New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Teaze: Rev Your Engines Review

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:57:37 +0000

Canadian hard rockers Teaze released three albums at the end of the 1970s and their fourth in 1980 before disappearing. Each one a fine effort however the band didn’t enjoy too much commercial success outside their home and native land bar Japan. A few years ago on the suggestion of a friend, I bought One […]

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Nightwing: Five Disc Box Set Spanning 1980-1985 Coming in August

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:22:52 +0000

Another box set to look forward to – particularly for us old New Wave of British Heavy Metal types to get nostalgic about. This one is of Nightwing’s five albums from the 1980s at the peak of NWOBHM. It is scheduled for an August 2026 release – just a couple of months or so from […]

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Dick van der Heijde: Locked-In Review

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:14:47 +0000

Locked In is the debut album by Dick van der Heijde. And it’s a remarkable achievement that we have it given the back story. Not only that – the music is certainly not shabby. It’s an enjoyable, uplifting and quite inspirational listen bringing in a variety of styles though mainly focussed on a modern prog […]

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Tokyo Blade: New Album Hoist the Colours High Set for August 2026 Release

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:53:11 +0000

Not content with the Uriah Heep and Nazareth box sets, Cherry Red pulling out more stops – this time with the announcement of a new album from New Wave of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade. It’s titled Hoist the Colours High and is scheduled for a release date of 21 August 2026. We all […]

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Nazareth: Born Under the Wrong Sign 1976-1979 Box Set Review

Sat, 30 May 2026 10:51:19 +0000

Cherry Red Records keeping busy knocking out the classic box sets. After yesterday’s post about the Uriah Heep box set of their late 19870s output, the label are keeping up the momentum with a five disc set of another of my all time favourite bands (and perhaps one of yours too) – Nazareth. This one […]

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Uriah Heep: Beautiful Dream 1975-1977 Box Set Review

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:40:56 +0000

Here’s an excellent box set of four of the legendary Uriah Heep albums from the mid-1970s together with all sorts of bonus tracks thrown in. The four albums in this set are Return to Fantasy (1975), High and Mighty (1976), Firefly (1977) and Innocent Victim (1977). This period saw the band in some state of […]

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Dennis Atlas: Principle Review

Thu, 28 May 2026 10:45:34 +0000

Multi-instrumentalist Dennis Atlas joined AOR giants Toto a couple of years ago having gained himself some attention from his debut solo album released in 2021. Now here we are in 2026 and Dennis has just released his second solo album – Principle. It’s a tasty and varied mixture of powerful rockers and some proggy stuff […]

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NWOBHM: TNT Back on the Road Again Anthology in June 2026

Sat, 23 May 2026 10:03:04 +0000

The relentless uncovering/rediscovering of long lost New Wave of British Heavy Metal era bands continues. The latest being TNT. Remember them? Not to be confused with the TNT from Norway….. No Remorse Records are set to release an anthology of TNT’s old stuff including some live tracks. TNT were from the Margate area of Kent […]

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Different Light: Binary Suns Part 2 Alternate Reality Review

Fri, 22 May 2026 09:40:47 +0000

When an email arrives from AC at Bad Dog Promotions it’s always welcome as it usually means they have a new album from one of their stable for review. It’s also usually a new band or artist I’m not familiar with and I welcome the opportunity to discover new stuff. No exception this time – […]

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Crown Lands: Apocalypse Review

Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:23 +0000

Bombastic progressive rock/metal Canadian duo Crown Lands follow up their excellent 2023 album Fearless with an equally excellent Apocalypse. This continues the ongoing Fearless/Starlifter concept/storyline with the bio sheet stating that Apocalypse a century before before Starlifter. As well as being Canadian, Crown Lands’ style is essentially late 1970s/early 1980s Rush – and that’s no […]

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