Eternal Evil

The new wave of speed metal is a 2010s revivalist movement that resurrects the breakneck tempos, razor‑edged riffing, and high‑energy songwriting of classic 1980s speed metal. It favors twin‑guitar harmonies, athletic rhythm sections, and soaring, clean vocals that deliver anthemic hooks. Unlike the harsher edge of thrash, this wave leans into melodicism and precision: galloping rhythms, tightly palm‑muted alternate‑picked riffs, and flamboyant guitar solos. Production tends to be crisp but analog‑minded, evoking vintage warmth while meeting modern loudness and clarity.

Black thrash (often called blackened thrash) fuses the speed, palm‑muted riffing, and precision of thrash metal with the raw timbre, tremolo picking, and satanic/occult aesthetics of first‑wave black metal. Sonically, it emphasizes cutting high‑gain guitars, relentless skank and d‑beats alternating with blasts, and rasped or barked vocals. Production tends toward a raw, live feel rather than glossy polish, keeping cymbals sizzling and guitars serrated. Lyrically and visually it leans into blasphemy, warfare, apocalypse, and leather‑and‑spikes iconography. The result is a feral, high‑velocity style that feels both old‑school and extreme: riff‑centric like thrash, but grim and caustic like black metal.