New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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heavy metal subgenre music movement

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was a late-1970s and early-1980s UK music movement that revitalized heavy metal with faster tempos, aggressive riffs, and a DIY ethos, launching bands like Iron Maiden and Def Leppard to international prominence.

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New Wave of British Heavy Metal (influence) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy metal subgenre ⓘ
music movement ⓘ
characteristic DIY ethos ⓘ
aggressive guitar riffs ⓘ
fantasy and mythology-themed lyrics ⓘ
faster tempos ⓘ
high-pitched vocals ⓘ
independent record releases ⓘ
twin-guitar harmonies ⓘ
use of fanzines and tape-trading ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact helped establish heavy metal as a major commercial genre ⓘ
revitalized global interest in heavy metal ⓘ
distributionMethod independent labels ⓘ
self-financed singles and EPs ⓘ
genre heavy metal ⓘ
influenced American heavy metal scenes ⓘ
European heavy metal scenes ⓘ
power metal ⓘ
speed metal ⓘ
thrash metal ⓘ
influencedBy Black Sabbath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deep Purple NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judas Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Led Zeppelin NERFINISHED ⓘ
punk rock movement ⓘ
keyFigure Neal Kay NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyVenue Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy foundation for later extreme metal genres ⓘ
mediaCoinedBy Sounds magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaSupport BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBand Angel Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Def Leppard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diamond Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
Girlschool NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tank NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tygers of Pan Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedInContextOf decline of early 1970s heavy metal popularity ⓘ
rise of punk rock in the UK ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1980s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin early heavy metal ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ

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Vertigo Records → associatedWith → New Wave of British Heavy Metal ⓘ
Iron Maiden → genre → New Wave of British Heavy Metal ⓘ
Def Leppard → memberOf → New Wave of British Heavy Metal ⓘ
Iron Maiden → movement → New Wave of British Heavy Metal ⓘ
Ozzy Osbourne → movement → New Wave of British Heavy Metal ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Wave of British Heavy Metal (influence)