This KZfaq channel is a god's gift for heavy metal fans.

i can remember when Def Leppard were an actual Metal band. christ, i'm old

Ideas for future episodes: 1-)First Wave of European Heavy Metal (1980-83) Focusing on German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian, French, Swedish and Italian scenes 2-) Metal Behind the Iron Curtain (1980-88) Focusing on Metal bands from Russia and Eastern Bloc states

Nwobhm is weird because only a couple bands really remained known afterwards. Def Leppard and Iron Maiden became huge and venom went the opposite direction being really well known underground, everything else just kinda got forgotten unfortunately, my personal favs are venom, angel witch, withfynder general, diamond head, blitzkrieg, satan, raven.

Saxon is one of my favorite bands of any genre. They keep on kicking ass and I can't wait for their new record Carpe Deim to drop.

I lived through all of this as a teenager and Saxon was the first gig I went to in 1980, on the Strong Arm of the Law tour…good times, I agree that it was all over by 85, probably had gone by 84 to be honest. I remember seeing Metallica at Donnington in 1985 and you could see the change had happened My favourite NWOBHM albums were Saxon’s The Eagle has Landed and probably the first Iron Maiden album

Funny, the last album you mentioned, I had. I had the cassette in my walkman waiting around my church for our youth group meeting to start. My priest, Father Michael, asked what I was listening to, just out of curiosity. I slowly said "Uuuhhh...Grim Reaper...Rock You To Hell...". Always the cool, young priest, he told me to pop the tape in the stereo in his office. As he bobbed his head to the beat, he said "When I was young, grownups we're terrified of their kids listened to Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, The Doors, and stuff like that. It doesn't do any good to freak out and ban music, because that will drive the kids away, deeper into the counter culture." I think that between my parents, and Father Michael, I was pretty fortunate.

Man, those diamond head and Angel witch albums are so good

Iron Maiden and Saxon where my favorite bands of the genre but two albums i really love are Def Leppards' Pyromania and Girlschools' Screaming blue murder

My first gig was Motorhead in April 1982 - such a baptism of fire ! I've loved metal ever since🤘 😎🤘

What an exciting travel through time! Exzellent! Outstanding! I' m from 1964 and was lucky enough to live in this period. So much great stuff und memories.

I was born in 1970 so by 1980 it was perfect timing for heavy metal to start creeping on me. Still a metal fan at 52. My parents generation had The Beatles, we got NWOBHM. 😎🤘

NWOBHM is my fav metal genre. All my favorite bands come from it: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Angel Witch, Venom, Diamond Head, and Witchfinder General

Being an American, in the late 1970s, I was reading Creem and Circus magazines for articles on hard rock bands (too bad I didn't know about Sounds magazine at that time). By 1979, one of those magazines featured an "Is Heavy Metal Dead?" issue. I read the article and thought, NO WAY! At that time we had Van Halen, AC/DC, Scorpions, Rainbow, Judas Priest, etc... Even though punk, disco, and new wave were big at that time, I had no doubt that hard rock/heavy metal was going to live on. Then in 1980, there was an article in one of those magazines I was reading, and it featured a new heavy metal scene happening in England. I saw the names Saxon, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard. OK, then with the releases of 3 BIG albums in 1980, "Heaven and Hell," "Back in Black," and "British Steel," plus that article I read, plus I got hold of a cassette tape in my high school (in New York) featuring NWOBHM bands (man, I wish I still had it), I was most certainly a NWOBHM fan in the year 1980. I bought Iron Maiden's debut album and got my friends into it. Eventually, there was record shop I went to that had import records, patches, pins, etc... and to top it off in 1981, my friends and I made the trek from Queens to Manhattan to see Iron Maiden open for Judas Priest in July 1981. I remember seeing a girl standing in line outside the venue wearing an "On Through the Night" t-shirt and said I want that! It was all such an experience to be young at that pivotal time (late 1970s/early 1980s), coming from Aerosmith, KISS, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Rainbow, straight head-on into the burgeoning NWOBHM scene, that catapulted heavy metal into the 1980s. I couldn't find an Iron Maiden shirt in 1980, so I went to a mall and had one made up on a raglan shirt: it had "Iron Maiden" on the front and "Heavy Metal Rules" on the back (I don't have this shirt anymore). So, in 1979, things were coming apart with Aerosmith (no Joe Perry), KISS (disco?), and Black Sabbath (no Ozzy), but it didn't take long for my spirits to perk up in 1980.

