Various, Fates Warning, Sentenced, Extrema, Jag Panzer, Sinister, Soilwork, Atrocity, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Tiamat, Necrodeath, Avulsed, Meliah Rage

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.