FIREBIRD - Change 7" (1980) UK

RAT RECORDS
Recorded in 1979 under the aegis of Ian Gillan at his Kingsway Studio facility, the only release from little-know Berkshire quintet FIREBIRD was the "Change" two-tracker single, rare album issued in a tiny quantity.
TRACKS:
1. Change 06:01
2. Nightride 03:46

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WIKKYD VIKKER - Black Of The Night 7" (1983) UK

BOOGIE RECORDS
Leichestershire's strangely-named Wikkyd Vikker, a four-piece formed in mid-1981. This single two-tracker is their only album released.
TRACKS:
1. Black of the Night 05:45
2. Release 06:40

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RAW DEAL - Out Of My Head 7" (1981) UK

WHITE WITCH RECORDS
Single by Kent quartet, RAW DEAL on the White Witch label. This band has nothing to do with the RAW DEAL who released a 7" called "Lone Wolf", on Neat Records the same year, just another case of the same name finding favour with more than one NWOBHM band at the same time.
TRACKS:
1. Out Of My Head
2. I'm in the Mood

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MOTHER'S RUIN - Road To Ruin (1982) UK

SPECTRA RECORDS

TRACKS:
01. Victim Of Love
02. Paris Is Burning
03. Say It's Not True
04. Streetlights
05. Little Bit Of Magic
06. Minute By Minute
07. Road To Ruin
08. It's Illogical
09. Turn Another Corner
10. Can't Get Much Higher

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TRUX - Bad Luck 7" (1982) UK

PRIVATE PRESS
Obscure quartet from Cambridgeshire, formed around the 1981 who only managed one release during their career. The "Bad Luck" 7" single was released in 1982 on the bands own Trux Records label. Rare album.
TRACKS:
1. Bad Luck
2. Moving On

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RUNESTAFF - Runestaff (1985) UK

HEAVY METAL RECORDS
RUNESTAFF is an almost-famous NWOBHM act with front-female vocals, Joanne Syme. The band's based in East Anglia, was formed at the end of 1982. The Wolverhampton based Heavy Metal Records issued a self-titled album in 1985. They followed this with two 7" singles, "Road To Ruin", and "Do It!" on Heavy Metal subsidiary FM/Revolver Records later that same year. Tragically, keyboard player Kaust Rakhit died of Thalasemia in mid 1985 and was replaced by Barry Godfrey. Depressed by the death of his friend, Page quit once more in 1986. A planned second album was stalled as vocalist Joanne Syme suffered a serious throat problem. With their momentum stalled by Syme's illness the band gradually dissolved in late '86.
TRACKS:
1. Do it
2. Whatever You Want From Me
3. Time's Running Out
4. Road to Ruin
5. Runestaff
6. The Last Time
7. The Games You Play
8. Last Chance

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SARACEN - Change Of Heart (1984) UK

NEAT RECORDS
Saracen recorded their second single - "We Have Arrived", then following the departure of Thorne and Bendelow during the winter of 1983, the band signed with Neat Records, to record and release their follow-up platter "Change Of Heart". The album signalled a change of direction too, and the new-look Saracen continued to gig extensively, until finally 'closing the book' in mid-1985.
TRACKS:
1. We Have Arrived
2. Love On Sight
3. Julie
4. Seabird
5. Meet Me At Midnight
6. Jekyll And Hyde
7. Cheatin'
8. A Face In The Crowd
9. Hot Love
10. Bridge Of Tears

SAVAGE - Loose 'N Lethal (1983) UK

EBONY RECORDS
Killer NWOBHM release, with one of the gnarliest distorted guitar tones on record, this one blasts by full-bore with every trademark of the time--proto-thrash riffing, power-metal clean vocals, punkish energy, and metal-to-the-core attitude (not to mention cover art)... The intro to Ain't No Fit Place clearly inspired Metallica, and the main riff is straight out early Def Leppard, and that galloping riff to The China Run evokes both UFO's Lights Out and Iron Maiden... This record was sadly the one overwhelming statement from these Brits, although they tried a few times to repeat it, and it was dead in the water in 1983 because of record label woes. In listening back, though, it should've been huge...
TRACKS:
1. Let It Loose 03:17
2. Cry Wolf 04:31
3. Berlin 04:46
4. Dirty Money 04:43
5. Ain't No Fit Place 05:35
6. On the Rocks 03:51
7. The China Run 04:07
8. White Hot 03:44

