Various, Addict, Pyracanda, Steelpreacher, Desaster, Apothic, Secutor, Metal Inquisitor, Moontowers, Wildrider, Rage, Lingua Mortis Orchestra

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.