Omega is an old band from England. Even though it was regarded as an N.W.O.B.H.M. act it wasn’t. Omega’s real musical style was progressive rock with some traditional metal guitar parts. The band was formed by Steve Graigner (guitar, keyboards) in 1980 under the name of Apocalypse. The stuff of Apocalypse is also being Read the rest of this entry »
This is an EP by the British band, Deep Machine, that’s into the N.W.O.B.H.M. scene. They were as popular as bands like early Praying Mantis and early Angelwitch and various live tapes of Deep Machine were floating around the tape trading circuit. Deep Machine released 4 demos back in the ’80s (demo ’80, demo ’81, Read the rest of this entry »
Persian Risk is an N.W.O.B.H.M. act. They were formed in 1979 (!) in Cardiff. Through the decade of the 1980s they released a single (“Calling for You”, 1981), an EP (“Too Different”, 1984) and a full length album (“Rise Up”, 1986). The mastermind of the band is Carl Sentence who has sung in a couple of other bands (Tokyo Blade- Read the rest of this entry »
This is the new album of Gaskin, which is a well known N.W.O.B.H.M. band. They released two full length albums back in the ’80s, titled “End of the World and “No Way Out”, which I really like. Read the rest of this entry »
URCHIN was formed as STONE FREE in 1971 by childhood friends Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. Along with bassist John Hoye and various drummers, they learnt their first songs and entered a few local talent competitions and played their first gigs in Hoye’s school. They Read the rest of this entry »
This is the new album of these N.W.O.B.H.M. legends SPARTAN WARRIOR. SPARTAN WARRIOR released 2 albums back in the ‘80s. Their debut album was titled “Steel and Chains” and was released in 1983 by Guardian Records. The second one was their homonymus album and was released in 1984 by Roadrunner Records. Their Read the rest of this entry »
TRUFFLE is an N.W.O.B.H.M. act from Portsmouth which released a single 30 years ago. The band had also put forth a nine track demo named “The Bacon Slicer Strikes Back Again” 25 years ago. This is a compilation LP which contains the single that the band released back then Read the rest of this entry »
It’s sad but true the fact that a very significant percentage (some rise the percentage to 75%) of the N.W.O.B.H.M. music comes not from LP’s but from EP’s, 7”, 12” and demos. Here we have a magnificent 7” from a power trio from Lichfield, named Big Daisy. The leader of that band is Read the rest of this entry »
This was a London based heavy metal band that released two demos only. Unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to listen to their second demo, but this one is really good! “Thy Disciples” contains three songs which have a duration of at least seven minutes each. The best song of the demo is “A king for a King”. The style of Read the rest of this entry »
A knight of light 