Hm.. nice topic.
Wyvern said:
Do these bands sound alike? IMO they don't, so we can't classify NWOBHM as sound but as chronological movement.
very true... but I wonder whether all NWoBHM-bands knew they were in this movement. I guess not. So it was only classified afterwards. (Which leads to many discussions where to draw a line, between the old and the new wave but that's another thing.)
Yeah, those bands are sure different. Being a fan of heavy metal doesn't have to mean you like every band of that kind, and the same goes for NWoBHM. I gues sit's something that has genre's within a genre.
It's probably different for everyone. I for instance don't like doomish-nwbohm (as pagan altar, desolation angels but I do like witchfynde for some reason) and other do and maybe they hate Saracen or Tygers of Pan Tang because they sound to enregetic or too happy or whatever.
And then there are bands that sound like NWOBHM but they aren't even from the UK. Like Metalucifer (JAP), Gotham City (SWE), Killer (BEL), H Bomb (FRA), Gilgamesj (HOL) just to name a few... I don't just like the strict "nwobhm", I like the "nwobhm-sound". There is a difference, I guess.
ElectricWiz" said:
"What the fuck are they putting a story about Tygers of Pan Tang next to Venom for?"
exactly.. if you think about it, it's pretty damn weird those bands are so different but still so alike.
Doea anybody know the band Trojan from UK? They fit right in the nwobhm time, and sure you can hear that, but still I wouldn't call them nwobhm without consideration. But with Venom I would. Now, where's the difference made?
