Relevant links to check out: Air Raid: airraidofficial.bandcamp.com/album/fatal-encounter-2 Owlbear: owlbearmetal.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-to-the-realm Helms Deep: helmsdeep666.bandcamp.com/album/treacherous-ways Gatekeeper: gatekeeper.bandcamp.com/album/from-western-shores Wytch Hazel: wytchhazel.bandcamp.com/album/iv-sacrament Metal Hall of Fame Part 1: metalhalloffame.org/the-new-wave-of-traditional-heavy-metal-pt-1/?fbclid=IwAR3yGAyRpvQsTIdhhvLOAbwMiY-E_rArS1aSmQ2y1lvm2sHirJGofZBSQII Metal Hall of Fame Part 2: metalhalloffame.org/the-new-wave-of-traditional-heavy-metal-part-2/?fbclid=IwAR37-O_K210HTXNbQxjuwnYZLi1gZ-zh9TWJDVh6YG_j0NVJXzHFZif-72E Metal Hall of Fame Part 3: metalhalloffame.org/new-wave-of-traditional-heavy-metal-part-3-in-2023-haunt-eternal-champion-satans-fall-burning-witches/?fbclid=IwAR26lgu95CpscEmoHPSt5M8-0dMlRJz7E47fibcGqHXBTYT3zsCpJR8f9cg

@MetalPersonJ

4 ай бұрын

Typo. The Part 2 link just goes to part 1.

@seaoftranquilityprog

4 ай бұрын

Fixed! @@MetalPersonJ

Such an honor to be featured on this picture with so many great names in underground heavy metal scene! Shout out to Pete and Rich for making this happen!

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I think we will get to your band in the future. Good stuff

@ClaymoreanOfficialMetal

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ thanks so much! We truly appreciate it! And once again thank you for spreading the news on the underground metal scene. It helps a lot! Cheers from Serbia! 🤘🏻🍻

@willemvanderhoofd3969

14 күн бұрын

You deserve to be on it.❤️🤘🖤

It is truly an honor to see our logo along with those of other great groups we appreciate. Thank you so much, it is a real thrill!

Awesome! I'm a massive fan and supporter of the NWOTHM movement, glad it's getting coverage here on SoT because there are still MANY people who are unaware of it. People who love Judas Priest and Iron Maiden and say stuff like "it's a shame modern Metal sucks" NEED to hear these bands. There is still a lot of life left in old-school styles!

@ClaymoreanOfficialMetal

4 ай бұрын

Credit must be given to all the underground festivals which promoted all these bands for so long, like Keep It True, Up The Hammers, Headbangers Open Air and many others, as well as Anderson Tiago with his NWOTHM Full Albums KZread channel, and also you in front of the Mofos group, and many other true independent fighters, labels, promoters, fanzines, and above all the fans who keep this flame burning! 🤘🏻⚔️🍻

@paranoia.church

4 ай бұрын

Anderson Tiago is a paladin🙌🏼

@iceclimbers22

4 ай бұрын

Well said

I have found so many great retro hard-rock/metal bands on that NWOTHM channel! I'm really happy you're doing this series. My favorites so far in NWOTHM (and I hope you cover some of them) are: Tanith, High Spirits, Freeways, Mega Collossus, and Eternal Champion.

Pete and Rich talking together always reminds me of two dancers constantly stepping on each other’s toes. Even though they’ve obviously known each other a long time, they can’t read each other’s cues and constantly accidentally interrupt and talk over each other.😄

Tailgunner from the UK are one to watch out for

Owl Bear...they named the band after a D&D monster from the old school days. Nice! Will have to check them out! 💯

Wytch Hazel is my album of 2023. Gorgeous record.

Love this movement: they remember the vital importance of melody and drama. Megaton Sword, Eternal Champion, Visigoth, White Wizzard, Dark Forest, Satan's Hallow, Spellcaster...

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

Mandy Martillo from Satan's Hallow now sings with Midnight Dice and Fer De Lance, where she also plays acoustic. Unfortunately, with FDL she's woefully underused, providing backup vocals mainly. Not just one of the best new female voices, but ever.

@SO-ym3zs

4 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. Thanks for the heads up. She is indeed an awesome singer!

