New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Warrior Release New Album Templars

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:28:28 +0000

New Wave of British Heavy Metal survivors Warrior return in late 2026 with a new album titled Templars. There were a few bands going under the moniker of Warrior back in the NWOBHM days. This Warrior is the Newcastle version. Formed around 1980 they lasted a few years releasing a handful of singles before splitting […]

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Prehistoric Animals: Magic Love Destruction Review

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:34:52 +0000

Prehistoric Animals hail from Sweden. Magic Love Destruction is, I believe, their fifth album. The band kindly sent over a review copy to me via Bad Dog Promotions. And it is a first class album of quite bombastic, heavy progressive metal. Take the opener – Do I Really Know You – as a case in […]

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Johan Steensland: The Triphant Review

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:42:55 +0000

Last year Johan sent me a copy of his previous album titled Duality. I was sort of neutral about it. Now he’s sent me the follow-up and it’s titled The Triphant. Thanks Johan. The CD arrived with a post-it note saying “review me”, so how could I refuse…… The blurb sheet promised that The Triphant […]

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Tony Iommi: From the Dark Review

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:46:07 +0000

The Black Sabbath – and of course before that briefly Jethro Tull – guitarist comes back with his first solo album for a couple of decades or so. Now, I must admit that Sabbath never particularly floated my boat. And that I bought From the Dark mainly out of curiosity and as such I can […]

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Tank: This Means War Expanded Edition

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:54:15 +0000

Tank’s third album – This Means War – gets a new expanded edition reissue. Originally released in 1983 as the band blazed along the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, this deluxe edition includes various bonus tracks, new booklet notes etc. Tank originated in 1980 after bassist Algy Ward left The Dammed. Their debut […]

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Rick Wakeman: Return to the Red Planet Review

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:14:33 +0000

Back in 2020, Rick Wakeman released The Red Planet. A glorious album of instrumental progressive rock harking back to the 1970s and the likes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and King Arthur. Now six years later, Rick takes us back to Mars with Return to the Red Planet. He is again accompanied by […]

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Nick Fletcher: An Unfolding of Miracles Review

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:06:21 +0000

This one arrived recently in the post unexpectedly from Nick. Another of the burgeoning Bad Dog Promotions promoted releases which regularly find their way to me. Not being familiar with Nick’s work, I discovered from his web site that he’s a fellow “dee dar.” If you don’t know what a “dee dar” is……look it up. […]

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Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny 50th Anniversary Review

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:48:34 +0000

Judas Priest’s masterpiece album from 1976 – Sad Wings of Destiny – has a half century reissue which is restored from the original master tapes and has the tracklisting in the order the band originally wanted. I’m probably not too far wrong if I say that you may well be familiar with this album. It […]

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Resistor: Beyond Review

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:33:01 +0000

Let’s start with a question…….have Resistor come up with the best album Rush never made? Until I had this album sent to me, I was completely oblivious to Resistor. Who they were, what they do I had no idea. Thankfully the blurb sheet filled in some blanks for me and I learned that Resistor is […]

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Rhabstallion: New Live and Raw Review

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:46:11 +0000

Like many others in the early 1980s as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took off, a band named Rhabstallion set off to make their mark. They hail from a couple or three junctions along the M62 motorway from yours truly and back in the day put in the “hard yards” to get noticed. […]

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