This thread is awesome. I own most of the albums listed here. Glad someone is keeping the spirit of NWOBHM alive

Thanks, You must be as old as me;)

Actually discovered most of these bands through my late uncle. Who had all these Lp's and 45's of obscure music dating back to this style and old blues. Really influenced me as teenager in late 80's

I have a somewhat similar uncle, but the most obscure **** he had was Triumph. Other than that it was just a bunch of Maiden, Priest, and Queensryche. Still, pretty epic though.

Triumph hell yer!!!

i got into NWOBHM mostly through Sounds - English music press

and that's only retrospectively - NME were dissing them in the 80s for championing it, so I went and bought some old issues to see what the fuss was all about

i enjoyed what i heard from that scene that time (which was rather limited as they didn't bring many of them releases into these parts)

When I first got into music Sounds, NME and Melody maker were the three weekly music rags that used to come out every Friday. Sounds I thought was easily the best as it used to say good stuff about the bands I was into.

I read NME the most, cos it was the most regular here

the other two had sporadic distribution here

The other two fell by the wayside here and NME bacame the dominant one.

I've just discovered this band, they were on my list and from the name thought they were just some type of proto-extreme metal band BUT NO this is a hidden gem of the NWOBHM, can't believe I'd never heard of these guys before. I then read that they were very similiar to Diamond Head and in terms of quality their first album is almost as good as the Diamond Head and Iron Maiden debuts...........I kid you not.


Diamond Head would've been proud of this song.

Holocaust Death Or Glory - YouTube

These guys know how to do Sabbath as well.

Holocaust Mavrock - YouTube

That song is pretty epic. The vocals aren't too great, but they're buried in the mix anyway, so it doesn't really matter, since the main riff's immense awesomeness is right in your face and impossible to ignore.

I've also read Metallica were into these guys, which given their love for Diamond Head is no surprise really. Metallica covered a Holocaust song on their Garage Days Re-Revisted EP.

Holocaust are solid; they're referenced directly in the song "Heavy Metal Hunter pt.1" by Metalucifer.

Off of the Nightcomers, my favorite track is "Heavy Metal Mania":



The opening melody is pretty epic.... anyways, this song was covered by that godawful band Gamma Ray, and they - as one would expect - ****ed it up.

That's also a great track, Gamma Ray are actually a very good band but I know you don't like power metal so that would explain that. I can't speak of the Gamma Ray cover as I don't recall it.

i just bought Saxon : The Carrerre Years

has their first 7 albums

pretty mixed batch - some are outstanding, some are mediocre, some just plain bad

The Saxon legend is built around the three albums they released in just a two year period Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm of the Law and Denim and Leather. The rest are really take 'em or leave 'em.

yes, those are good, if a little Judas Priest-y

I'd recomend Motorhead :dj:

US told me about this thread but I've only just now got to start reading it.
As he knows, but for those who don't, I've been running an in-depth review of the NWOBHM, concentrating on both the prime movers (with the exception of Maiden) and the "little guys".

Part one, which is here http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ml#post1107941 deals with Praying Mantis, Angel Witch and Trespass, while part two, here http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ml#post1132041 features Raven, Cloven Hoof and Venom.

Part three will follow soon(ish) and will look at Tank, Wolf and Saxon.

The only music mag I ever read (or needed) was Kerrang! Learned everything I needed to know about heavy metal there. Thanks guys!

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.

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.

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/im...3EGXr1L_mgXjV4

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/im...PDSMMf0v93cG6N

Heh! They could bang my hand anytime! :D

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.:D

Whats amazing is they were featured on like 15 different compilation albums.

Great collection of NWOBHM riffs, found it on YouTube.


top NWOBHM riffs - YouTube

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?

or bang me with their hands

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"

Don't listen to him! It's just porn! Hardcore bestiality porn!

Nice tits by the way.

What happened to the picture?

Now and again pictures disappear, no idea why but it happens.

copyright issues, probably

the Intellectual Property holders request the host to take them down

It seems like it randomly happens now and again, but isn't this seen as free advertising the artist concerned?

i guess people might mistake the website as the publisher

Yeah, after giving it more thought over the last day or so I did think of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as probable for that OWOBHM, but thanks for clearing that up.

As for this thread? It's pretty awesome. I never knew that so many "Satanic" leaning bands were part of the catagory. Learned about a lot of stuff here, thank you for the read!

The satanic aspect is there of course in some bands, but I would say the majority of the bands from the NWOBHM were more influenced by the hard rock style of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple etc than they were by Black Sabbath. The heavier Satanic influences would come later, when metal got more agressive and sought out a stronger identity in the mid 1980s with bands like Slayer and Celtic Frost. When that happened, Black Sabbath and the satanic aspect gained a much firmer footing on how metal was seen.

Yeah, but don't forget Venom. They were a crucial part of the heavier/messier/louder side of the NWOBHM, and certainly gave rise to a lot of the later black metal bands. Hell, they coined the phrase, didn't they? (Why isn't there a devil icon??)

I thought you didn't like Venom?