Various, Deus Inc., Marrano, Zafakon, Calamity, Omnifariam, Clarias, Tavú, Parallel Dimension, Dantesco

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.