I came across this compilation album the other day and never knew that it existed. Its basically a compilation album of songs by bands from the NWOBHM between 1979-1981 and was put together by Lars Ulrich and Kerrang founder Geoff Barton in 1990 and I`d say its great listen for somebody wanting to hear a whole load of bands from that era and genre.


This is the track listing for the 30 songs on the CD.
New Wave of British Heavy Metal '79 Revisited - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

^^yeah I came across it, too, but i have most of the songs on other compilation albums except that Tygers of Pan Tang track

The fourth essential listen is this Raven album and I know there are a couple of Raven fans on this thread who`ll like this Raven debut album.


Raven were one of a number of very good 3-piece bands in the genre and they hailed from Newcastle. It was surprising just how many good metal bands of this movement came from Newcastle and the North East in general. They were headed up by the Gallagher brothers (not to be confused with those twats from Manchester:p: Putting on this album for the first time, will send thrash lovers into ecstasy with its rawness and speed, combine this with the solid guitar riffs of Mike Gallagher and John Gallagher`s wild sounding Rob Halford type voice, all being backed up by Rob "Wacko" Hunter on drums and you`ve got a must have album.

^**** the hell yeah. At first All for One was my fav due to it's harder edge and heavier production, but with time, this has become my favorite Raven release. It's just so raw and just about to go off the rails.

I bought this when it came out.
If anyone wants it i'll up it at the weekend.

upload or put it on e-bay?

I haven`t checked its availability but is it hard to get hold of?

i have no idea, but it was sold here, so it's not that rare

It's yours for £10,000 cash

In another year or so, that'll be a bargain!