Ghost Stories is not strictly a new studio album from the Oyster Boys. There are no new songs here. Instead it is a collection off odds and sods recorded a couple of years either side of 1980 which must have been deemed not worthy of a spot on an album. The exception is an insipid […] The post Blue Oyster Cult: Ghost Stories Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

The Tygers have been around for decades now and of course were up there right from the start of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. And still pumping out the good stuff today as evidenced by their last two recent albums – Ritual from 2019 and last year’s excellent Bloodlines. OK – we can […] The post Tygers of Pan Tang: Live Blood Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

Spirits Burning is a sort of spacey progressive rock collective fronted by Don Falcone joined by an ensemble cast of collaborators. Here with the End of All Songs Part 1, Don’s continuing work with science fiction writer Michael Moorcock continues with the musical interpretation of Moorcock’s classic The Dancers at the End of Time trilogy […] The post Spirits Burning and Michael Moorcock: The End of All Songs Part 1 Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

I think 2024 sees Praying Mantis celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. Or if not fifty years it is around that. Going all the way back to the early New Wave of British Heavy Metal days and their excellent Time Tells No Lies album. Five decades later and the band remains active with brothers Tino and Chris […] The post Praying Mantis: Defiance Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

Sun Q is a duo comprising of Ivan Shalimov and Elena Tiron. Myth is their second album on which Ivan and Elena are joined by a host of guest musicians. The CD arrived via the band and Bad Dog Promotions who do send me interesting stuff to listen to. Myth is certainly no exception to […] The post Sun Q: Myth Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

Van Der Graaf’s live album – Vital – from 1978 has a remastered reissue on double CD (other formats available…..) which restores the full running order from the original double vinyl. Earlier versions had some cut to fit on a single CD. None of that here and it’s the full original in all its glory. […] The post Van Der Graaf: Vital Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

The irrepressible Hawkwind release their 36th studio album – Stories From Time and Space – a year or so following The Future Never Waits. Now in their sixth decade and as active as ever with Dave Brock the ever present driving force, Hawkwind roll on and on. Dave’s in his early eighties now so we […] The post Hawkwind: Stories From Time and Space Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

The wonderful Obscure NWOBHM Releases label have somehow unearthed another couple of New Wave of British Heavy Metal era bands who went very much under the radar. Both are due to be released on 24th April . As usual with the label will be limited edition CD runs of 500 each. This time it is […] The post Two Obscure NWOBHM Releases Due This Month first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

All the way back in the late 1970s/early 1980s as well as listening to as much New Wave of British Heavy Metal as my ears could handle – Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, White Spirit, Witchfynde, Angel Witch, Tytan, Vardis etc. I had a bit of a soft spot for a little of American […] The post Quarterflash: Take Another Picture Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more

The mighty Shakin Street captured in a pulsating live performance at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco in 1979. Fronted by the glorious and distinctive force of nature Fabienne Shine, it was looking good for French rockers Shakin Street towards the end of the 1970s. A middling debut album (Vampire Rock) went down well and they […] The post Shakin Street: Scarlet The Old Waldorf August 1979 Review first appeared on New Wave of British Heavy Metal Blog ..read more