Genre Tourism · 29/04/2023
91 days till W:O:A 2023. I had such a hard time moving on from Sólstafir. As always when I find something I really like, I totally binged their music over the last couple of weeks. But - with only 91 days to go, I still have a lot more preparation to do with regards to the Wacken line-up, so I picked up the next band on my list: The Eternal Night. Albeit a relatively new band formed in 2018 in Essen their sound is authentically oldschool. Their first studio album The Night Eternal (2021)...
Keepers · 16/12/2022
The other day, I received a small package from the UK. It was from Chris Harris, ex-guitarist of the band APRIL 16TH. What a pleasant surprise! Chris sent me their CD EPITAPH (2021) and asked me to review it in my NWOBHM section, which I am very happy do do. So, here we go. APRIL 16TH was active between 1985 and 1991 and had a stable line-up in those years: Founder members Chris Harris and Lawrence Mills played guitar, Dave Russell (the man with great hair) provided his vocals, John Fisher...
Roots & Riffs · 10/06/2022
Venom’s 1981 debut didn’t just make noise—it started a movement. From Satanic shock tactics to proto-thrash mayhem, Welcome to Hell kicked the gates open for extreme metal.
Genre Tourism · 08/01/2022
I am reaaaaaally excited about this blog article as it means I am about to leave the NWOBHM and progress into another subgenre altogether which I guess will be super fun: Glam Metal or Hair Metal. Def Leppard is the perfect band to pick when looking for a bridge between those two genres. So far I've been acquainting myself with the early metal of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Rainbow and I've listened to a lot of music from the NWOBHM, feeling quite at home in this genre to be honest. I've...
Roots & Riffs · 04/01/2022
A journey through Iron Maiden’s legacy—from NWOBHM roots to stadium anthems, zombie mascots, and one writer’s unexpected love for the very first album.
Genre Tourism · 24/12/2021
I'm staying in the era of NWOBHM for a little while longer. Especially within my research of Motörhead I came across one band name that was mentioned frequently: Girlschool. Formed in 1978 Girlschool was another band that came up with so many other bands during the NWOBHM. Girlschool is today considered "one of the longest-running-all-female-rock-bands, still alive after 40 years". That alone is reason to look closer at this band. The original band members Kim McAuliffe (rythm guitar, vocals),...
Roots & Riffs · 19/12/2021
A wild dive into the chaos and legacy of Motörhead—how Lemmy Kilmister helped birth thrash metal, pissed off parents, and proved that staying loud and weird is the most metal thing of all.