This is actually a very good summary of the NWOBHM movement. A few things I wanna add: - Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show used to play a lot of Progressive Rock in its first year, by 1980 it was taken over by Heavy Metal/Hard Rock. - First ever NWoBHM single is Samson's 'Telephone', a self-produced single which charted in that Neal Kay HM charts in late 1978 (Clive Burr on drums!) - I'd say NWoBHM happened between '79-'82 and 1983 was the year it started to fade away. Classic Rock magazine did a nwobhm special issue a few years ago and most musicians agreed that by the end of 1983 it was over.

Tytan’s Rough Justice was recorded in 1982 at the peak, but was only released in 1985 after the band had split! (Reformed in 2012 and we’re still playing live and writing) because record companies went bankrupt. This happened to a lot of nwobhm bands so release date chronology doesn’t always represent where the bands were active. Band’s like Tytan were gigging a lot and appearing on Radio 1s Friday Rock Show where many fans recorded bootleg cassettes that became as important as official releases. Thanks for an interesting video.

1979 to 1985 were my teenage years, I remember most of these bands and had many of these albums and saw a lot of them in concert. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.🤘

One more incredibly significant 1980 release was the album Axe Attack. Metal for Muthers was a small scale release, Axe Attack was by K-Tel and had prime time TV commercials for it on National TV. Another long forgotten thing was the Heavy Metal Box. A square cardboard box the size of 45" singles. It was decorated heavy metal style and had about 50 Metal singles in it. It was designed to sit on the counter of every record shop. So when people went the the counter they saw it. In it was not the latest metal singles but instead classics from the last decade. This encouraged loads of kids who had gone in to buy a pop single to buy a classic metal one out of curiosity.

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One wave but an eclectic mix of genres of metal among them.

Such a great scene with so many amazing bands! NWOBHM FOREVER! 🤘🏻🇬🇧

This was my prime teen years, thanks for bringing back great memories. I owned just about all these albums. I'm still listening and turned on this music to my sons. We are all going to see Maiden in Nov.

One of the most important metal movements of all time! Great work, man!

NWOBHM is amazing, so many amazing bands that influnced so much. It's also what turned me into a metalhead. Thanks for these videos, mate!

Really good to see you give Warfare a shout. Loved them in the day. Hanging around with post-punk mates, into Expolited, GBH etc. Warfare & Venom were the crossover that unified us.

Great presentation and a fine NWOBHM primer. One small correction. The founder of Neat Records and Impulse Studio was Dave Woods, not Woodyger. I would contend that the NWOBHM is alive and well to this day with Angel Witch, Blitzkrieg and Satan all releasing new albums over the past ten years and in the case of Blitzkrieg over the past 25+ years. And of course Raven have been chipping away without stop.

Ruthless Metal, please never stop! Love this channel and the FB group. These videos take me back to a great time, my brother. Thank you for your work!

Thanks for this video. You were both thorough and to the point. This should be a valuable resource for anyone getting into this scene and for those of us who know the major and mid tier stuff and want to find those obscure gems.

Excellent timeline. Congratulations for the amazing job!

Congratulations for this excellent presentation! Two bands that worth mentioning as well, are Damascus (Open Your Eyes EP, 1984) and Chariot (The Warrior LP, 1984).

As a 65yr old I enjoyed this trip down memory lane. So many wonderful Album covers (Saxon would have the hoard at their door with pitchforks for the “Innocence “ cover now) admittedly not in the same league as the Blind Faith cover, but can you imagine that today.. Just an opinion but Girls School we’re simply dreadful. A bit like decaffeinated coffee.

My mate Pete was the bassist for witchfynde they supported Def leppard, i used to be their sound guy for years later on during their career

I was born in 1961 and have beed buying albums since 1970, wih the money I got to go to the local fairground attraction which arrived at our village twice a year. You know, bumper cars and BB shooting stands and all that. At first I was into bands like Slade and Sweet, buying their singles (45rpm vinyl recordings) but ever since I heard the announcement of Deep Purple's new record in early 1972, "Machine Head" I knew what I liked and I switched from singles to albums. The term "Heavy Metal" didn't come on our radar until indeed 1977 with the release of Priest's "Sin After Sin" album. Because that album was different. I did security jobs at gigs ever since 1979 and was at the 1980, 81, 82 and 1983 Reading Festival concerts, so, I was right in the middle of the NWOBHM movement, without knowing it at the time. I saw bands at some of their first gigs. Bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leppard, Angelwitch, Diamond Head, Girlschool, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Holocaust, Quartz, Raven, Vardis, Budgie, Weappon, Praying Mantis, etc. At the time, in the early seventies, we didn't call Black Sabbath or Deep Purple's music heavy metal. We called it hard rock. I've seen a few thousands of bands over the last 40 years or so, and only a handfull would to me get the moniker of "heavy metal band". Most of them are "just" hard rock bands. But you are probaly too young to understand the difference, eh? You have to have lived through the era to truly understand...

i got into metal in 1981 - i was 13 and listening to early punk , clash, pistols etc - it was like a spark lit in my head - i remember walking past my local record shop in newport s. wales - roxene records it was called and the owner was putting up a huge poster for iron maiden's killers in the window - i was transfixed by how good the album cover was so went in and bought it - played it and was blown away - i went to see them on this tour not long after in bristol uk and still today the best metal album i have ever heard - still play my original vinyl today and love it - ironically i can't stand them now , they have not made a proper metal album since powerslave, shame really

I started to listed to heavy metal back in 1986. To be honest, I only knew two of nwobhm bands - Iron Maiden and Def Leppard (I only learned about Venom afterwards)

Great job, brings back lots of great memories for me, I feel very lucky to have been around when this all kicked off.

To this day I don't understand how Def Leppard are considered as a Metal band, even a Heavy Band? They are a rock/pop band. Great breakdown of the NWOBHM phenomenon. Keep it coming.

In my opinion nwobhm ran from end 79' to mid 82' it started to wain after that,because of 'number of the beast' which took it out of the underground,and into the mainstream! Top job with the timeline👌🤘

I like how you respect the history of metal.You're very accurate as well.I love this channel.No bullshit,just the facts.🤘

yeah, crazy times. Thanks for the memories! Dated my GF in '77, married in '79. After years of BS, LZ, LS and UFO, tried to mix with Ambrosia, Chris Rea and things She liked. I did, too. Get Hell Bent For Leather as a gift on a cassette with UFO Lights Out. Killer. Bought Lep's On Thru The Night. Loved it. Covered Wasted in a band, '82. I can go on but will end with buying IM's Killer.... Different but different ;) Abit speedy but loved it after time. New territory. saw them twice. Rock on.

I think I’ve got a lot of those early singles and albums hidden away somewhere. Takes me back , thank you for this.

Enjoying this. Nice to see a mention for Marseille who’s legacy was children’s television presenter Neil Buchanan. There is a great clip on YT of him interviewing Gary Moore and pretending not to know about guitars. Lots of bands on the periphery like Silverwing and Toad the Wet Sprocket (on the Metal for Muthas album long before the alt rock band of the same name). I’ve seen Magnum mentioned in the comments - quite a big local following but more of a career that ran parallel to the NWOBHM than part of it.

you can be sure, in the future I will come back to this video and listen to a lot of unnoticed material, great stuff!

This video brought back so many forgotten memories. This was the music I grew up on, I was only 13/14 but I owned many of these albums! As I got older I got more into Punk and Hardcore I traded in all my NWOBHM for The Melvins, Conflict, Discharge, DRI, Dead Kennedys, etc, a move I will always regret! This video brought the memories because at one point I owned and held in my hand almost 90% of those albums.

The channel that just keeps on giving! Awesome stuff man.

They told me that i'm lacking some metal in my online musical content. Subscribed 🤘

Great video. My favorite NWOBHM albums are Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind from Iron Maiden and High and Dry and Pyromania from Def Leppard. I have been trying to find some of those Girlshool albums as well

This channel deserves more subs. My favourite NWOBHM band is Maiden.

Thanks, I was USAF stationed in Germany 1980-83 and the NWOBHM along with Heavy Metal of Europe was way better than Hollywood except for METALLICA. Now I can revisit many bands forgotten.

Dude,I have to Tell something,Your Channel is one of The best,amazing Channel with great informations about Metal,about so many different bands that headbangers love.

all you NWOBHM fans: music journo Michael Hann's book *Denim and Leather: the Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal* drops on February 24

This timeline video is awesome, thank you for creating!

Hello ruthless metal nice video man question will you do the best death metal albums of 95-96 out of interest but anyway man love your videos and keep up the good work man absolutely killing with the uploads man keep it up 😁😁😁😁🤟🤟🤟🤟

I remember hearing Running Free the first time, as a friend had the vinyl. 14 years old, little did I know what a ride I had before me. It hasn't stopped, ha ha.

This was awesome. And you cost me a coupla quid. Thanx. And besides the Big Three, my favorite NWOBHM release has always been "Wild Cat" by Tygers of Pan Tang

It's nice to see Fist included in the movement. There's another band named Fist fom Canada that I also used to listen to.Hot Spikes!

Thanks for this! Right on and enjoyed all the content of bands that I even questioned when putting together my NWOBHM playlist a couple months ago. Keep it coming Broman! Cheers! 🍻

Thx you for making this I love NWOBHM

Nice job. Like how the backdrop of this video has the same wear as a vinyl sleeve.

Really interesting stuff there great video seen one of my favourite albums ,powerslave great work

Love your videos. Another NWOBHM band that's good, is Stormqueen. Their 1982 single: Come Silent the World b/w Raising the Roof is kick ass. They now have an anthology called Raising the Roof on HR records. Worth checking out.

Great Job on this brother. I was an early American follower of this stuff. We had to find issues of Kerrang and Aardschok at local record stores that supported imports.

This was such a great timeline video. Great research, and great presentation! Thanks for the time warp!

Takes me back to days of patches, denim and cheap beer!

Great job, as always! One minor point is that Carrere were not a rock label. They did put out a varied bunch of stuff before Saxon but it was generally a mixture of French artists, pop, jazz and disco. Back in the day, it was quite common for bands on tour to have label-mates as support bands, which could have seen Biff and the boys on tour supported by Sacha Distel and La Belle Epoque!

Awesome video! I'd love to see a USPM documentary some time.

This channel is salvation for truely Heavy Metal fans🤘🤘🤘

Very informative. That’s why I watch this channel.

I absolutely LOVE your channel. keep up the great work!

Excelent Job !!! I liked it very much ...keep on with the metal Moments in timeline ,i always found it hard to pack all this info !!! All My 80s friend must know see this.

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a legendary movement!🇬🇧🇬🇧

Due my birth at 1975, i just missed this one. But i do enjoy still many of these bands. Anyway, thanks for informative video. #respect

JJ's Powerhouse!! I actrually interviewed Jon a good few years ago.