Midnight Priest, Hellfire, and Traveler are three in this genre that are excellent, alongside many others

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Are Midnight Priest still around?

@claudeyanly5356

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ I can't answer that. They don't seem to have released anything in a few years.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ encyclopaedia metallum says they're "active". last release was 2019

Obsession is classic example of traditional heavy metal but they hit in 1982 on Metal Massacre. They followed up with three great records

Dark Forest are a band worth checking out it is my friends band got a classic metal feel and on the first album in 2009 had Phil Cope of witchfinder general giest stars

I've got a soft spot for this scene, I can get a little burnt out from all the extreme metal bands all the time, so I am glad there is a fresh crop of trad metal to get to.

The Night Eternal droped a fantastic album last year. It was AOTY for me

Megaton Sword from Switzerland are pretty solid too, and hailing from the same country are of course the lovely ladies from Burning Witches. Excepting their singer Laura who's Dutch but regardless, she's both beautiful and possessed of some formidable vocal prowess. 🎤

Looking forward to this! Hope Pete mentions RIOT CITY. If not, I just did! Go check em out!

@seaoftranquilityprog

4 ай бұрын

Stay tuned! Many of these bands will get featured in the months ahead.

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

He does

@petebrown3715

4 ай бұрын

Riot City is awesome. High Spirits is another solid band from Chicago.

Hey Pete and Rich, I heartily recommend Vulture's Vengeance from Italy! One of the best of the NWOTHM. Vocals are similar to Tim Baker, Hansi Kursch and Blackie Lawless, accompanied by killer musical chops and epic mystical and medieval-oriented songwriting. ⚔💀🧙‍♂🧙‍♀🏰 They sound like they're straight out of the '80s underground without trying too hard to sound that way, if that makes any sense.

Yes🤘 There are so many good NWOTHM albums coming out constantly, it is cool to have a special show for these bands 👍

Gatekeeper is absolutely awesome

Huge thank you for the list of bands to check out: SOT AND the comments !!

SUMERLANDS. They are absolutely the best example of this. 2 incredible alhums.

So far I am loving Air Raid and Gatekeeper. Thanks Guys

I really need to check some of these new bands out. I’ve heard some and it’s been great

I listened on that Wytch Hazel album and it sounded really good.

Great day for Metal on SoT. First Kreator ranking and now a new show on NWOTHM

Great to see Rich!

...as a fan of these newer bands, I am ecstatic about this upcoming series of shows. And damn...that Wytch Hazel is fantastic. Also really enjoyed the intro to Helms Deep and Gate Keeper. Good job, guys.

Lady Beast is friggin amazing! Everything they do is killer!

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

just checked them out. sounds great. ordered "the vulture's amulet" off bandcamp. thanx for the suggestion.

@jupiter7x7

4 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. No problem. Hope you enjoy! Singer has a deep, husky voice which is in contrast to so many high-pitched soaring female singers out there. Really works well with their sound. If you love the Vulture’s Amulet definitely check out The Early Collection, it’s their 1st 2 albums and is fantastic.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@jupiter7x7 will do

Great show guys here’s a few I think are amazing. Eternal Champion Visigoth Triumpher Haunt

Been listening to a band from Hamburg Germany called All For Metal. They have a debut out called Legends. Vary Manowar sounding with 2 singers.

Great that you are paying attention to these bands, my favourite NWOTHM bands are Heavy Sentence, Blood Star and Tower. There's so many great ones though

This is right in my wheelhouse . I feel like I have just discovered the NWBHM

Love this!

Love this genre. Future band idea- Sumerlands- Dreamkiller(2022)

Great to see Rich Catino back on the channel.

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, and for a great topic that needs the attention

I started watching this channel recently and just stumbled on this video now and I'm kind of blown away to you guys talking about Gatekeeper. I used to sing for that band and its really exciting to see them getting exposure like this! I know quite a few of the bands on the list personally so I'll be following this series for sure!

I was just mourning the end of It's All about the Fuzz, but this show has got me pretty excited. Always up for talk about new bands on the channel. This kind of stuff definitely has exploded in the last ten years or so. I prefer the first Gatekeeper album, myself, to this newer one. Not that the latter album is bed, but it feels a little safe or something. The singer is good but I liked JP on the first one. I admit I've still got to spend more time with it though.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

JP is with Traveler now.

