Top Ten Fastest Metal Songs

This is a list of the most intense and fastest songs in the history of metal.
The Top Ten
1 Raining Blood - Slayer

Definitely NOT the fastest, not even close to it (it's a great song though). But here we are talking about speed and currently my idea of "fast" is technical death metal - bands like Nile, Brain Drill, Cryptopsy, and several more. Try 'Cast Down the Heretic', 'The Essential Salts' by Nile.
I guess Raining Blood is at #1 because it's popular.

Now I know the lyrics, the song is kind of ruined. (I understood them after watching an epic "Donald Trump sings" parody. Anybody feels like this?

That one part is fast to the part where it doesn't even make sense but it does because it's slayer

Great song, but some faster slayer songs are..Jesus Saves, Necrophobic, hell awaits, angel of death, etc

2 Merciless Death - Dark Angel

Dark Angel's entire "Darkness Descends" album could qualify for this list. One of the fastest albums of all time. Perhaps even faster than Slayer's "Reign in Blood."

I think Dark Angel give birth to the splitcore music, blast fasting than hell...

3 Hang the Pope - Nuclear Assault

This song is like a good slap in the nuts... hurts like hell for about 45 seconds but then still lingers with you for the rest of the day

Lyrics are messed up. But this should be #1. By far the fastest and craziest song I've ever heard

Love this song! Lyrics and all!

4 Kill (Those Who Oppose Me) - Lost Society

A crazy fast thrash song from their debut album released in 2013. These guys are teens, aged 17-19 but kick ass. The video to this track is one of the coolest I've ever seen. The song is awesome.

5 Pleasure to Kill - Kreator

I think Ripping Corpse or Death Is your saviour are maybe faster

He sings and plays guitar and it is faster than any riff and chord structure above this list.
Today top and if you want cleaner leads check out phantom antichrist

Your head will not bang, it will vibrate

A forgotten master piece...

6 Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce

Though This is Widely Considered their Best Song This isn't the fastest Though
Valley Of The Damned
Fallen World
&
The Game are Way
Faster and The Probably even Faster than Raining Blood

One of the hardest songs in GH3 - harder than Raining Blood. Believe me, no casual player can perfect the song without breaking one finger.

Not their fastest song but deserves top 5. Soldiers of the Wasteland, Revolution Deathsquad and Fury of the storm are the fastest.

Yeah raining blood is way faster than this ( sarcastic voice ) HELL THIS CAN KICK ITS ASS EASILY

7 Head Crusher - Megadeth

This album and song are underrated and deserve more attention, this song kicks ass!

Best fast heavy piece of thrash metal

8 Majesty - Blind Guardian

Many songs on this list have some really fast sections but also pretty slow sections.
This one is fast from start to finish and it's 7:30 min long. Besides, the singer doesn't growl and doesn't spit the words - he really sings despite the fast tempo, which is more difficult. And the vocals are amazing.
These additional 4 factors of difficulty have to be taken into account because they make the song more demanding.

9 The Essential Salts - Nile

Look, THIS is the fastest song on this list. Just check out the song sample.
Currently this is my idea of "fast".
Drums: George Kollias

Nile just has to be on the list due to speed and accuracy.

My Horus says this should be at number 1

10 Apocalyptic Feasting - Brain Drill
The Contenders
11 Cast Down the Heretic - Nile
12 Crown of Horns - Cryptopsy
13 Angel of Death - Slayer

Too much speed. They are like Dragonforce of Thrash only that Slayer can actually play live. (I know Dragonforce is actually newer than Slayer. Please don't kill me.)

I like to think this song is faster than Raining Blood

That duel solo with king and hanneman is so good that it needs to be in the top 3.

I think Hallowed Point is faster though, yet this us unbelievably fast.

14 The Burning of Sodom - Dark Angel

CRAZY mid-80's proto-death blackened thrash metal!

15 Human Insecticide - Annihilator

Insanely fast, complex and intense guitar work throughout the entire song (4:50 min) - only the bridge is a bit slower.

If I have to choose between 2 songs - one with faster guitars and the other with faster drums, I'd choose the song with the faster guitars.
Drummers can use double bass and double strokes to go faster but guitarists have only their hands and their virtuosity. Besides, guitar work requires more precision.

So I give more credits for difficulty and would rank this song higher than other songs with faster drumming but less complexity.

One of the fastest thrash songs ever written. It isn't all about speed though and has some complex elements to it. Deserves to be in the top tier.

Jeff waters baby

16 Lack of Comprehension - Death

Death is more faster than every song on the list

17 Dyers Eve - Metallica

Master of Puppets, Creeping Death, No Remorse, and Fuel are all faster.

This list seems to be a little more of a popularity test on fast songs rather than actual fast song, not saying Slayer is bad, just don't think that it should be #1. I also love Dyers Eve because of its double bass.

Come on now, its way faster than Raining Blood -. -

This song is way faster than Raining Blood, come on guys!

18 Torture - Cavalera Conspiracy

Loud and fast

19 Legions of the Dead - Testament

End of this song sounds like apocalypse of the world

20 Spill the Dirty Blood of Jesus - Infernal War
21 Fuel the Hate - Soulfly
22 Strike of the Beast - Exodus

Kick ass song!

23 Holy Wars...The Punishment Due - Megadeth

Come on this song is truely epic every time I hear its I just want to headbang until my head falls off

24 Disposable Heroes - Metallica

Fastest and BEST Metallica song ever. I don't know why Dyers Eve is higher, this is WAY faster than Dyers Eve!

25 Hell Awaits - Slayer

The first three minutes are the slow intro and buildup. The FINAL three minutes are the speedy part where Tom motors out lyrics about Hell.

I don't hate Slayer but this song is mid-tempo according to my criteria.

People who hate Slayer are just stupid

Just the intro guys...

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