Various, Neon Blitz, Jester, Amethyst, Enforcer, Mad Racket, Jekyll & Hyde, Gavaldon, The Whirld, Pleazer, Entity, Mark Francovich

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.