Bay Area thrash metal, or "Bay Area thrash", referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Wetzlar (do leta 1979-1981 uradno Lahn) je mesto, ki leži ob reki Lahn na severu zvezne dežele Hessen v zahodno-osrednji Nemčiji.