Where's the Christian Speed Metal?

Black Rider wrote:I wish someone would do that Riot, Thundersteel style.

That's the only album that I really like by them.

Power metal for sure, unlike thrash, it usually doesn't have the chunky riffs or breakdowns that you can sink your teeth into! I do like some of it, but like any genre, they're all different.

I think Helloween and Attacker are the only speed metal I've heard that have Christian lyrics.   I don't think/know Attacker to be a Christian band, but they have biblical lyrics on this album at least:

https://youtu.be/zcHXswW_6qU?si=o4rKNjVxc_aVG-tH

I don't know of any recent bands playing this style, though.

As others have pointed out, speed metal seems to be a rather elusive subgenre of metal. Still, it's odd that there are so few Christian bands playing it since the subgenre is 'ancient' and basic enough. There are other subgenres where Christian bands are severely underrepresented but in this case the Christian artists seem to have had the most opportunity to fill that gap in the market.

But I can't blame anyone since I never played metal instruments (and my singing voice is generic, good for a church choir but no more).