What is NWOBHM?
It’s the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal that Lars is especially quite fond of. The NWOBHM greatly influenced Metallica, such acts as DiamondHead, Iron Maiden, Angel Witch, Samson, Saxon can be considered NWOBHM. This movement is considered to have started mid 1979, and fizzled out by 1982, and was considered to be hard-rock’s answer to Punk-rocks street ‘vibe’ and youthful energy.