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He influenced thrash icons Metallica and Megadeth, but first prog heroes Gentle Giant influenced him

By Grant Moon Published

This guitarist will forever be hailed as a leading light of NWOBHM. He says it might never have happened without the group who started six years before him, and 150 miles away

Interviews
Gentle Giant in 1974. Clockwise, from top, centre: John Weathers, Ray Shulman, Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear and Gary Green. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
The British thrash metal icon who adores prog eccentrics Gentle Giant (and he’s not the only one)

By Martin Kielty Published

They may have bewildered some listeners in the 70s, but several leading lights of other genres happily confirm they were a massive influence

Bands & Artists
Diamond Head posing for a photograph in the early 1980s
The lost NWOBHM classic that Metallica turned into one of metal’s most famous songs

By Greg Prato Published

How Lars Ulrich and co gave a leg up to a cult early 80s British metal band

Bands & Artists
Photographs of Lemmy from Motorhead, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose
30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

By Classic Rock Published

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

Bands & Artists
Diamond Head posing for a photograph in 1980
The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

By Malcolm Dome Published

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

Albums
Metallica onstage in 2024 with Brian Tatler
Watch Metallica cover Diamond Head’s Am I Evil? with Diamond Head’s guitarist, Brian Tatler

By Matt Mills Published

Tatler joined the heavy metal superstars onstage at Oslo’s Tons Of Rock festival yesterday

Tracks & Singles
Iron Maiden onstage
How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

By Dave Everley Published

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band. The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

Culture
Diamond Head - Canterbury
“Often derided as a huge error by the NWOBHM heroes, it’s the start of an artistic journey that was never taken further”: Diamond Head’s dalliance with pure prog on Canterbury

By Malcolm Dome Published

Visionaries Sean Harris and Brian Tatler came up with something so demanding they had to change rhythm section - which only served to confuse diehard fans

Albums
Photos of Iron Maiden and Tool performing live, plus the front cover of Frank Herbert’s Dune
10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune

By Paul Travers Published

From Iron Maiden to Sleep, many metal bands have taken Frank Herbert’s psychedelic sci-fi saga to heart

Bands & Artists
Photos of British metal bands Carcass, Paradise Lost, Godflesh and Saxon
10 amazing UK metal bands that couldn’t break America

By Will Marshall Published

Despite their undeniable talent, the likes of Carcass, Godflesh and Sikth never got enough praise in the States

Bands & Artists
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