Various, Scarcrow, Psychose, Fabrice Caritey, Waylayer, Machiavels, Coma Ethylique, Over Dose, Sleazy

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.