Tag Archives: nwobhm

Trespass-Wolf At The Door-Album Review-Planetmosh

It seems rather fitting that Wolf At The Door, studio album from Trespass is released on May 26th 2023 via From The Vaults! Formed in 1979 in Sudbury, Suffolk by guitarist/vocalist Mark Sutcliffe and brother Paul Sutcliffe on drums , they embraced the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal), …

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White Spirit-Right Or Wrong-Album Review-Planetmosh

If ever a band could be described as a “Phoenix from the ashes”, Hartlepool, County Durham rockers White Spirit certainly fit that title! Formed in 1975 by Janick Gers and Graeme Crallan their 1980 debut single ‘Backs To The Grind’ on Neat Records got a lot of recognition from the …

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Prowler-Reactivate-Album Review-Planetmosh

As Ted Nugent once said, “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg”, point proven by the welcome return of NWOBHM band Prowler who show they still have pedigree to reactivate themselves with the long awaited release of Reactivate via Cherry Red Records. Formed in Basildon, Essex in 1975 …

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Tysondog-Midnight-Album Review-Planetmosh

As Ted Nugent once said, “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg”, so welcome back Newcastle Upon Tyne metalheads Tysondog who prove they are best of breed with new studio album Midnight out now via From The Vaults and you would be barking mad not to buy it! …

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White Spirit-Runaway-Single Review-Planetmosh.

Purchase links to ‘Runaway’ and other band info are here :- http://white-spirit.co.uk/ I https://www.facebook.com/White-spirit-442344595808862 Back in the late 1970’s a genre of music called NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) came to be via Sounds magazine (which went on to be known as Kerrang). One of these bands were …

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Satan-Earth Infernal-Album Review-Planetmosh.

Purchase links to Earth Infernal and other band links are here :- http://www.satanmusic.com/ I https://satanuk.bandcamp.com/merch/satan-earth-infernal-12-dark-goldenrod-marbled-vinyl-pre-order-limited-to-200-copies I https://www.instagram.com/officialsatanpage/ I https://twitter.com/SatanUK I https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSbeKlif3K7LMsVO2M-kAPw I https://amazon.co.uk/Earth-Infernal-Satan/dp/B09RV37J41/?tag=plane09-21 Newcastle Upon Tyne NWOBHM stalwarts Satan return to melt our ears with their recently released sixth studio album Earth Infernal via Metal Blade Records. Formed in 1979, …

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White Spirit Tribute To Brian Howe

Conquest music is proud to present White Spirit Tribute To Brian Howe. The first single, RUNAWAY is a pure slice of joyous melodic rock and is the first single released from the forthcoming album, Right Or Wrong. From sessions recorded over 40 years ago, the first album to feature the vocals of …

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Troyen – No Going Back (single)

For me in my late teens the NWOBHM genre was a very exciting time for rock/metal music. It threw up a variety of styles of bands, some made it, some didn’t but most importantly some decided to give it another go, one of those being Troyen. Formed in 1981 in …

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BlitZ – Fight To Survive

It’s not very often I use the phrase “Riff after riff after motherfu**ing riff” but this Nottingham based trio called BlitZ, formed in 2015 have easily garnered that accolade with their second studio album, the stadium rock of Fight To Survive. ‘One In A Million’ is a ballistic opener and …

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Airforce – Strike Hard

When the NWOBHM genre started to get into the music magazines like Sounds, Kerrang etc and bands of that ilk were getting played on the Friday Rock Show, it was a very exciting time for me in my late teens. I bought as much as I could at the time …

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Raven – Metal City

Well stone the crows! NWOBHM legends Raven have really upped their game with new studio album Metal City. Brothers Mark and John Gallagher remain from the original line up formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1974. For many years I’ve said this is where NWOBHM started and I still do. Released …

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