Various, Paul Belton, Deuce, T. Bone, T. Bone, Chaotic Children, Chaotic Children, X Directory, Rough Diamond, Rough Diamond, Design, Design, Rob The Pack

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.