Various, Ella & The Boys, Lefthanded, Rahim Maarof, Whitesteel, Sofea, Bloodshed, Sofea, Bloodshed, Lefthanded, Ella & The Boys, Rahim Maarof, Whitesteel, Various

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.