Really like the Helms Deep album and Gate Creeper. Just gave Air Raid a listen and will be hunting that one down also.

Kudos to Pete for bringing attention to these new bands! For those who say there isn't good music being made today, *you just aren't looking!*

Maybe some slightly lesser known bands... Antioch Emerald Rage Ironbound Ironflame Kerrigan Leathurbitch Mega Colossus Megaton Sword Roadwolf Traveler

@iceclimbers22

4 ай бұрын

Traveler’s new album that just came out is absolutely killer!!

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@iceclimbers22 Yep. Been playing that one a lot. Check out the new Mega Colossus "Showdown". It's pretty rockin' too.

@iceclimbers22

4 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. will do, thanks for the recommendation.

@HuddshouseofRockNMetal

4 ай бұрын

​@independenceltd. Just picked up Mega Colossus... liking it alot.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@HuddshouseofRockNMetal awesome

Riot City and Sumerlands are a couple favorites of mine.

@MetalPersonJ

4 ай бұрын

Sumerlands stomp all kinds of ass.

Great to see Rich back doing this great new show. Looking forward to more great discoveries.

Should check out the band Blood Star only have one full length just released last year 2023 , killer debut album 🤘🏻, others: Visigoth, Eternal Champions , Smoulder, Savage Master

@databloom70

4 ай бұрын

Blood Star's album is so great. Also cool that the main guitarist is also in Visigoth.

Love this idea I'll be watching 😁

@jeremyorr9227

3 ай бұрын

Any idea when you will do perfect album sides again?😁 love the channel

Let’s pull @ “ CATINO” on this SUNDAY! Tremendous 👍💯

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@garyjoyce2160

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ/ it was phenomenal having you on/ back. I was 💯 gonna meet you, Pete. Pete’s brother and. Jack. T Friday. Got mias ( 17 yr old daughter) softball 🥎 schedule for. Clifton. Opening game in Union city. Late start. Late getting home. Most likely I’m out. Enjoy the show 👍💯

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

@@garyjoyce2160 thank you. Well hopefully some other show then

@garyjoyce2160

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ 👍💯

shout out to Skullfist

Wytch Hazel is an excellent band. Ashbury was a spot-on comparison. Of the others, Gatekeeper sounds like they might be up my street.

Don’t forget bands like Holy Grail, Midnight Idols and Twisted Tower Dire. Maybe not newer bands but have been waving that Trad Metal flag.

@chaddubois8164

4 ай бұрын

I'm listening to Midnight Idols for the first time on your recommendation. It's rough production but the band is going in the right direction. I wish there was more :( Beyond the Darkness..... Triumph of the Sinner.

Have you noticed the stuff coming out of Japan lately? Ningen Isu, Yousei Teikoku, Lovebites, Unlucky Morpheus, Galneryus, Hizaki and more. Absolutely top notch Power Metal, right in the wheelhouse of what you're discussing. Well worth a listen. The technical prowess is breathtaking.

Check out- Salems Lott (Hollywood, Ca.) Midnight Vice (Florida) Leather Duchess (Los Angeles, Ca.)

Awesome start to a promising new series. Love this "revival" genre of traditional metal. So many acts to check out so it's great to get some direction and recommendations. I will throw out the German band Stallion who I think are incredible...three albums currently.

Ya love to see it

Got me 5 homework assignments (no cheat sheets LOL).. Great show guys very informative.. Notes taken.. Oh want to mention one.. Witchtower - Hammer of Witches (2016).. Discovered it couple of years ago.. Amazing album..

@thomassiegemund431

4 ай бұрын

Agreed the Witchtower ist great

@markandmandyd7445

4 ай бұрын

@@thomassiegemund431 Yeah for some reason it made me think of Paul era Iron Maiden..

Riot City albums are 10/10. Enforcer is also great!

Venator-Echoes From The Gutter, far and away the best Singer i have heard since Dickinson or Halford, and catchier songs than all of the rest

As was already mentioned , great show idea! One of the greatest bands of this genre is the mighty Validor from Greece. They have a huge Manowar influence, but with a bit more aggression. Looking forward to this episode.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

Achelous, Steel Arctus, Thelemite, Bus...so many from Greece. Top 5 country in the NWOTHM for sure.