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SAMSON - Before The Storm (1982) UK

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SABRE - Roar To The Core (2005) UK

MAJESTIC ROCK RECORDS
This album "Roar to the Core" collects all of the band's demo recordings from the '78 to '82, the three song Neat session and some archivally important rehearsal recordings featuring future Lionheart vocalist Rob "Chad" Brown. The tracks is taken from: tracks 01-03 are from a September 1980 demo, tracks 04-07 are from a Janurary 1982 rehearsal and the tracks 08-10 are from a 1982 Neat recording session. SABRE formed in the early '80's in Croydon, South London. With a classic NWOBHM sound, the band was featured with "Cry To The Wind" on the "Leadweight" compilation and released the "Miracle Man" 7" single in 1983 via Neat Records too but nothing more was heard from them after this. However, enough material was recorded back in the day to make up "Roar To The Core", a 13 song compilation of the band's work which was released in 2005. The first three tracks are taken from the band s 1980 demo, featuring different versions of the two tracks later to appear on the 7" single plus "Can You Feel It?". The next four songs are from 1982, with singer Rob "Chad" Brown, who was later to achieve middling success with ex-IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton's band, LIONHEART. The sound on these four songs is raw as hell, but this merely adds to the period charm. Next are the three tracks from the Neat sessions prior to their contract with the legendarey label. As mentioned, "Miracle Man" and "On The Loose" made it on to their 7" single, while "Cry To The Wind", (the band's best track, a first-class NWOBHM tune), made it on to the "Leadweight" compilation. As a bonus, the album is completed by the three songs from the 1978 demo of SWITCHBACK, the outfit which preceded Sabre, and featured Geoff Gillespie and Allan Angold. Bassist Geoff Gillespie later carved out a career in the music industry, working for the likes of EastWest Records and Sony before he moved on to Zoom Club Records and the Majestic Rock concern.
TRACKS:
1. Miracle Man
2. Can You Feel It?
3. On the Loose
4. Sunken Ships
5. Fighting Talk
6. Wounded Heart
7. Red Light Lover
8. Miracle Man
9. On the Loose
10. Cry to the Wind
11. Wouldn't You Like to Know?
12. Kick Me When I'm Down

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SAVAGE - Hyperactive (1985) UK

1. We got the Edge 03:49
2. Eye for an Eye 04:09
3. Hard in your Heels 04:28
4. Blind Hunger 04:01
5. Gonna Tear ya Heart out 02:45
6. Stevies Vengeance 06:04
7. Cardiac 04:51
8. All Set to Sting 04:17
9. Keep it on the Ice 04:00
10. Runnin' Scared 03:40
11. She Didn't Need you 04:14
12. We Got the Edge (Single Version) 03:52

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STAGEFRIGHT - Stranger In The Night EP (1985) UK

From 1985, we're happy to present the "Stranger In The Night" EP from Midlands based NWOBHM band, STAGEFRIGHT. Released on the S.T.N. label, this is one highly collectible slab o' wax, highly rated by those in the know, and comparable to the likes of MENDES PREY. Melodic, but ballsy with great vocals and memorable hooks, this is a keeper!

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SLOWTRAIN - Ronnie 7" (1980) UK

We go waaay back to 1980 for the lone release from Slowtrain, the "Ronnie" 45 on Spirit Records. Sounds like they were influenced heavily by THIN LIZZY & WISHBONE ASH, as they go for the twin harmony leads quite a bit on the A-Side. The flip is more of a rocker, in a UFO style perhaps, nice stuff!

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BASHFUL ALLEY - Running Blind 7" (1982) UK

ELLIE JAY/GRAFFITI RECORDS
one of the classic singles from the NWOBHM; both songs represent melodic, straightforward numbers with hints of atmosphere and a nod to their precursors in the 1970s hard rock scene. This is especially evident on the excellent "Running Blind", with its strong songwriting and laid-back but tight sound. "My My My" is a more up-tempo rocker, but the formula isn’t varied that much. The end result is a great piece of NWOBHM that is similar to OMEN SEARCHER or perhaps a less energetic MYTHRA.
The single was pressed at least twice; the original version was done by the small and collectible Ellie Jay label, while the band later did a second pressing on their own Graffiti label in order to meet demand. Confusingly, the picture sleeve comes in three variants; the picture is the same but the paper color can be white, tan, or mustard yellow. Some sources (e.g., Malc Macmillan’s "The NWOBHM Encyclopedia") indicate that the first copies on Ellie Jay came in the white sleeve, and later copies came in the tan sleeve, while only the Graffiti pressing came in the yellow sleeve. However, I have seen copies that do not follow this pattern (e.g., the Graffiti pressing came in a tan sleeve while my Ellie Jay copy came in a yellow one). The white sleeve is the most hardest to find.
TRACKS:
1. Running Blind 04:26
2. My, My, My 04:55

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ALVERNA GUNN - Demo (1982) UK

SELF RELEASED
If Proof were needed that the NWOBHM was a nationwide movement and not one restricted to isolated 'hotbed' pockets, bands like Alverna Gunn - cropping up in the Metal desert of Lowestoft - seemed to confirm it.
This four-piece, named bizarrely after a former Cruft's champion, were never serious
contenders but like so many of the others, were good enough to have a high local profile and a promising demo under their belts.
The band has long since splintered but the driving force, drummer Paul Hale, (who long ago nearly joined Samson), has soldiered on with the Bash Street Kids, last year winning studio time in Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's nationwide talent search.
Further details on Alverna Gunn in Kerrang! issue 12's 'Armed & Ready' section...
TRACKS:
1. Mad Dog 04:25
2. East or West 03:28
3. Once Bitten, Twice Shy 03:24

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CRACKED MIRROR - Cracked Mirror (1983) UK

SELF RELEASED/PRIVATE PRESS
From England, East Sussex, formed in 1978. Cracked Mirror self release in 1983, their only album, an LP self-named. The album is extreme rare, prize today: 310$.
TRACKS:
1. On Fire 3:40
2. I Think You're Crazy 4:10
3. Waitin' For the Man 4:23
4. We Shall Not Forget 4:09
5. Changing Your Mind 4:28
6. Bombs Burst 4:52
7. Follow the Leader
8. Won't Ger Away With That 5:15
9. Old Rose 1:01

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HELLANBACH - Now Hear This (1983) UK

TRACKLIST:
Dancin'
Times Are Gettin Harder
Look At Me
All Systems Go
Maybe Tomorrow
Motivated By Desire
Taken By Surprise
Let's Get This Show On The Road
Kick It Out
All The Way
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

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GEDDES AXE - Sharpen Your Wits 7" (1982) UK

STEEL CITY RECORDS
The single 7" from 1982 on their own Steel City Records label. An original slice of NWOBHM Rockin' Hard, this was their 2nd release, coming between the two EPs.
TRACKS:
1. Sharpen Your Wits 02:54
2. Rock And Roll Is The Way 02:45

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TYRANT - Demos (1982-84) UK

The Gloucestershire NWOBHM band Tyrant who released the rare & excellent "Hold Back The Lightning" 45 back in 1984. Members of the group came from bands as diverse as MAX HAVOC, CHINATOWN & WRATHCHILD and would go on to join TOKYO BLADE, and in the case of singer Mark Kelsa, briefly replace UDO in ACCEPT for a brief time in '84!

