Various, Living Kind, Dear China, Suspiria, Wraith, Manmade, Point, Rock Rivers, Morgue, Pilsner, Gabbas, Rag Dolls

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.