Various, Missio, The Sword, Walker Lukens, Shy Beast, Bee Caves, The Cuckoos, Curtis Roush, Israel Nash Gripka, Nina Diaz, Austin Basham, Particle Kid, William Harries Graham

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.