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DESOLATION ANGELS - Feels Like Thunder [BOX 4CD] (2008) UK

CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS
This 4CD box "Feel Like Thunder" is a superb collection: Disc 1: Studio Recordings, Disc 2: Demos, Disc 3+4: Live Recordings, contains all their official releases plus unreleased album "While The Flame Still Burns" Also offers tons of rare live material from 1983-1988. Desolation Angels, @Myspace. Labels: The Miskatonic Foundation, Cyclone Empire.
TRACKS:
Disc 1:
1. Only Time Will Tell
2. Soul Of The City
3. While The Flame Still Burns
4. I'm On Fire
5. Power Hungry
6. Wings On My Heels
7. Killer
8. Feels Like Thunder
9. Fury
10. Vision
11. Chainsaw
12. I Like It Heavy
13. Wild Gypsy Woman
14. Boadicea

Disc 2:
1. Fury
2. Edge Of Darkness
3. Dance Of The Demons
4. In The Machine
5. Hold On
6. Turn The Stone
7. Road Racing
8. Traveller
9. Save Our Souls
10. Far Cry To Nowhere
11. Satan's Child
12. Death Machine
13. Unsung Hero
14. All Hallows Eve
15. Scream All Night
16. When A World Dies
17. Naked Truth

Disc 3:
1. Spirit Of The Deep
2. Unsung Hero
3. Valhalla
4. Satan's Child
5. Hounds Of Hell
6. Running For Your Life
7. Death Machine
8. Angry Rain
9. Killer
10. Doomsday
11. I Just Wanna Be Free

Disc 4:
1. Fury
2. Valhalla
3. Black Heart
4. Scream All Night
5. Running For Your Life
6. Chainsaw
7. Dance Of The Demons
8. Death Or Glory
9. Evil Possessor
10. Written In Blood
11. Death Machine
12. God's Departure

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BITCHES SIN - Always Ready (For Love) 7'' (1981) UK

BITCHES SIN were blighted by an ever fluctuating line-up. An early incarnation of the group featured the Toomey brothers, drummer Bill Knowles, vocalist Alan Cockburn and bassist Pez and the band contributed the track "Down The Road" to the Neat "Leadweight" compilation tape in 1981. Both Cockburn and Pez would create Goldsmith for a 1982 single.
In its time BITCHES SIN has featured the likes of vocalist Tony Tomkinson, bassist Martin Owen and former CHAINSAW drummer Mark Biddiscombe. By 1986 BITCHES SIN comprised of vocalist Frank Quegan, guitarist Pete Toomey, bass player Mike Frazier and Bill Knowles on drums. However, in 1988 the Toomey brothers called a halt to proceedings and formed FLASH POINT, releasing a self financed album, "No Point Of Reference".
Biddiscombe later joined melodic Rock outfit TAPANZEE. Japanese Heavy Metal band Gorgon (Jpn) would cover "Ice Angels" for their 1996 EP entitled "Gorgon".

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JAMESON RAID - The Hypnotist EP (1980) UK

Jameson Raid's "The Hypnotist", a brilliant little four song EP from waaaay back in 1980. With a better production than on their debut EP, the songs get more of a chance to breathe here, the melodies which were buried slightly on "Seven Days Of Splendour", really get a chance to get under your skin this time 'round. The guitars are sharper, the drums heavier, their debut's promise more than fulfilled. Okay, the lyrical tack of "The Hypnotist" is a little silly, but it was a different era, and that's a small complaint when everything else about this record makes this almost the perfect example of NWOBHM.

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DEEP SWITCH - Nine Inches Of God (UK-1986)

Switch Records

The acid-inspired melting nun uses Nine Inches of God! to put fire in the deacon's beacon. The Poor Bastard! hangs his head as The Poison Lake bursts its banks and Jesus flies from the nine-inch incremented cross. Harrold will never hear the screaming of the Time Machine pilot.

The Pigfeeder! runs to the office, runs to the grave but nothing can protect him from the chain that's lashing and the flashing winds of war that bring The Dark Angel.

Lovers of the Dream are engulfed in the flames of hell and ripped apart by horrible demons - but who cares about them when you're Spinning on the Wheel!?

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HARRIER - Out On The Street EP (UK-1984)

Black Horse Records
Released as 12'' vinyl EP.

1.	Out On The Street	06:06
2.	Nickels And Dimes	04:10
3.	Shine On	09:40

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PALI GAP - Under The Sun 7" (UK-1982)

The sole single from Pali Gap, "Under The Sun".

This is one of the finest records to emerge from the NWOBHM, but i'm afraid information on the band is almost non-existent. You need this, it's that straight forward.

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