Various, Psycho Alumni, Creeping Death, Death By Stereo, Lord Buffalo, Blackwater Holylight, Matt Pike, Howling Giant, Calico Cooper, Chuck Garric, Kyle Juett, Psychlona, Cephalic Carnage, King Dude, Relaxer, Exhorder, Stöner, Foie Gras, High On Fire, Midnight, The Bridge City Sinners, Mothership, Eyehategod

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.