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Angel Dust - Into the Dark Past (1986) 

German speed/thrash metal. They later became a power metal band but this was my first taste from them. The vocals weren't anything special but suited the style well enough. I checked this one because RYM's speed metal definition listed it as a defining speed metal release along with the likes of Helloween's Walls of Jericho and Blind Guardian's Battalions of Fear.

Original Sin - Sin Will Find You Out (1986) 

US speed metal. I actually only checked this as part of an evaluation for USPM here on MMA, but ended up putting them in as speed metal instead. This act's history was mostly fabricated, including their status as an all female band (only the singer was actually female), but the album itself I think was pretty kickarse 80's speed metal.