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Autopsy, Asphyx, Sinister, Incantation, Master, Morbid Angel, Nocturnus, Resurrection, Suffocation, Deicide, Celtic Frost, Grave

Anything by Dan Seagrave. Here's a personal favorite: Retribution by Malevolent Creation.

I feel like speed metal and its heavier versions came out of something that was going on in the eighties- music was becoming more and more commercial to the point that it was losing its meaning. And glam metal was a big example of this, a real watering-down just to sell records. I mean, just wonder if extreme metal hadnt happened, metal would have disappeared like a sad joke. In any case, it just so happened that glam metal was really feminine. Guys dressing up like girls, tight pants, bright colors, whatever. So, to differentiate themselves, extreme metal had to become more masculine. There are genres which have more and less male/female interest. Metal is often a guy thing, Madonna and Boy George, NSYNC, those are girl things. Of course there are counter-examples, which is amazing. I mean, just think how head over heels a girl would go if all you liked were chick flicks.

traditional, doom, and old school death metal.