he and British music writer Geoff Barton compiled the album New Wave Of British Heavy Metal ’79 Revisited. Much in the way that his fellow journalist, Garry Bushell, named and codified the punk ...

the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal take flight into international waters thanks to the debut albums from Iron Maiden and Def Leppard (self-titled and On Through The Night, respectively); and the ...

Barton’s review of this particular show, which emerged in the next issue of the weekly music paper Sounds, carried the first known printed reference to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

In this Loud List, we’re counting down the 10 Greatest New Wave of British Heavy Metal Bands! The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) is one of the most culturally important subgenres in ...

Recently re-released, this classic debut should have led to greater things. Recommended Modern Album: Heavy Metal Sanctuary (2014). Heavy Metal doesn't always need to be flashy or progressive ...

This was the new wave of British heavy metal (Or “NWOBHM” – pronounced “nuh-wob-um”) and for a while it seemed it might remake rock in its own image. “England was a bit chaotic at the ...

The vanguard of the "new wave of British heavy metal," Saxon snagged eight U.K. Top 40 albums in the 1980s, including four U.K. Top 10 albums and a couple of Top 5 albums. They're an English heavy ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As inelegant acronyms go, NWOBHM was at least onomatopoeic: an approximation of metal’s thudding ...

Iron Maiden And The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal uncovers the beginning of the genre, its rise to popularity and eventual decline. It's a fascinating history with interviews from band members ...

Amid the social strife of 1970s Britain emerged NWOBHM, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. New bands from ordinary British towns and suburbs like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard; Saxon, and Girlschool ...