History Main / NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal

Bands Associated With the Genre Include:

'''Predecessors to the Movement (Not Part of the movement itself:'''

'''Predecessors to the Movement:'''

'''Tropes associated with The New Wave of British Heavy Metal include:'''

** SpeedMetal: JudasPriest (one of the genre's UrExamples), {{Motorhead}} (the genre's arguable TropeMaker), Music/{{Venom}}, and Raven were all part of the movement. The movement itself could arguably be condered the genre's TropeMaker and/or TropeCodifier.

** PowerMetal: Again, some bands were early members of the genre, with IronMaiden being the most notable example.
** SpeedMetal: JudasPriest (one of the genre's UrExamples), {{Motorhead}} (the genre's arguable TropeMaker), Music/{{Venom}}, Blitzkrieg, and were all part of the movement.
** ThrashMetal: {{Motorhead}}, Music/{{Venom}}, and Diamond Head could all be considered UrExamples
** TraditionalMetal: Most bands would be considered part of this.

* DiamondHead (1977, originally hyped as one of the leaders of the movement, it never came to pass and the band dissolved. Eventually proved to be a major influence on Music/{{Metallica}}, who famously covered their songs "Am I Evil" and "The Prince")

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the Heavy Metal lifestyle. Others, such as Music/DefLeppard, gravitated towards a more mainstream sound informed by GlamRock. Others still, like Music/{{Venom}}, chose to emulate [=Motorhead=]'s aggressive style and turn it UpToEleven, paving the way for ThrashMetal, BlackMetal, and DeathMetal. What united these bands was a shared sense of fashion (mostly consisting of denim jeans, [[HellBentForLeather leather jackets]], studded metal belts and wrist bands, and band t-shirts/patches), a Punk-like aversion to the mainstream (Def Leppard being a major exception), and and enthusiasm toward the music and it attending subculture.

* Music/JudasPriest (1969, UrExample and {{Trope Maker|s}} alongside [=Motorhead=])
* Music/{{Motorhead}} (1975, Trope Maker alongside Judas Priest)

* [[/index]]Saxon (1977, TropeCodifier for the movement alongside Iron Maiden)[[index]]

* Saxon (1977, TropeCodifier for the movement alongside Iron Maiden)

* Music{{Motorhead}} (1975, Trope Maker alongside Judas Priest)

* Samson (notable for having a young BruceDickinson as their frontman)

JudasPriest, a band from Birmingham, the same city that produced Music/BlackSabbath and later Music/NapalmDeath, was that band. In 1978, after several high quality but [[Music/BlackSabbath Sabbath-derived]] albums, they released their album ''Stained Class''. The album was dissimilar to pretty much any metal album that came before it, possessing high-speed tempi, air-tight double-bass drumming patterns, and a level of aggression not seen outside PunkRock. A second band at around the same time, Music/{{Motorhead}}, combined an approach similar to that of JudasPriest and wed it to a brutal, distortion-heavy sound that was overtly punk-influenced on their albums ''Motörhead'' in 1977, and ''Bombers'' and ''Overkill'' in 1979. With the approaches of these bands in place, other bands began to copy them.

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle. Others, such as DefLeppard, gravitated towards a more mainstream sound informed by GlamRock. Others still, like {{Venom}}, chose to emulate {{Motorhead}}'s aggressive style and turn it UpToEleven, paving the way for ThrashMetal, BlackMetal, and DeathMetal. What united these bands was a shared sense of fashion (mostly consisting of denim jeans, [[HellBentForLeather leather jackets]], studded metal belts and wrist bands, and band t-shirts/patches), a Punk-like aversion to the mainstream (DefLeppard being a major exception), and and enthusiasm toward the music and it attending subculture.

* DeepPurple
* {{Queen}}
* {{Scorpions}}
* ThinLizzy

* DefLeppard (1977, later [[GenreShift switched]] to GlamMetal, becoming one of that genre's TropeMakers)
* DiamondHead (1977, originally hyped as one of the leaders of the movement, it never came to pass and the band dissolved. Eventually proved to be a major influence on {{Metallica}}, who famously covered their songs "Am I Evil" and "The Prince")
* IronMaiden (1975, TropeCodifier and the biggest and most famous band of the movement)
* JudasPriest (1969, UrExample and TropeMaker alongside {{Motorhead}})
* {{Motorhead}} (1975, TropeMaker alongside JudasPriest)
* Saxon (1977, TropeCodifier for the movement alongside IronMaiden)

* Girlscool (one of the only all-female bands in the movement)

'''Bands Associated With the Genre Include:'''

Predecessors to the Movement:

Major Bands:

Other Bands:

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle. Others, such as DefLeppard, gravitated towards a more mainstream sound informed by GlamRock. Others still, like Music/Venom, chose to emulate {{Motorhead}}'s aggressive style and turn it UpToEleven, paving the way for ThrashMetal, BlackMetal, and DeathMetal. What united these bands was a shared sense of fashion (mostly consisting of denim jeans, [[HellBentForLeather leather jackets]], studded metal belts and wrist bands, and band t-shirts/patches), a Punk-like aversion to the mainstream (DefLeppard being a major exception), and and enthusiasm toward the music and it attending subculture.

