Various, Oz, Neptune, Lucifer, Count Raven, Eddy Malm Band, Pentagram, V.O.J.D, Bullet, Raven, Anvil, Ambush

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.