Speed Metal

Spazztic Blurr is a grindcore band from Portland, Oregon.

Razor is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984 at Guelph, Ontario. The band dissolved in 1992, but reformed in the late 1990s to record another album, titled Decibels, in 1997. The band dissolved again, and reformed in 2005, and are currently planning to record another studio album. Guitarist and primary songwriter Dave Carlo has been the only permanent member in the band's 27-year history.

Razor will be making their first US appearance since 1992 in an exclusive appearance at Maryland Deathfest in 2015.

Metal Church is an American heavy metal band that is credited as a formative influence on the thrash metal sub-genre.

Bulldozer is an extreme metal band from Milan, Italy, that was active from 1980 until 1990. They had reunited as of 2008.

Speedwolf is a thrash/speed metal band from Denver, Colorado.

Midnight is a black/thrash metal band from Cleveland, Ohio.

Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in Richmond, California.

Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne.  Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982)—are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Venom's second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of an extreme metal subgenre: black metal.

Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s. Starting out as a speed metal band, Voivod have added a mix of progressive metal and thrash metal to create their own unique metal style.