Various, Charlie Kendall, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Ugly Kid Joe, Alice Cooper, Charlie Kendall, Nirvana, Anthrax, Charlie Kendall, Law And Order, Metal Church, Queensrÿche, Foghat, Slade, King Diamond, Spinal Tap, 220 Volt, Sharks, AC/DC, Icon, Angel, Stryper, Thin Lizzy, Skid Row, Charlie Kendall

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.

Bandung Rock & Metal

Indonesia's band city: a DIY underground so big that metal t-shirts are municipal dress code.