Speed metal is more like a bluesy more rock n roll punk ish sounding genre that was pioneered by motorhead and bands like that Metallica showed speed metal influences on their debut Kill em All I wouldn t consider this album to be speed metal I would argue that this album could be considered contemporary heavy metal as songs can have multiple genres attached to them not just one to describe them I m going add heavy metal to the genre section if anyone disputes this just remove it and respond here to my comments