List of new wave of British heavy metal bands

The period 1975–85 in the United Kingdom introduced a movement of young musicians, generally identified as the new wave of British heavy metal. The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which were more or less forcibly identified as heavy metal acts.^[1][2] Most of those bands did not survive past the mid-1980s and disbanded, but many reformed in the 2000s.^[3]

A

Angel Witch

• Angel Witch^[4][5]
• Atomkraft^[6][7][8]
• A II Z^[9][10]
• Avenger^[6][11][12]

B

Blitzkrieg

• Baby Tuckoo^[13][14]
• Battleaxe^[15][16]
• Battlezone^[17][18]
• Black Rose^[19][20]
• Blitzkrieg^[21][22]
• Bronz^[23][24]

C

• Chateaux^[25][26]
• Chrome Molly^[27][28]
• Cloven Hoof^[29][30]

D

Def Leppard

Demon

Diamond Head

• Dedringer^[31][32]
• Deep Machine^[33]
• Def Leppard^[34][35]
• Demon^[36][37]
• Diamond Head^[38][39][40]
• Di'Anno^[41]
• Dumpy's Rusty Nuts^[42][43]

E

Elixir

• EF Band^[44][45]
• Eric Bell Band^[46]
• Elixir^[45][47]
• Ethel the Frog^[48][49]

F

• Fist^[50][51]

G

Girlschool

• Girl^[52][53]
• Girlschool^[38][53][54]

Grim Reaper

• Gogmagog^[55]
• Grim Reaper^[56][57]

H

• The Handsome Beasts^[58][59]
• Haze^[60]
• Hell^[61]
• HellsBelles^[62]
• Hollow Ground^[63]
• Holocaust^[64][65][66]

I

Iron Maiden

• Iron Maiden^[67][68]

J

• Jaguar^[64][69][70]
• Jameson Raid^[71]

L

• Lionheart^[72]

M

• Mama's Boys^[73][74]
• Marseille^[75][76]
• McCoy^[77]
• More^[78][79]

N

• Nicky Moore Band^[80]
• Nightwing^[81][82]

P

Praying Mantis

• Pagan Altar^[83][84]
• Persian Risk^[85][86]
• Pet Hate^[86]
• Praying Mantis^[87][88]

Q

• Quartz^[89][90]

R

Raven

• Raven^[91][92][93]
• Rekuiem^[94]
• Rock Goddess^[95][96]
• Rogue Male^[97][98]

S

Satan

Saxon

• Salem^[99]
• Samson^[100][101]
• Satan^{[93][102][103]}
• Savage^[104][105]
• Saxon^{[93][106][107]}
• Shy^[108][109]
• Spider^[110][111]
• Stampede^[112][113]
• Starfighters^[113]
• Stratus^[114]
• Sweet Savage^[115]

T

• Tank^[116][117]
• Terraplane^[118]
• Thunderstick^[119]
• Tobruk^[120]
• Tokyo Blade^[121][122]
• Tredegar^[123]
• Trespass^[124][125]
• Tygers of Pan Tang^{[124][126][127]}
• Tytan^[128][129]

U

• Urchin^[130]

V

Venom

• Vardis^[131][132]
• Venom^[133][134]

W

• White Spirit^[135][136]
• Wild Horses^[137][138]
• Witchfinder General^[139][140]
• Witchfynde^{[141][142][143]}
• Wrathchild^[144][145]

Notes

References

• Macmillan, Malc (2012). The N.W.O.B.H.M. Encyclopedia. Iron Pages Books (3 ed.). Berlin, Germany: I.P. Verlag Jeske/Mader GbR. ISBN 978-3-931624-16-3. 
• Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5. 
• Tucker, John (2006). Suzie Smiled... The New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Shropshire, UK: Independent Music Press. ISBN 978-0-9549704-7-5.