New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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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Confusion Field: Resilience Remains Review

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:54:11 +0000

After the recent arrival of Giant Sky III, my education in Scandinavian prog continues with an album by Confusion Field entitled Resilience Remains. This one arrived through the letter box a couple of days or so after Giant Sky III and is another from the prolific Bad Dog Promotions stable From the blurb sheet with […]

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Giant Sky III Review

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:34:47 +0000

Giant Sky is a side-project of a Norwegian musician by the name of Erlend Viken who is, so the blurb tells me, is in a band called Soup. Erlend kindly sent to me a CD of this new Giant Sky album titled III – it being the third in a trilogy – and released a […]

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Nightwing: Long Hard Road 1980-1985 Box Set Review

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:15:37 +0000

Nightwing were, in my opinion, one of the bands back in the NWOBHM days of the early 1980s which brought some scope and variety in to the mix. Not least due to the very effective keys and synths giving plenty of substance without overpowering and the very impressive, scorching guitar work. Whilst busily releasing albums […]

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Girlschool: Nothin’ to Lose in Reading 1981 Review

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:42:42 +0000

Girlschool quickly elevated to premier league standing as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took off around 1981. That hard rocking, no nonsense, in your face energy and attitude was an instant hit with the masses – including me….! That premier league status was cemented with the ladies’ performance at the 1981 reading Festival […]

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Cloven Hoof: Never a Prophet in Your Own Land Review

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:46:41 +0000

Cloven Hoof continue what has been a strong year for what may be deemed “legacy” New Wave of British Heavy Metal era bands which are still with us releasing top class albums or have albums planned. Never a Prophet in Your Own Land comes a couple of years or so after the somewhat disappointing Heathen […]

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UFO: Mechanix Remastered and Reissued With a Live Disc in December 2026

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:58:53 +0000

Chrysalis Records continue with the rolling series of UFO albums in the remastered and expanded format with a live show. The latest being the band’s 1982 album Mechanix. The release date is 4 December 2026. There’ll be double CD and a triple vinyl versions. Here’s the media release blurb which I received with the detail. […]

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