HEAVYMETALMATTERSSeason2-'NWOBHM'

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Heavy Metal Matters 第二季 - “英国重金属新浪潮”

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) was a heavy metal movement that

started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.

After Sounds editor Alan Lewis coined the term, journalist Geoff Barton first used it in the

May 1979 issue of Sounds magazine as a way of describing a second wave of heavy metal

bands that emerged in the late 1970s during the period of punk rock's decline and the

dominance of new wave music.The movement developed as a reaction in part to the decline

of early heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

NWOBHM bands toned down the blues influences of earlier acts, incorporated elements of

punk (and in the case of Iron Maiden combined it with progressive rock), increased the tempo,

and adopted a "tougher" sound, taking a harder approach to its music.It was an era directed

almost exclusively at heavy metal fans and is considered to be a major foundation stone for

the extreme metal genres; acts such as the American metal band Metallica cite NWOBHM

bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motörhead and Diamond Head as a major influence on their

musical style.

The NWOBHM came to dominate the heavy metal scene of the early-mid-1980s. NWOBHM

was musically characterized by fast upbeat tempo songs, power chords, fast guitar solos

and melodic, soaring vocals, with lyrical themes often drawing inspiration from mythology

and fantasy fiction.

Many of the bands of this era were signed to Neat Records, who have released volumes of

NWOBHM compilations in later years.