Hammerhead was a NWOBHM band from Cumbria which was formed in the '70s out of the ashes of several local rock bands but the big break just never managed to come for them. Ignored by the labels championing the movement meant that Hammerhead had to go the independent route and released a couple of records..
Tokyo Blade – Night Of The Blade… The Night Before (High Roller Records)
Darlings of the NWOBHM movement, Tokyo Blade remain just as vital and relevant today as they did all those years ago when they set out on the long road to rock nirvana. Whilst never managing to make the stellar leaps that Def Leppard and Iron Maiden did they still managed to create a very solid..
Ritual – Valley Of The Kings (High Roller Records)
Ritual was a London based three-piece heavy rock band that existed between 1973 and 1995 with the band's star shining brightest when part of the exciting NWOBHM movement when rock fought back and unleashed so many quality metal bands that it was, at times, difficult to keep up with them all. Some went on to..
Legendry – Mists Of Time (re-issue) (High Roller Records)
Legendry is an American band that I have previously missed out on but this re-release of the band's debut album originally put out in 2016 has given all of us another chance to pick up on this interesting group that has joined the ever increasing New Wave Of Epic Metal genre. The sub-groups within rock..
Manilla Road – The Courts Of Chaos/Spiral Castle (Vinyl Reissues) (High Roller Records)
I'm sure everyone out there is aware of the prolific American heavy metal band Manilla Road that was formed in 1977 by Mark Shelton (vocals/guitar) and Scott Park (bass guitar) and which went on to release 18 albums of hard rock to varying levels of success. The bands beginnings saw them developing from a progressive/space..
Jameson Raid – Raiderstronomy (High Roller Records)
Jameson Raid began life as a hard rock band on the Birmingham scene way back in the early '70s before becoming involved with the Fledgling NWOBHM scene and even had their track Hard Lines featured on the Metal For Muthas II compilation album put out by EMI 1980, although they are credited as The Raid..
Faithful Breath – Skol (High Roller Records)
A quick journey in our time machine takes us back to Bochum in 1967 to see the formation of Faithful Breath, a band that began life as a progressive/psychedelic rock band a little similar to Eloy with the debut, Fading Beauty, eventually being released in 1974 and picking up plenty of plaudits along the way...