VARIOUS ARTISTS - WINDS OF TIME THE NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL 1979-1985 VARIOUS ARTISTS
3CD Boxset, re-press of 2018 release.
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (or NWOBHM), flourished across the UK between 1979 and 1985.
Spearheaded by the likes of Diamond Head, Saxon and the Tygers Of Pan Tang, as this set illustrates, this underground scene was fertile and highly influential, producing many future rock legends.
Championed in Sounds music paper, this 3CD set kicks off with Diamond Head, one of the first bands to actually release a full album, albeit in a plain white sleeve. Their influence would be far reaching, and Metallica would cover no less than four tracks from this LP.
A major champion of the groundswell of new HM bands was the north east of England's Neat Records, an independent label that brought us music from hugely influential acts such as Venom, Fist, Raven, Warfare, Jaguar, Aragorn, Avenger, Bitches Sin and Tysondog, among many others. It wasn't all about the boys, mind, as the all-girl Girlschool are represented by their debut single 'Take It All Away', and fellow London all-girl trio Rock Goddess.
Although the NWOBHM scene was typified by the long hair, jeans, leather jackets and bullets-belts of Angel Witch, glam rock influences were also prevalent, no less so than with Silverwing and Tokyo Blade as well as London's Girl, featuring future Def Leppard member Phil Collen.
Track List
DISC ONE
1. THE PRINCE – Diamond Head
2. BRAIN DAMAGE - Fist
3. LOSER - Angelwitch
4. VICE VERSA - Samson
5. TYRANT OF THE AIRWAYS - Raven
6. WINDS OF TIME - Elixir
7. PULL THE TRIGGER - Satan
8. ESCAPE - Demon Pact
9. KAPTAIN AMERICA – Dark Star
10. TOO DIFFERENT - Persian Risk
11. WE GOT THE EDGE - Savage
12. STRANGE PLACE TO BE - Heritage
13. TAKE IT ALL AWAY (Original 7") - Girlschool
14. TURN ON THE LIGHT - Chevy
15. HOLDING BACK YOUR LOVE - Colossus
16. STALLIONS OF THE HIGHWAY (Live) – Saxon
DISC TWO
1. MEAN GASOLINE - Lautrec
2. ALL THE WAY (60 Minute Plus Version) - Hellanbach
3. BEDTIME - Race Against Time
4. COME SILENT THE WORLD - Stormqueen
5. NOONDAY - Aragorn
6. BURNING UP – Tygers Of Pan Tang
7. LADY - Axis
8. TETELESTAI - Witchfynde
9. IF I WERE KING (N.E.W.Version) - Vardis
10. MIDNIGHT CHASER – White Spirit
11. WAR MACHINE - Jaguar
12. TWO WHEELS - Brooklyn
13. THE LOVE LINGERS STILL – Rock Goddess
14. POUR THE METAL IN - Atomkraft
15. NIGHTMARE – Black Rose
16. HEARTBREAK AMERICA - Girl
17. IF HEAVEN IS HELL – Tokyo Blade
DISC THREE
1. WITCHING HOUR (Live) -Venom
2. METAL ANARCHY - Warfare
3. THE GALLERY - Shiva
4. BURNING ALIVE - Gaskin
5. ANTHEM OF CHAOS - Mournblade
6. EMOTION – Ace Lane
7. PRISONER - Warrior
8. RUNNING - Turbo
9. A TIME OF CHANGES - Blitzkreig
10. ROCK N ROLL ARE 4 LETTER WORDS - Silverwing
11. JECKYLL & HYDE - Saracen
12. BOUNTY HUNTER - Stormtrooper
13. SILVER WOMAN - Badge
14. SHOOT TO KILL - Tysondog
15. ENFORCER - Avenger
16. SIGN OF THE TIMES – Bitches Sin
17. INSANITY - Soldier
18. SOLDIERS OF WAR – Satans Empire