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle. Others, such as DefLeppard, gravitated towards a more mainstream sound informed by GlamRock. Others still, like Music/Venom, chose to emulate {{Motorhead}}'s aggressive style and turn it UpToEleven, paving the way for ThrashMetal, BlackMetal, and DeathMetal. What united these bands was a shared sense of fashion (mostly consisting of denim jeans, [[HellBentForLeather leather jackets]], studded metal belts and wrist wrist bands, and band t-shirts/patches), a Punk-like aversion to the mainstream (DefLeppard being a major exception), and and enthusiasm toward the music and it attending subculture.

* Samson (notable for having a youn BruceDickinson as their frontman)

* DiamondHead (1977, originally hyped as one of the leaders of the movement, it never came to pass and the band dissolved. Eventually proved to be a major influence on {{Metallica}}, who famously covered their song "Am I Evil" and "The Prince")

* Saxon
* Music/{{Venom}}

* IronMaiden

* {{Motorhead}}(1975, TropeMaker alonside JudasPriest)

* JudasPriest (UrExample and TropeMaker alongside {{Motorhead}})
* {{Motorhead}}

* DefLeppard (1977, later [[GenreShift switched]] to GlamMetal, becoming one that genre's TropeMakers)

* JudasPriest

* DiamondHead (1977, originally hyped as one of the leaders of the movement, it never came to pass and the band dissolved. Eventually proved to be a major influence on Music/Metallica, who famously covered their song "Am I Evil" and "The Prince")

* DefLeppard
* DiamondHead

* Wrathcild

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle. Others, such as DefLeppard, gravitated towards a more mainstream sound informed by GlamRock. Others still, like Music/Venom, chose to emulate {{Motorhead}}'s aggressive style and turn it UpToEleven, paving the way for ThrashMetal, BlackMetal, and DeathMetal. What united these bands was a shared sense of fashion (mostly consisting of denim jeans, [[HellBentForLeather leather jackets]], studded metal belts an wrist wrist bands

Bands Associated With the Genre Include:

* Music/IronMaiden

* Music/{{Venom}}

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like Music/IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle.

Bands:

Backstory: By the mid 70's, the genre of HeavyMetal seemed dead in the water. {{Deep Purple}} had dissolved due to internal tensions, {{Black Sabbath}} was in tatters from heavy drug use, and the [[SturgeonsLaw genre had become bloated with many unoriginal and derivative acts]] that [[FollowTheLeader merely tried to repeat the success of the bigger bands of the genre]]. Also, a new genre, PunkRock, had appeared on the music scene. In addition to possessing metal's hardness and aggression, it was also faster and, unlike HeavyMetal, was critically well-respected. For metal, things looked grim indeed.

JudasPriest, a band from Birmingham, the same city that produced BlackSabbath and later NapalmDeath, was that band. In 1978, after several high quality but [[BlackSabbath Sabbath-derived]] albums, they released their album ''Stained Class''. The album was dissimilar to pretty much any metal album that came before it, possessing high-speed tempi, air-tight double-bass drumming patterns, and a level of aggression not seen outside PunkRock. A second band at around the same time, {{Motorhead}}, combined an approach similar to that of JudasPriest and wed it to a brutal, distortion-heavy sound that was overtly punk-influenced on their albums ''Motörhead'' in 1977, and ''Bombers'' and ''Overkill'' in 1979. With the approaches of these bands in place, other bands began to copy them.

By the end of the decade, the movement was in full swing with a diversity of styles. Most bands, like IronMaiden, Saxon, and Angel Witch, combined heavy riffing with soaring, pseudo-operatic vocals and wailing guitar solos and lyric concerning fantasy, rebellion, and the HeavyMetal lifestyle.


Bands

JudasPriest, a band from Birmingham, the same city that produced BlackSabbath and later NapalmDeath, was that band. In 1978, after several high quality but [[BlackSabbath Sabbath-derived]] albums, they released their album ''Stained Class''. The album was dissimilar to pretty much any metal album that came before it, possessing high-speed tempi, air-tight double-bass drumming patterns, and a level of aggression not seen outside PunkRock. A second band at around the same time, {{Motörhead}}, combined an approach similar to that of JudasPriest and wed it to a brutal, distortion-heavy sound that was overtly punk-influenced on their albums ''Motörhead'' in 1977, and ''Bombers'' and ''Overkill'' in 1979. With the approaches of these bands in place, other bands began to copy them.

Backstory: By the mid 70's, the genre of HeavyMetal seemed dead in the water. {{Deep Purple}} had dissolved, {{Black Sabbath}} was in tatters, and the [[SturgeonsLaw genre had become bloated with many unoriginal and derivative acts]] that [[FollowTheLeader merely tried to repeat the success of the bigger bands of the genre]]. Also, a new genre, PunkRock, had appeared on the music scene. In addition to possessing Metal's hardness and aggression, it was also faster and, unlike HeavyMetal, was critically well-respected. For Metal, things looked grim indeed.

However, one band was about to change all that.