@ironfarmer9332

4 ай бұрын

@independenceltd I really like those bands too.

Great to see Rich back on the channel, and great show.

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. More to come in this series

this is my genre

Thanks for another awesome show fellas 🤘

Icarus witch 🤘

Black Viper - Hellions of Fire, is easily my favorite NWOTHM release

Burning Witches is a perfect example. I urge everybody,watch the band's ""Black Widow"" official video and you will be kicked off your chair - imagine that every member of Judas Priest had a daughter and those girls formed a heavy metal band. That's Burning Witches,guys!

Awesome episode! Recommend checking out the new project of Boston power thrash legends Steel Assassin. The band is called Kingdom of Tyrants and the record is “Architects of Power.” Great riifs, catchy, and some epic arrangements on tracks like the Guilded Age inspired “Ghosts of Industry.”. I hear Saxon on the albums closer “Metal or Die” and early Maiden on “Unforgotten Souls” and “Daedulus”-really strong record released on Metal on Metal Records

This is a great show. I've been digging on these kinds of bands for a few years now and a lot of them are just as good as anything we grew up on.

Rich Catino rocks! Enjoyed the Candlemass ranking you guys did too. Thanks for posting!

Love Riot City and High Spirits.

Great show discovered so many great bands from that website thanks so much . Nice to see Rich 💯💯🤘🤘🤘

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@747jono

4 ай бұрын

@@MetalAsylumNJ Welcome.

Great show guys, and great concept for a show. There's been quite an explosion of these types of bands in the last 10 - 15 years. Wytch Hazel, Helm's Deep and Gate Keeper were all in my top 15 in 2023, and I'd also recommend The Night Eternal for a great mix of traditional metal and goth, a bit like In Solitude used to do. Also Legend had a great one last year, if you'd like to go more 70s proto-metal. I'll go listen to some Air Raid and OwlBear now 😊

Great idea for a series. Two of my recent favorites are Frenzy and Evil Invaders. The KZread channel “NWOTHM Full Albums” is a gold mine for this genre.

Yes so great to see Mr Catino back at SOT - much respect buddy! Love the show idea thank you Pete and Rich!

This is a great idea for a topic! Nice to hear Striker, Cauldron, and Skull Fist mentioned. Early Spell fits in there too. Well, Bandcamp is getting busy on my phone today! Thanks, guys!

Owlbear!? Must be massive dungeons and dragons fans!

@jwaller132

4 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. I fought the one in Baldur's Gate III. 😢

Great show Pete and Rich, that Gatekeeper album is truly good!! Cheers

great show guys, welcome back Rich

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great show guys! Thanks for doing this. You have peeked my interest. I will be checking these bands out. The one logo that caught my eye was Icarus Witch. I saw them open for Y&T back in 2010 or 2011. Very good live band! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them in a future episode.

One fairly new band I'm into is A Sound of Thunder. I don't know if they're in this category. I hope they will be covered.

Great new show guys ! Love to see Rich, reminds me of old school SOT !

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Awh, thanks.

I'm a big Wytch Hazel fan.

I can’t recommend Smoulder enough. Violent Creed of Vengeance was my album of the year(last year). Then again, their debut, Times of Obscene Evil...was my AOTY in 2019. Awesome blend of doom & traditional heavy metal. Their cover of Manilla Road’s Cage of Mirrors was outstanding on their ep.

@SO-ym3zs

4 ай бұрын

Cool music, but her singing (especiall live) is really rough :(

Nice t-shirt Rich.👍

Great new series, welcome back Rich.

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, good to be back, and for a great topic

Glad to see Catino back in the mix! I’m gonna pull a Catino and say this is a great start to an excellent series. 🤘🏻

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great episode! My faves from these 'new wave' bands are Night Eternal (GER), Enforcer (SWE), Riot City (CAN) and Stallion (GER). Listen Enforcer's Undying Evil and you get an ear worm for weeks 😅🤘

Check out Striker, Haunt and Bloodstar. Fantastic newer bands

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Yup, we mention them.

Loving this first episode. Already au fait with the brilliant Gatekeeper and Air Raid, and I have lined up Owl Bear and Helms Deep to listen to at work tonight. The Wytch Hazel album was great too, but its definitely the "odd one out" in this quintet, but i dont mean that as a negative, just that it's the least "METAL!" album on the episode if you see what I mean. Hope episode 2 isnt too far away!

