NWOBHM

by **James** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:49 am

Let's have a general discussion about the greatness and richness of this style/period of music!

I made a small NWOBHM compilation this evening, just to collect a few of my favourite tracks into a nice little listening session.

Here it is:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RQA6WN9R

Saxon - And the Bands Played On
Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
Holocaust - Heavy Metal Mania
Iron Maiden - Purgatory
Witchfinder General - Requiem For Youth
Witchfynde - The Divine Victim
Pagan Altar - The Lords of Hypocrisy
Diamond Head - The Prince
Angel Witch - White Witch

There is so much to explore in this genre, so many great atmospheres and distinctive bands. Maiden, Saxon and co are classics, but it goes way beyond that and it's great to discover some more. I would have added some others, like Demon, but some I only have on vinyl.

Hurrah for British metal!

by **phodg** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:52 am

"On Through The Night"is a great NWOBHM album. Shame they went shitty afterwards.
I was listening to Cloven Hoof the other day. Great band.

by **James** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:02 am

That S/T Cloven Hoof track is easily one of the best NWOBHM tracks I've ever heard.

by **boovidge** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:24 am

James, do you reckon you could make a bigger compilation? It's a genre i really want to dig deeper into and dont know where to start!

by **terrorizer** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:29 am

boovidge wrote:James, do you reckon you could make a bigger compilation? It's a genre i really want to dig deeper into and dont know where to start!

You need this book "The NWOBHM Encyclopedia" by Malc Macmillan (Iron Pages) ISBN 3-931624-16-1 and a few months on Soulseek.

by **metaltony** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:04 am

i grew up with NWOBHM went to some great gigs and look at these 2 excellent sites....
http://www.nwobhm.info/nwobhm/
http://nwobhm.eigenstart.nl/

by **Mazz** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:21 am

A Bliztzkreig cd (Time of changes) arrived on Saturday. The intro sound like something form Terminator

...AWESOME

by **Lev** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:14 am

Iron Maiden and Saxon played a big part in me growing up. Always on in the car, in the garage etc. NWOBHM is a brilliant genre but I've never looked far into it. I've just kind of stuck with what's obvious. Anybody recommend any lesser-known NWOBHM bands?

And did anyone else see Saxon at Wacken?

by **Holy Crap! Lions!** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:24 pm

I have a Demon album on LP, the one where the bloke is playing a Strat in a ruined city.

I love NWOBHM but going by that release Demon sound like an awful attempt at hair metal.

by **Metal Iain** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:09 pm

Never been overly keen on NWOBHM as I prefer the '83 - '90 kind of era.

by **thrash metal maniac** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:33 pm

Satan.

nuff said

by **Immortalicide** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:56 pm

I used to listen to and enjoy the odd bit of stuff like samson, demon, AIIZ, paralex, spider etc when i was younger, and i also used to love Geddes axe

However, a lot of NWOBHM is frankly shite, and because of this, i'd imagine a lot of good but obscure stuff got missed, very much like black metal at the moment.

by **Lev** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:06 pm

Ahhhh Samson. Riding with the aangeeellss! - Awesome stuff.

by **Sasquatch Bob** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:14 pm

There's always the mighty Budgie.

But as they're Welsh they shouldn't really be included.

And yes, I know Welsh is covered by the term British. But they're Welsh which should exclude them from most things.

Spider were class too. I saw them support Saxon a couple of times and they had their own touring stripper for their stage show

Oh, and not forgetting Tygers Of Pan Tang, and Quartz, and VENOM!!!!

The list goes on, a big chunk of my formative years were spent listening to NWOBHM bands.

by **Immortalicide** on Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:16 pm

Sasquatch Bob wrote:
Spider were class too. I saw them support Saxon a couple of times and they had their own touring stripper for their stage show

i used to have a few spider singles, and i loved the way they all had the same cover, just in a different colour :eyes: