2024-04-19 09:31
Sun Q is a duo comprising of Ivan Shalimov and Elena Tiron. Myth is their second album on which Ivan and Elena are joined by a host of guest musicians. The CD arrived via the band and Bad Do… Read More
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2024-04-07 10:21
Van Der Graaf’s live album – Vital – from 1978 has a remastered reissue on double CD (other formats available…..) which restores the full running order from the orig… Read More
2024-04-06 13:29
The irrepressible Hawkwind release their 36th studio album – Stories From Time and Space – a year or so following The Future Never Waits. Now in their sixth decade and as active… Read More
2024-04-03 13:47
The wonderful Obscure NWOBHM Releases label have somehow unearthed another couple of New Wave of British Heavy Metal era bands who went very much under the radar. Both are due to be released… Read More
2024-04-03 10:44
All the way back in the late 1970s/early 1980s as well as listening to as much New Wave of British Heavy Metal as my ears could handle – Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, White Spirit… Read More
2024-04-02 11:20
The mighty Shakin Street captured in a pulsating live performance at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco in 1979. Fronted by the glorious and distinctive force of nature Fabienne Shine, it was lo… Read More
2024-04-01 10:10
With Future Days, The Raging Project, fronted by Ivan Jacquin joined by an ensemble cast of other musicians, has a thumping album of interesting music which on balance I’d say is progr… Read More
2024-03-30 11:26
Is it Loud Enough is a superb six disc box set comprising of the first four Michael Schenker Group studio albums from the 1980s and two discs of various demos, alternative versions etc. Oh:… Read More
2024-03-29 10:41
New Wave of British Heavy Metal heaven here. A four CD box set of a massive eighty two tracks of a selection of classic NWOBHM singles as originally released on Neat Records back then. Neat… Read More
2024-03-27 11:32
Lakesongs of Elbid is the debut album from Albion. The band being fronted by Joe Parish-James, who you may know from being guitarist for Jethro Tull in recent years until leaving Tull to con… Read More
2024-03-26 14:34
Caravan is a band which, during my five decades or so of listening to “proper” music I’ve always intended to check out though had not until recently. Same goes for the &ldq&hell…Read More
2024-03-24 11:14
Here’s something a little different yet with a New Wave of British Heavy Metal connection being set back in 1984 and the long and bitter miners’ strike here in the UK at that tim… Read More
2024-03-16 14:14
Omega were around for a few years in the 1980s as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took off. Their sole album – the Prophet – has had the High Roller Records treatment getting… Read More
2024-03-14 11:56
Mythra’s Death and Destiny EP originally issued all the way back in 1979 remains to this day a proper New Wave of British Heavy Metal classic. A self-financed effort from the band to m… Read More
2024-03-11 17:49
It’s March 2024 and Invincible Shield becomes Judas Priest’s nineteenth studio album. Interestingly it lists Glen Tipton in the line-up sharing guitar duty with Richie Faulkner t… Read More
2024-03-06 12:15
Persian Risk’s debut album, Rise Up, from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal days has an excellent re-issue via High Roller Records including a hefty number of bonus tracks which cons… Read More
2024-03-03 12:14
Six By Six consist of guitarist Ian Chrichton (Saga), drummer Nigel Glocker (Saxon) and multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry taking care of bass, keys and vocals. This self-titled debut album… Read More
2024-03-02 11:37
The Chronicles of Father Robin trilogy draws to a close with Book 3 – Magical Chronicle. As with Book 1 and Book 2, Book 3 upholds and pays homage to the classic progressive rock of th… Read More
2024-02-29 11:32
The Grace of a Dragonfly is the third album from the excellent Lionheart since their surprise reunion in 2016. Steeped in New Wave of British Heavy Metal pedigree with that initial album bac… Read More
2024-02-26 12:41
Tim Blake’s first three solo albums get a nice reissue in a well presented box set via Esoteric, a label which excels at stuff like this. Tim of course being an early pioneer of the em… Read More
2024-02-24 10:25
Canadian melodic hard rockers Honeymoon Suite come back out of nowhere in early 2024 with a new album titled Alive after a sixteen year break since their previous album – Clifton Hill… Read More
2024-02-17 11:31
Final Coil not a band I’d come across until a few days ago when Phil Stiles got in touch as they’d played dates with the excellent Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate and wond… Read More
2024-02-07 17:48
Sacred Alien may possibly not be a name you remember back from the good old New Wave of British Heavy Metal days in the early 1980s. They were not around on the scene for long and didn&rsquo&hell…Read More
2024-01-28 11:03
Runaway Dreams is an excellent five CD box set of Mamma’s Boys spanning 1980-1982. The band of course comprising of the three McManus brothers – Pat (guitar), John (bass, vocals)… Read More
2024-01-24 12:17
Avenger’s two albums from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal days re-issued in a tasty triple pack with a disc of a live performance from their 1986 date in Brooklyn. All tasty stuff… Read More
2024-01-20 11:08
Saxon remain true to their New Wave of British Heavy Metal roots in 2024 releasing Hell, Fire and Damnation. An album of majestic, blistering heaviness. Like an old marketing slogan for a we… Read More
2024-01-17 11:30
Pallas have been around for a good few decades and having a liking for progressive rock as well as my NWOBHM, they are one of those bands over the years which I’ve meant to give some l… Read More
2024-01-13 17:41
Word appears to be that there could be a new album from Tytan later this year with the working title of Death for Glory. Rather good news indeed for we old New Wave of British Heavy metal af… Read More
2023-12-31 11:15
Flat Out is Blue Oyster Cult guitarist Donald Roeser’s one and only solo album which was issued all the way back in 1982 under his stage name of Buck Dharma. The legendary origins of t… Read More
2023-12-23 11:17
My thanks for Kurt for sending me a copy of his Stones from the Garden CD for review. And to Bad Dog Promotions for their help also. The bio which accompanied the CD tells me that Kurt&rsquo&hell…Read More
2023-12-22 11:00
Ice Age go back to around the turn of the century when they released a couple of albums before disappearing. In April of this year (2023) they reappeared out of nowhere to release this third… Read More
2023-12-21 11:15
Moving Forward is the debut album from Vamoosery being released last month (November 2023). I stumbled on it somehow after seeing the cover art somewhere and took a chance on the basis that… Read More
2023-12-20 11:50
No Use Crying is the second and final album from Satanic Rites originally issued in 1987 as the band faded out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene. It has recently been re-issued un… Read More
2023-12-17 15:17
Satanic Rites formed around 1980 or thereabouts to join the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene. They hailed from Halifax – a few junctions over the M62 from my humble hov… Read More
2023-12-15 11:37
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, in September of last year (2022), the Blue Oyster Cult played three consecutive nights at the Sony Hall in New York. Each of those three nights had the b… Read More
2023-12-13 12:37
Glorious Wolf (great name…..) is a project by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Ruud Dielen, who does an excellent job of doing what his countryman Arjen Lucassen does – superb expans… Read More
2023-12-12 12:03
In short order after Book 1, the excellent progressive rock concept project The Chronicles of Father Robin release the second part of the trilogy – Book 2, Ocean Traveller. Book 1 is s… Read More
2023-12-09 11:18
Here’s an interesting one for Heep fans. A radio broadcast from a performance in Budapest back in 1982 during Peter Goalby’s stint with the band on the Abominog tour. Not much He… Read More
2023-12-08 10:59
Beyond Tomorrow is the debut album from Ruby Dawn which was released earlier in April 2023. Thanks to Anne-Claire Rallo from Bad Dog Promotions for drawing my attention to it and to Ruby Daw… Read More
2023-12-05 11:02
With The Lightmaker, French progressive rockers Nine Skies have a fine album of excellently performed and varied styles. A concept album which follows Rudy – who is living his 1,001st… Read More
2023-12-02 16:48
The incomparable Thunderstick – as we all know from his NWOBHM-era stints with an early incarnation of Iron Maiden and subsequently Samson – is back with his band and a new album… Read More
2023-11-28 11:24
We lost John Wetton back in 2017. He was indeed one of the greats over a long career. Blessed with much talent, a golden voice and adept bass skills he will be best remembered by most for hi… Read More
2023-11-23 12:45
New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends Saxon are due to release their 24th studio album on 19 January 2024. It is titled Hell, Fire and Damnation and judging by the video for the title trac… Read More
2023-11-22 11:43
Cyan were formed all the way back in the early 1980s by a young Rob Reed – who of course has become a big name in the progressive rock world particularly with Magenta and his various o… Read More
2023-11-20 11:14
A New Wave of British Heavy Metal era double-header here with The Next Band and Wildfire. The two bands are essentially the same. The history being that The Next Band formed in 1975 with a l… Read More
2023-10-31 11:59
Darrel Treece-Birch is arguably best known as the keyboard wizard in melodic hard rockers Ten for around the last decade or so. Though there’s more to him than that – take for ex… Read More
2023-10-24 09:56
The third album from Atlas sees the band properly hit their stride with Built to last being an immense slab of hard-edged melodic rock with symphonic and progressive elements mixed in and al… Read More
2023-10-11 10:46
One of the pleasures of having a rather large music collection is rediscovering albums not listened to for a good while. Wandering through my collection the other day I pulled out Charge by… Read More
2023-10-06 13:11
This first part of a trilogy is an excellent throwback to the glorious days of 1970s progressive rock when the concept album reigned supreme. The band is from Norway with the idea for the tr… Read More
2023-10-04 09:49
The Runaways’ five albums from their short career in the 1970s have a welcome and excellent re-issue in a five-CD box set via Cherry Red, the label which does these box sets regularly… Read More
2023-09-30 15:20
Hawkwind’s classic live album from 1972 – Space Ritual – celebrates a half century with the issuing of an impressive deluxe edition box set. Generally and deservedly recogn… Read More
2023-09-27 16:48
Not the motor racing circuit in Kent – this Brands Hatch were around for a while back in the original New Wave of British Heavy Metal days. As was another band with the same name who r… Read More
2023-09-27 10:10
Stonewashed was a short-lived band from (I think) Germany back in the 1990s. Way of Thorns is their sole album which was issued in 1995. After that they disappeared. I bought it recently whe… Read More
2023-09-26 10:15
Time is Made of Gold is the second album from former long-time Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey. The debut album goes back to the turn of the start of the century. This follow-up was issued in 20… Read More
2023-09-23 16:40
The countdown to the release of the new album by Thunderstick – Lockdown – is smoothed with the release of a second single from it on October 6. Here’s the media rele… Read More
2023-09-17 09:22
Zandar Zan were around for a few short years in the 1980s attempting to make their mark on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene. They were one of many NWOBHM-related bands based up in t… Read More
2023-09-13 10:00
Thunderstick has a new album due to be released on 20th October. It is titled Lockdown. First album from the Stick and his band for a few years. Here’s the press release I’ve rec… Read More
2023-09-11 09:50
Here’s yet another “lost” New Wave of British Heavy Metal gem somehow unearthed by Cult Metal Classics as they keep doing. This time the band is Phantasm. A short-lived pro… Read More
2023-09-09 09:33
Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland – otherwise known as Hats Off Gentlemen it’s Adequate – have a quite superb new album out named The Light of Ancient Mistakes. I wasn&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-09-04 09:39
Broadsword and the Beast – Tull album from 1982 – becomes the latest of Tull’s back catalogue to get the big box anniversary set treatment. This one being the 40th annivers… Read More
2023-09-03 18:08
Another Life is the second album from Scottish rock band Tantrum (great name, right?) and was released a couple of months ago in July 2023. The band’s vocalist, Mark Reid, got in touch… Read More
2023-08-23 12:56
In October 2020, Rob from Squib Kick Records got in touch and sent me a copy of the debut album from his project Rich Kid Express. Rob said he created Rich Kid Express as a fun, solo project… Read More
2023-08-18 11:35
Hellanbach was one of the many New Wave of British Heavy Metal era bands from the NWOBHM “hot bed” around the north east of England all those years ago. And one of the many who w… Read More
2023-08-07 11:09
Edward’s first solo album in many a year is a massively dramatic and sweeping epic of epic scale. A good old fashioned concept album based around a second “big bang” and ho… Read More
2023-08-06 16:54
I hadn’t come across High Spy until a few days ago when a friend suggested I check them out and in particular their latest album Human Geometry. So I duly hunted out their BandCamp pag… Read More
2023-08-02 13:23
Former Blue Oyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard draws his expansive Imaginos trilogy now closing out the random access myth where everything happens all at once with Imaginos III Mutant Refo… Read More
2023-07-31 09:59
Marquis de Sade were first around in the early 1980s being one of many bands hoping to make their mark as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took off. Back then they didn’t last long… Read More
2023-07-28 16:28
The mighty Girlschool return with a new album some ten years after their last one. And a welcome return it is as WTFortyfive is classic Girlschool retaining all the power, attitude and swagg… Read More
2023-07-23 13:27
Guns for Hire is the debut album from Tailgunner. It’s a proper cracker. Fresh, brash and pounding heavy metal with melodic elements and something of a retro feel to it incorporating s… Read More
2023-07-20 12:16
Mythra go all the way back to the late 1970s and back then were at the head of the emerging New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Their Death and Destiny EP a bona fide NWOBHM classic. How I wish… Read More
2023-07-13 10:23
The late, great Ronnie Montrose formed Gamma a few years after Montrose spilt. Gamma released three albums in reasonably short order between 1979 and 1982 without unfortunately achieving too… Read More
2023-07-01 16:45
Raven’s All Hells Breaking Loose is another winner from brothers John and Mark Gallagher who have kept the show on the road for approaching fifty years now. Going all the way back to 1… Read More
2023-07-01 11:07
Dave Russell was the vocalist for a band named April 16th. They were active for a few years from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s chasing the rock star dream as it remained generally out… Read More
2023-06-27 10:27
Veteran German progsters Eloy led as always by main man Frank Bornemann complete their trilogy based on the life of Joan of Arc in fine style with Echoes from the Past. Joan of Arc has a spe… Read More
2023-06-17 10:01
The excellent White Spirit have issued a special edition of their Right or Wrong album – the original of which was of course their triumphant return after some four decades following t… Read More
2023-06-11 10:29
Dragonfly had a brief career back in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal days – though what a band they were. They had something that little bit different to offer. In true NWOBHM styl… Read More
2023-06-07 11:24
Weapon keep the recent run of excellent new offerings from New Wave of Heavy Metal era bands keeping the flag flying joining the likes of Trespass and Millennium who all remain active and re… Read More
2023-06-06 09:52
Millennium go back to the early 1980 and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal heydays. After a fine debut album things didn’t take off for them and the disbanded towards the end of that… Read More
2023-06-05 15:50
Back in October 2021 I came across Eld Varg’s One Man Army describing the album as: “a first class storming album of brutal riff-based heavy/power metal with a top slice of mysti… Read More
2023-06-02 10:06
Five years after the excellent Footprints in the Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal survivors Trespass come back with Wolf at the Door. Original member Mark Sutcliffe still around on guit… Read More
2023-05-28 11:02
One Night Stands is the fourth album from Canadian hard rockers Teaze originally issued back in 1979. The 1970s/1980s was something of a golden era for Canadian rock with so many excellent b… Read More
2023-05-21 17:10
Ajren Lucassen – the man who has brought us over the years a never ending stream of some of the most impressive, imaginative and bombastic prog/metal projects such as the multi-guest c… Read More
2023-05-21 10:41
Falcon’s Easy Prey is another one from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal days in the 1980s re-discovered by those top people at Obscure NWOBHM Releases and put out on one of their li… Read More
2023-05-20 10:06
It’s been a long time since the 1970s when Yes were untouchable in delivering an unending master class in high class, inventive and timeless progressive rock. Albums such as Fragile, C… Read More
2023-05-18 16:35
Denigh appeared back in the late 1970s and were from the south east England. Just like many rock bands at the time, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal tag was applied as Denigh set out to m… Read More
2023-05-15 09:04
Titan, not to be confused with Tytan, were from Lincolnshire here in the UK forming in 1981and like many at the time wanted to make their mark on the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Met… Read More
2023-05-13 16:07
Uriah Heep’s Wonderworld (1974) and High and Mighty (1976) get the picture disc reissue treatment. Different in style as you could say the albums form a sort of transitional period for… Read More
2023-05-10 17:47
With Fearless, Canadian duo Crown Lands come up with an album of bombastic classic progressive rock and then some. Sure, the Rush influences smack you right in the chops and Crown Lands pull… Read More
2023-05-06 09:47
I go all the way back with the Tygers to their origins at the start of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 1970s/early1980s. All the classic early stuff with the likes of Jon Syk… Read More
2023-05-05 10:03
Sphinx were a German-Italian band formed in the late 1970s lasting a few years without too much success. However, their album Here We Are from 1981 is a stone cold, done deal classic mixture… Read More
2023-04-29 10:41
Hawkwind’s The Future Never Waits is, remarkably, their thirty-fifth studio album and with the constant presence of Dave Brock at the helm approaching his 82nd year on the planet. Thin… Read More
2023-04-26 12:28
Arkeyn Steel Records have pulled another metaphorical rabbit out of the hat. Along with their recent re-issue of Phantom Reign’s No Hope for the Future (review here) they’ve now… Read More
2023-04-23 16:20
Whilst I like my heavy stuff, not least NWOBHM of course, I don’t mind a spot of classy melodic rock. Rocky Road by Bite the Bullet certainly squarely hits the spot as that classy melo… Read More
2023-04-23 09:44
Phantom Reign originated in Illiniois back in the late 1980s. Their sole album – No Hope for the Future – is one which can properly have the “lost classic” tag applie… Read More
2023-04-21 10:26
Had word via Soldier guitarist Ian Dick that the band are to re-release a remixed and remastered version of their Dogs of War album which will include two new bonus tracks. Soldier of course… Read More
2023-04-20 14:29
Big news for Uriah Heep fans including yours truly – Wonderworld and High and Mighty to be released as picture discs on 26th May. Just received a press release about it. Here’s t… Read More
2023-04-09 10:16
A busy few weeks ahead for us New Wave of British Heavy Metal aficionados with a slew of new releases to look forward to through to the end of June. Albums are due from (in no particu… Read More
2023-04-08 16:45
Steve Thorne isn’t a name I’m familiar with. I bought the album after being attracted by the spectacular art work – which gives something of a non-too subtle hint as to wha… Read More
2023-04-01 15:33
New Wave of British Heavy Metal veterans Saxon come at us with More Inspirations. Their second album of covers in short order just a couple of years since Inspirations in 2021. Whilst I&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-03-28 14:09
A bit of a special one here. From the Fjords is the sole album from Legend originally released back in 1979. The band, from the USA, wasn’t around long however From the Fjords is jaw-d… Read More
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