New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, …

The new wave of American heavy metal (also known as NWOAHM and new wave of American metal) was a heavy metal music movement that originated in the United States during the early–mid 1990s and expanded most in the early to mid-2000s. Some of the bands considered part of the movement had formed as early as the late 1980s, but did not become influential or …

The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper Sounds to describe the emergence of new heavy metal bands in the mid to …

Die New Wave of British Heavy Metal („neue Welle des britisches Heavy Metals“; oft abgekürzt als NWOBHM) ist ein Terminus aus den späten 1970er und frühen 1980er Jahren, den der Londoner Heavy-Metal-DJ Neal Kay erfand und damit einer musikalischen Sparte ihren Namen gab. Er subsumiert die jungen britischen Bands, die sich in die Tradition der frühen Heavy …

New Orleans had experienced a large wave of migration from the Italian region of Sicily between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The ... Heavy metal. New Orleans has an active metal scene which began to take real form in the late ... Biographical sketches of New Orleans African American composers B. Barés, E. Dédé, L. Lambert, S. Lambert, J ...

On June 5, New Zealand authorities confiscated Cradle of Filth's T-shirts. The shirts depict a nude nun and the words "Jesus Is A Cunt". Lead vocalist Keith Caputo of alternative metal band Life of Agony changed her name to Keith Mina Caputo, and her gender from male to female.

Bison B.C. were dropped by Metal Blade Records, but the band still remains optimistic about the future. Symphony X drummer Jason Rullo suffered heart failure, but recovered with cardiac rehab. Korn announced that a new album featuring Brian "Head" Welch who officially rejoined the band after 8 years of absence.

British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States spearheaded by the Beatles, British rock music has had a considerable impact on the development of American music and rock music across the world.Initial attempts to emulate American rock and roll took place in Britain in the …

Heavy metal (potocznie metal) – pochodna muzyki rockowej powstała na przełomie lat 60. i 70. ... XX wieku w Wielkiej Brytanii, po fali popularności punk rocka (późne lata 70.), miało miejsce zjawisko nazywane New Wave of British Heavy Metal . Charakterystyczne zespoły muzyczne tego okresu to np.

Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like …