Top albums to come out of NWOBHM-scene

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:31 am

The scene was flooded with some great 7"/demo only bands but what are your top nwobhm ALBUMS.

some of my favourites:

ANGEL WITCH - S/T
AVENGER - Blood Sports
BLITZKRIEG - A Time Of Changes
CHATEAUX - Chained And Desperate
CLOVEN HOOF - S/T
DARK HEART - Shadows Of The Night
DIAMOND HEAD - Lightning To The Nations
HOLOCAUST - The Nightcomers
JAGUAR - Power Games
PAGAN ALTAR - Volume 1
RAVEN - Rock Until You Drop
RITUAL - Widow
SARACEN - Heroes, Saints & Fools
SATAN - Court In The Act
TANK - Filth Hounds Of Hades
TOKYO BLADE - S/T
TRÖJAN - Chaising The Storm
TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Spellbound
WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Death Penalty
WITCHFYNDE - Give 'Em Hell

Missed something of course but that's for the starters. Don't even going to mention the first Iron Maiden or Venom albums.. Goes without saying.

mordred · Post by **mordred** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:36 am

Aside from obvious Maiden and Saxon ones, these are my favourite full length albums from the era.

CLOVEN HOOF - S/T
WOLF - Edge of the World
TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Wild Cat
TANK - This Means War
WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Death Penalty
TOKYO BLADE - S/T
SATAN - Court in the Act
BLITZKRIEG - A Time of Changes
AVENGER - Blood Sports
DEMON - The Unexpected Guest

There are several other good ones as well, but these round out my top faves.

GJ · Post by GJ » Thu May 28, 2009 7:54 am

Legend! Both their self-titled debut and Death in the Nursery are essential.

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:08 am

Omega - The Prophecy
Grim Reaper - See you in Hell
Gaskin - End of the World
Shiva - Firedance
Bitches Sin - Predator
Dark Star - same
Deep Switch - Nine Inches of God
Angel Witch - same
Jaguar - Power Games
Warriör - Let Battle commence
Dealer - First Strike

haha, i`m sure i still forgot many classics here!

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:46 am

Maybe we already had a similar thread, here's my list anyway:

ANGEL WITCH - S/T
IRON MAIDEN - S/T
BLITZKRIEG - A Time Of Changes
CLOVEN HOOF - Dominator
SATAN - Court In The Act
ELIXIR - Son Of Odin
TOKYO BLADE - Night Of The Blade (Alan Marsh recordings)
RITUAL - Widow
COBRA - Back From The Dead
TRÖJAN - Chasing The Storm

and many others that escape me right now.

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:56 am

Above all: SAVAGE - Loose'n'Lethal

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:13 am

Tygers Of Pan Tang : Wild Cat
TANK : Honour + Blood
Saxon : Saxon
Iron Maiden : Iron Maiden
Witchfinder General : Death Penalty
Angel Witch : Angel Witch
Witchfynde : Give 'Em Hell
Cloven Hoof : Cloven Hoof
Satan : Court in the Act
Blitzkrieg : A Time of Changes
Holocaust . The Nightcomers (For Heavy Metal Mania alone)

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:54 am

I'll add Cloven Hoof's S/T and Holocaust's The Nightcomers to my list.

Elixir and Deep Switch are both great but came too late and don't sound much like many classic nwobhm bands (I don't mean it's a genre of it's own but I guess you know what I'm talking about). I could've been more precise in my opening post though. I ment albums that were made during the movement. Well maybe TRÖJAN in my list is a bit stretched but at least by '86 movement had already done what it was supposed to and almost every band evolved from the charmingly young, proud and high-spirited pack to something different and sometimes equally great (Cloven Hoof for example). There's the pre- and post-nwobhm threads for other stuff

Just like to see which nwobhm albums my fellow corroseum members hold dear and maybe some discussion about them.

Imo Chateaux - Chained And Desperate captures the spirit maybe the best for me. Still a bit naive and full of rebellion but at the same so proudly doing their part in the creation of Heavy Metal that I can't help but to praise them. The song Straight To The Heart has the whole power of the movement within.[/list]

Destrozer · Post by **Destrozer** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:25 am

First two Maiden
Second Demon
First Angel Witch
First Ritual
First Pagan Altar
Second Witchfinder General

The Knell · Post by **The Knell** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:32 am

Ah well the first Pagan Altar is truly a masterpiece, forgot about that

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:38 am

Yes it is. I think that everything they've made has been pure gold anyway.

GJ · Post by GJ » Thu May 28, 2009 10:46 am

I think that the Ritual - Widow album is a bit to soppy/romantic/rudimentary to find it truly great. To me I has great potential but dissapoints in some aspects. I really like the vocal and guitar tone but the songs are way too harmless. Sort of like Roky Erickson without the insanity, confusion, hallucinations, demons and drugs and completely lacking of bite. Still like the album though - I just expected more out of it.

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:19 am

Is it okay to name the bands that were recently re-released?

Like TYRANT, DRAGONSLAYER (!!), RITUAL, TRIARCHY, HAMMERHEAD...

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:40 am

GJ wrote:I think that the Ritual - Widow album is a bit to soppy/romantic/rudimentary to find it truly great. To me I has great potential but dissapoints in some aspects. I really like the vocal and guitar tone but the songs are way too harmless. Sort of like Roky Erickson without the insanity, confusion, hallucinations, demons and drugs and completely lacking of bite. Still like the album though - I just expected more out of it.

Well I felt same at first about Ritual but then I found myself humming the songs all the time and the tunes playing in my head and I almost subconsciously played Widow a lot in the background when I was washing dishes or something and started to think that there's got to be something I've missed. Played it again with paying attention more this time and it all just clicked. The haunting beauty of it had a great effect to me and I started to notice some little things and details I don't even know how begin to explain. The atmosphere is superb too. That very subtle but sinister feel and almost magical aura. And I don't mean to tell this in a way that you just haven't listened and studied the album enough. In fact I think it's a very personal thing and not everyone can relate to my feelings about it or the stuff "i read between the lines" on this album.

anthares · Post by **anthares** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:54 am

Fast thinking stuff:

TYRANT - anthalogy
DESOLATION ANGELS - s/t
LEGEND - s/t
LEGEND - Death in the nursery
BLITZKRIEG - time of changes
PAGAN ALTAR - Vol 1
ANGEL WITCH - s/t
WITCHFINDER GENERAL - both first albums
CLOVEN HOOF - Opening ritual
SAVAGE - loose and lethal