Fastest Metal Songs Ranked by BPM | MetalForge
24 metal songs at 200+ BPM, ranked fastest first — from blast-beat grindcore down to the slowest song that still clears the bar.
Fastest Metal Songs
| Rank | Song | Band | BPM | Drummer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who is In the Water | Nile | 271 | George Kollias |
| 2 | I, Monarch | Hate Eternal | 270 | Derek Roddy |
| 3 | Sacrifice Unto Sebek | Nile | 265 | George Kollias |
| 4 | Blinded by Fear | At the Gates | 250 | Adrian Erlandsson |
| 5 | Kafir! | Nile | 245 | George Kollias |
| 6 | Lashed to the Slave Stick | Nile | 240 | George Kollias |
| 7 | War Ensemble | Slayer | 230 | Dave Lombardo |
| 8 | Septuagint | Obscura | 230 | Hannes Grossmann |
| 9 | Divine Intervention | Slayer | 220 | Paul Bostaph |
| 10 | Liege of Inveracity | Suffocation | 220 | Mike Smith Suffocation |
| 11 | Dyers Eve | Metallica | 220 | Lars Ulrich |
| 12 | Trapped Under Ice | Metallica | 220 | Lars Ulrich |
| 13 | Slit Your Guts | Cryptopsy | 218 | Flo Mounier |
| 14 | Raining Blood | Slayer | 216 | Dave Lombardo |
| 15 | Master of Puppets | Metallica | 212 | Lars Ulrich |
| 16 | Angel of Death | Slayer | 212 | Dave Lombardo |
| 17 | Painkiller | Judas Priest | 210 | Scott Travis |
| 18 | Flattening of Emotions | Death | 210 | Sean Reinert |
| 19 | Necrophobic | Slayer | 210 | Dave Lombardo |
| 20 | Black Seeds of Vengeance | Nile | 210 | Pat Harrington |
| 21 | Creeping Death | Metallica | 200 | Lars Ulrich |
| 22 | Immortal Rites | Morbid Angel | 200 | Pete Sandoval |
| 23 | Chainsaw Gutsfuck | Mayhem | 200 | Manheim |
| 24 | Beneath the Remains | Sepultura | 200 | Igor Cavalera |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the fastest metal song?
The fastest metal song in MetalForge's database is "Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who is In the Water" by Nile at 271 BPM, drummed by George Kollias. Source: Album producer Neil Kernon has stated the track clocks in at 271 BPM; George Kollias's first appearance in the 'blast' tempo bracket in this database. Note that BPM figures in this database aren't audio-metronome-measured for every entry — see each song's source for its specific verification method, and double-time passages can make a track feel considerably faster than its listed BPM.