Various, Excuriver, Kiss-Relissh!, Girltique, Zealous, Virgin Killer, D'Erlanger, Armenian Dance, Ace, Genocide, Alkaloid

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.