Great Show, you picked a very rich field to plow. Loads of bands. So let me throw my hat Into the Ring. A very new band from England: Coltre. Their first EP was pure NWOBHM, the Debut from Februar this year "To watch with hands to touch with eyes" expands the influences some. Great Band very deservend of some exposure. Greetings from Germany

Listening to Gatekeeper right now. Pretty awesome!! Though the singer ultimately has his own unique delivery I also hear a bit of Geoff Tate & Jon Oliva in there. Pretty cool stuff gonna check out the others as well. Great to see Rich back on SOT!!

Great show! It's worth mentioning that Wytch Hazel are playing Saturday at Hell's Heroes VI in Houston, along with Nite Demon, Cauchemar, Cauldron, Nite, Eternal Champion, Early Moods, Blood Star, Traveler and Sumerlands along with legends like Candlemass, Sodom, Tank, Cirith Ungol, Queensryche and more. Nice Haunt shirt, they played last year, as well as Christian Mistress, Hällas, Razor, Skull Fist, Riot City, Gatekeeper, Freeways, Spell, and Tower, and there were at least three Sea of Tranquility folks there. A recent favorite is Mean Mistreater from Austin. Air Raid and Helms Deep were high on my list last year, as well as Sorcerer, Legendry, Kerrigan and at the top, Spirit Adrift.

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

If you run into Eternal Champion tell them it's long past time for a new album.

@Fastnbulbous1969

4 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd. Will do! It's not quite sold out yet, you could also come tell 'em yrself! Don't you live not too far?

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@Fastnbulbous1969 All my music buddies have wives that won't let them get away. I am seeing The Obsessed on Fri. And Savage Master(?), Screamer and Blood Star will be in Dallas on the 28th.

New favorite show talking about my favorite genre, and my favorite bands hell yea. 🤘🤘

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you.

This should be a treasure trove of discovering new bands. Can't wait. Would Night Demon be considered NWOTHM?

@seaoftranquilityprog

4 ай бұрын

Yes.

Great show! Thanks!

Good to see Rich back 👍

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

To accompany the two Brazilian bands up there, Creatures and Nightwölf, I would also recommend Chromeskull, one of the best releases in 2023. And if I can give myself a plug, I also have a traditional metal project that just came out last October and has three singles released already, called Paranoia Church. It features Fabio Alessandrini on drums (Annihilator; currently touring with Enforcer). Even though we lean more towards a Roy Z kind of production versus what most of the NWOTHM bands have been doing (with the exception of the mentioned Nightwölf). If you’re into Maiden, Priest, Mercyful Fate, Accept etc, check out out latest single, ‘His Private Shock Machine’!⚡️😉 Cheers and stay heavy!🤘🏼

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

Hellway Train, Icon of Sin, Hell Gun... will check out your suggestions.

@paranoia.church

4 ай бұрын

@@independenceltd.awesome! Don’t know Hell Gun! Would also recommend Scarefield, RAM, Bomber and Deadwolf 🤘🏼

@independenceltd.

4 ай бұрын

@@paranoia.church Love RAM. I'll check out the others. Thanx!

@StephenZimmer

4 ай бұрын

Will check your band out! 💯

@paranoia.church

4 ай бұрын

@@StephenZimmerthank you so much! It’s a kind of one-man-band, 100% independent, but I have a bunch of nice friends featuring on the project, on vocals, drums and some guitars solos here and there, which elevates the quality of the material quite considerably 🤘🏼

Great show guys...I love NWOTHM, so many amazing bands, it's hard to keep up 🙂 Thank you!

Thank you for this new series, and great first episode. Looking forward to checking all these bands.

Holy Cow, Rich Catino! Awesome 👍

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Great to be part of this topic

Rich C back in da place to be - legend 🤘

@MetalAsylumNJ

4 ай бұрын

Lol, thanks!

Magic Circle (just Journey Blind), Realmbuilder. I feel like Slough Feg fits this as well. There's a few good bands here but I'm not really big on this stuff, just feels a bit regressive, same with the OSDM revival stuff.

I found a band called molder. They havve three albums out.