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Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. They were one of the leading members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and are acknowledged by later bands like Metallica and Megadeth as an important early influence.

Formed by school friends Tatler and Harris, the band recorded and released self-financed demo tapes in 1977 and 1979 and with their unique sound and quality of song writing gained enough attention to tour as support with AC/DC and Iron Maiden. A clutch of record companies fought to sign the band, while their first album, variously known as ” The White Album” or Lightning to the Nations, was released by the band via mail-order only in 1980 by their own Happy Face Records. Each plain label LP featured the signature of one or other of the band members and has become on of the most sought after collector items from the time. Its success finally led to a record deal with MCA Records in 1981. The first major label LP Borrowed Time was enthusiastically received ( getting to #24 in the UK album charts), although the more experimental follow-up Canterbury, in 1983 suffered pressing problems and criticism over the progressive direction. Stalling creatively, the band split up for the first time in 1985.

In 1991 Tatler and Harris reformed Diamond Head. The same year Sean Harris (the vocalist) worked on a song with Dave Mustaine for Megadeth called “Crown Of Worms” - it was unreleased but would feature on the remastered version of Countdown to Extinction.

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salagadam wrote:
Monday evening

they are one of the most underrated group in music history. shame on us!

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imagesk8r6969 wrote:
Monday morning

AM I EVIL!?? YES I AM!!! AM I EVIL!?? I AM MAN!!! <------- i LOVE those lyrics. \m/

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miqmiranda wrote:
Sunday afternoon

ULTRA MEGA IPER FANTASTIC AWESOME AMAZING BAND!!!

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hassyfed wrote:
last week

they rule so much ...

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Kucper888 wrote:
last week

got a question. who is singing on the Evil Live live album? Because it's definitly not Sean Harris

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veyita_88 wrote:
last month

"Well that depends, you can sometimes say that many of the NWOBHM bands were the ones who brought a way more faster approach than Black Sabbath for an example. Taking not as much punk as thrash in influences, but still punk influences. Which made the music faster and more aggresive than before. Which later inspired thrash, you can nearly say that bay area thrash is just NWOBHM but with more speed. " I think that nwobhm bands were the biggest influence on the development of thrash,aswell as metal pioneers like Black Sabbath or Judas Priest,there is some punk influence yes,but mainly is the nwobhm influence.

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The-Aftermath wrote:
last month

They have some of the best riffs I`ve ever heard, combined with great songwriting. A shame that they`re so underrated!

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Guztavzepagan wrote:
last month

Well that depends, you can sometimes say that many of the NWOBHM bands were the ones who brought a way more faster approach than Black Sabbath for an example. Taking not as much punk as thrash in influences, but still punk influences. Which made the music faster and more aggresive than before. Which later inspired thrash, you can nearly say that bay area thrash is just NWOBHM but with more speed.

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Giuseppe1987 wrote:
October 2009

I've added a couple of new pics and what I believe to be a better version of the current band pic... if anyone's interested :)

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TuomariNurmio wrote:
October 2009

easily one of the best names of NWOBHM movement, guys

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veyita_88 wrote:
October 2009

Yeah but i think that he is talking about the thrash bands (Metallica,Exodus,Megadeth,etc).

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johngebreadman wrote:
October 2009

rofl. Helping inspire metal? they formed like 6 years after metal started mate, and their first album was 10 years after metal started. that said, awesome band.

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AGR89 wrote:
October 2009

Unimaginable underrated band.

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Antikrun wrote:
October 2009

i love Lightning To The Nations

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Kane-666 wrote:
October 2009

No fuckin' way ;P

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Amig186 wrote:
October 2009

Am I Evil?

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Jamesismynamo wrote:
October 2009

1980-1983. Some of the best metal ever, much thanks to Diamond Head.

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chrisz wrote:
October 2009

without this band (and black sabbath of course!), metal wouldn't be what it is today

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Paxorek wrote:
September 2009

"In The Heat Of The Night" is wonderful.

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NWG369 wrote:
September 2009

Shoot Out The Lights at 15!? This is blasphemy!

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