#6 May-July 1980

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Heavy Metal History Podcast.

This week we move ahead to May through July of 1980. In this 3 month span of history we see the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene completely dominate everything in its path, with bands like Saxon, Accept, Krokus and Samson putting out albums. Samson is the band that introduced the world to Bruce Dickinson who would eventually become the lead singer for Iron Maiden. In Australia, AC/DC rises like a phoenix from the ashes after the loss of Bon Scott and puts out one of the highest selling records of all time with “Back in Black” while not an out right metal album, its place in the genre has some merit and thats why I felt it should be mentioned in this episode.

Thanks for listening!

The albums we discussed on this episode were:

• Saxon - "Wheels of Steel"

• Girlschool - “Demolition”

• Accept - "I'm a Rebel"

• Krokus – “Metal Rendez-Vous”

• Samson - "Head On"

• AC/DC - "Back in Black"