Various, Black Sabbath, Wrathchild, Molly Hatchet, Accept, Triumph, Motörhead, Michael Schenker, Hawkwind, Angel Witch, Billy Squier, Ted Nugent, Status Quo, Gary Moore, Meat Loaf, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Blue Öyster Cult, Magnum, Saxon, Uriah Heep, Scorpions, Quiet Riot, Hanoi Rocks, Samson, Judas Priest, Steppenwolf, Nazareth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Be Bop Deluxe, Faith No More, Warfare, Blitzkrieg, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, The Dogs D'Amour, Cheap And Nasty, Diamond Head, Europe, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, Cheap Trick, UFO, Juicy Lucy, Headgirl, Raven, Venom, Helix, Girlschool, Slammer, Loud

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

Bandung Rock & Metal

Indonesia's band city: a DIY underground so big that metal t-shirts are municipal dress code.