Various, Judas Priest, Frank Marino, Blue Öyster Cult, The Joe Perry Project, Ted Nugent, Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitford/St. Holmes, Loverboy

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

Bandung Rock & Metal

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