Heavy metal branch
NWOBHM
Heavy metal › NWOBHM
- Emerged
- 1979
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Subgenres
- None
New Wave of British Heavy Metal: punk speed, twin guitar harmonies and self-releasing on a large scale. The textbook every thrash band studied.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
Key acts
- Iron Maiden
- Saxon
- Diamond Head
- Angel Witch