Various, Chumbi, Exxe, Meblin Assault, Whizkey Stik, Issak Newton, The Rods, Greg Strong, Reddi Killowatt, Lyle Workman, Toyz

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.