Various, Whyshy, Easy Livin', Hickory Heads, Romeos Delight, Talking Terms, First Century, Prime Touch, Damnations Pride

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.