Various, False Witness, Centurion, Wayward Angel, Phoenix, Dealer, Fast Kutz, Strand Der Vard, Stormchild, Crier, Dragonslayer

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.