Various, Vanguard, Reckless Tide, Griffin, Hobbs Angel Of Death, Everfest, Sufferage, Gutbucket, Dr. Rock, Eläkeläiset

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.