Various, Iced Earth, Primal Fear, Jag Panzer, Racer X, Vince Neil, George Lynch, Michael Schenker, Ripper Owens, Icarus Witch, Steel Prophet, Agent Steel

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.