skeptik
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no? bands like iron maiden and english dogs had a lot of influences from punk and hc. but now i'm confused cuz i don't know if every nwobhm band had the same influences.
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NWOBHM started in the mid to late 70s with bands like Angel Witch and Diamond Head, largely taking influences from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Deep Purple. It was largely indeed in opposition to the emerging punk scene, which took away a lot of the momentum that the NWOBHM movement was generating at the time, as black blood mentioned. Iron Maiden's early material's "punkish" vibe really only comes through due to Di'Anno's vocal approach. The music is soundly founded in traditional Metal aesthetics, whereas English Dogs isn't really part of the NWOBHM movement, but more Speed influenced, like Warfare.