NWOBHM IS MY LIFE!!!!!!!!

Correct as always! Rock on. In 1980 those years as a 14year old kid were kick ass.

SIR, THANK YOU for your dedication and work for metal , excellent information 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

My favorite sub genre of Heavy Metal! I worship Iron Maiden! And so many underrated bands that I’m still discovering.

I can´t stop saying "wooow" with every album you mention, wath a great era

This was really well done. Quality video as usual my friend, cheers!

Some of the best Metal years of my life. I remember we kinda liked Heavy Pettin' but can't even remember their songs. Still liked some at the end...Raven 'Life's a Bitch', Grim Reaper 'Rock you to Hell' and Saxon's 'Rock the Nations'. 'Innocence is no Excuse' was a big disappoint for me.

Witchfynde, Samson, AIIZ, Money , Trespass, Handsome Beasts, Split Beaver, Crucifixion, Axe ( Fist) , Demon, Dark Star, Sledgehammer. Some great bands from Sweden from the same era , but only 1 band was great enough to be both NWOBHM and NWOSHM ,and that incredible band was the one and only EF Band, Mythra, and Paralex all should have been as big as Def Leppard, and Iron Maiden. This video was phenomenal, almost as good as the History of Swedish Metal. Nothing ever will be as good as the History of Swedish Metal by anyone

Yeah this was a great period to live through. I lived in White Spirit's home town and bought their debut single Backs to the Grind, which I still have. I saw Diamond Head, Samson, Saxon, Raven and others in concert around 1980 such a cool time.

Awesome video brother! 🤘🏼🔥❤️‍🔥🔥🔥

Budgie was also a MAJOR early influence on NWOBHM with their 1970-1978 output and were later influenced by NWOBHM when they changed their sound in 1980.

This movement and style sumed up in one word : TOTALLY WILD ! . I failed , those are two . It was an innvation on the metal scene of the time fusing the wildness of hard rock , obscurity of metal and fast heavy distorted punk = music hell, to make metal even wilder. I will always listen to this .

Thanks! I'm just young enough that these were oldies by the time I started listening to metal, so I've always had a poor grasp of the NWOBHM timeline.

Congratulations. This is such a great vídeo!!! The only thing I would add is the importance of some of these bands in the early days of Metallica. Even knowing that Metallica s not NWOBHM band, they contributed a lot to make the latest 80's and early 90's generations get to know some of the NWOBHM.

Amazing video.Keep up the good work...Thanks.😀👍👍

This was a good one, loved it👍

There are albums I’ve only been ever able to listen to on KZfaq over the years and periodically I will check to see if some of these have been added to Spotify. Your video reminded me to check on Pariah and all of their music is now available. Thanks! I think it would be pretty rad if you did a video on the history of Satan/Blind Fury/Pariah.

Thank you for NWOBHM 1979-85 Revisit ed...Lars Ulrich recommended White Spirit...

I own all but the singles from Rush on the chart that you showed at 3:48. KZOK was the hard rock/metal station of Seattle in the late '70s-'82 when they began their transition to classic rock while KISW carried the flag for metal (even though they played a lot of grunge) through the 2000s. That chart shows how I went from hard rock and guitar rock to metal and thrash.

Very good. As usual... Cheers

I love your KZfaq channel! Amazing stuff around here everytime you upload something. As the owner of Spotify's most followed NWOBHM playlist called 'NWOBHM Classics 🔥🔥' (cheap plug), I can tell you, that time was magical!

One unacknowledged influence on the NWOBHM was Van Halen, who toured the UK opening for Sabbath in 1978. The members of Def Leppard were reputed to have attended one of those shows, and the VH guitar style was a huge influence on Jeff Dunn of Venom, as well.

Great content. Learned a lot.

soundtrack of my adolescence. THANKS

Great video, I took a lot of notes

Very Appreciated video! Thank you!

Great history lesson about best years in HM 1979-1983