Aussie rockers Speed voice resistance with guitar licks, growls and love
True to the band's no-nonsense moniker, listening to Speed is the quickest way to get your adrenal glands firing, priming your body for fight, not flight. A five-piece from Sydney, Speed does hard-charging hardcore with old-school attitude and a locked-in focus befitting the title of its debut album, 'Only One Mode.'
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