Various, Slayer, Bitch, Tyrant, Medusa, Test Pattern, Black Widow, Warlord, Virgin Steele, Sexist, Znowhite, Marauder, La Mort, Sacred Blade, Death Dealer, Trouble, Sceptre, Zoetrope, War Cry, Abattoir, Witch Slayer, Lizzy Borden, August Redmoon, Thrust, Medieval, Omen, Voïvod, Attacker, Future Tense, Overkill, Fates Warning, Metal Church, Lethyl Synn, Final Warning, Hellhammer, Mace, Jesters Of Destiny, Possessed, Nasty Savage, Steel Assassin, Mayhem, Hades, Hallows Eve, Hirax, Pathfinder, Dark Angel, The Obsessed, Martyr

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.