Various, Johnny Crash, Shark Island, Donnie Miller, Killer Dwarfs, Nuclear Valdez, Ozzy Osbourne, Burning Tree, Prong, Sanctuary, Riot, Meliah Rage, Alice Cooper

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.