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Old 05-19-2012, 02:41 PM   #141 (permalink)
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Sorry for so many posts in such a short time, but as I read through I find more and more to flap my jaw about!

I think the problem Demon had was similar to what they said in the Simpsons: Too crazy for Boystown, too much of a boy for Crazytown!

Their name obviously piqued the interest of the crowd who followed the likes of Venom, Mercyful Fate and other "black metal" bands, and when they found out this band was "'ere, a bit melodic, huh?" they lost interest. On the other side of the coin, those who didn't like the Venom-led clutch of bands with Satanist connections steered clear of them. So sadly it was a real lose/lose scenario for them, and as you say, yes, they were definitely more "mainstream" metal than black.

My brother got the album "The uninvited guest" and said it was great, but at the time I couldn't get past the name and wouldn't listen. Later, I did, but by then my tastes had more or less moved on.

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Despite their occultish name and gory album cover, the Demon debut had more in common with the more melodic heavy acts of the 1970s such as UFO and the melodic guitar riffs of Thin Lizzy, than they did with the style of Black Sabbath. The band hailed from Staffordshire, its seems like a huge percentage of NWOBHM acts originated from either the West Midlands or North East regions of the UK! The band's lack of eventual success, could be pointed down to the fact, that they were probably about several years too late sound-wise as their style of sound was more indebted to 70's hard rock acts than to the then emerging fellow acts of the NWOBHM.

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Old 05-19-2012, 02:46 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Yeah, me again!

These two albums were my biggest and most influential introduction to many bands of the NWOBHM era that I didn't already know of, including Trespass, White Spirit, Dark Star, Fist and Xero, with an early track from Diamond Head on the latter.



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Old 05-19-2012, 02:50 PM   #143 (permalink)
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Old 05-20-2012, 04:13 PM   #144 (permalink)
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Based on what I know of your metal tastes, Demon would be right up your street, they had far more in common with bands like Thin Lizzy and UFO than they ever did with Sabbath or Priest. BTW its great to see that you have finally left the shelter of your journal and ventured out into the rest of the forum, your musical knowledge will greatly be appreciated on the rest of the forum.
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Old 05-21-2012, 11:59 PM   #145 (permalink)
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White Spirit's one & only album better be on here then.
Whats amazing is they were featured on like 15 different compilation albums.
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Great collection of NWOBHM riffs, found it on YouTube.


top NWOBHM riffs - YouTube
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i just got those Venom and Raven albums

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Just looked up the Raven one on Amazon - cheapest is like $38???

Regarding this New Wave of British Heavy Metal...can someone tell me if there was an older, or oldish, wave of British Heavy Metal?
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Old 09-26-2012, 11:42 AM   #149 (permalink)
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Just looked up the Raven one on Amazon - cheapest is like $38???

Regarding this New Wave of British Heavy Metal...can someone tell me if there was an older, or oldish, wave of British Heavy Metal?
An older wave would be the generation of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Free, UFO and Black Sabbath etc, but these bands evolved over a period of time, as opposed to the NWOBHM which firmly established itself and identity in just a couple of years. Also most of those older bands were more hard rock than metal anyway.

In fact my journal is currently focusing on this time period of the early 1970s at the moment. Just click the link at the bottom of this post "Pounding Decibels"
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