who are goooood speed metal bands?....

after listening to cowboys from hell, from pantera, i wanna hear more speed metal! who knows of any speed metal bands, who's cds i can still buy, who play fast and heavy all the way through? and who else like pantera? must be more pantera fans out there.

Forbidden are pretty good
Athiest as well

Slayer, Prong, Bolt Thrower, Deicide, Sepultura, Goreguts

What is the difference between speed metal and thrash metal...or are they the same thing and I'm just showing my age again. :shk:

Speed Metal - Link

Speed metal is a genre of heavy metal music that is similar to thrash metal, but tends to be more melodic and show less influence of punk music.


Thrash Metal - Link

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. The origins of thrash metal are generally traced to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when a number of bands began incorporating the sound of the NWOBHM with elements of Hardcore Punk, thus creating a new genre, Thrash Metal. This genre is much more aggressive as compared to its relative in Speed Metal.