting out the best Speed Metal & Thrash albums in the world!**

BITCH(USA) forms, a few years later SLAYER got signed to BITCH's record label (a small upstart called METAL BLADE) based on their live performance opening for BITCH! The sound on BITCH's "BE MY SLAVE" & SLAYER's "SHOW NO MERCY" are similar in many ways besides the Brian Slagel production. I personally think BITCH was a big influence on early SLAYER & the entire L.A. underground Metal scene at the time!

LEATHER CHARM write "HIT THE LIGHTS"

VENOM "WELCOME TO HELL"

LIVING DEATH forms in Europe.


1982

METAL MASSACRE I (METAL BLADE RECORDS 1st release!)

BITCH "DAMNATION ALLEY"

ACCEPT "RESTLESS AND WILD"

VENOM "BLACK METAL"

METALLICA "POWER METAL" demo rel. in May

ARTILLERY demo.

LIVING DEATH demo.


1983

BITCH "BE MY SLAVE"

METALLICA "KILL 'EM ALL"

SLAYER "SHOW NO MERCY"

WARCRY "TRILOGY OF TERROR" demo

METAL MASSACRE II

METAL MASSACRE III

METAL MASSACRE IV

In Brazil, A band called SEPULTURA forms.


1984

OVERKILL "FEEL THE FIRE" demo

SLAYER "HAUNTING THE CHAPEL"

ZNOWHITE "ALL HAIL TO THEE"

ANTHRAX "FISTFUL OF METAL"

VOIVOD "WAR AND PAIN"

DESTRUCTION "SENTENCE OF DEATH"

SODOM "IN THE SIGN OF EVIL"


1985

EXODUS "BONDED BY BLOOD"

SLAYER "HELL AWAITS"

ARTILLERY "WE ARE THE DEAD"

DESTRUCTION "INFERNAL OVERKILL"

KREATOR "ENDLESS PAIN"

ANTHRAX "ARMED & DANGEROUS"

& "SPREADING THE DISEASE"

SEPULTURA "BESTIAL DEVASTATION"/

OVERDOSE "SE CULO XX" Split lp


1986

METALLICA "MASTER OF PUPPETS"
SLAYER "REIGN IN BLOOD"



Blondie - A Girl Should Know Better (1975)

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