Various, Xalt, The Crucified, Torn Flesh, Lust Control, Legacy, Whitecross, Tempest, Rosanna's Raiders, One Bad Pig, Bride

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.