The New Wave of Speed Metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that emerged in the early 1980s. It is characterized by fast tempos, aggressive guitar riffs, and often complex song structures. The genre is heavily influenced by thrash metal, but also incorporates elements of traditional heavy metal, punk, and hardcore. The lyrics often focus on themes of violence, rebellion, and social issues. The New Wave of Speed Metal is often credited with helping to popularize the thrash metal genre, and is considered to be a precursor to the extreme metal genres of death metal and black metal.
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