Various, Motörhead, Judas Priest, The Front, Dangerous Toys, Warrant, Pink Cream 69, Danger Danger, Katmandü, Firehouse, Pretty Maids, Alice Cooper

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.