List of new wave of British heavy metal bands

The period 1979-1981 in the United Kingdom introduced a movement of young musicians, generally identified as the new wave of British heavy metal. The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which were more or less forcibly identified as heavy metal acts. Most of those bands did not survive past the mid-1980s and disbanded, but many reformed in the 2000s.

A

 * Alkatrazz
 * Angel Witch
 * Atomkraft
 * A II Z
 * Avenger

B

 * Baby Tuckoo
 * Battleaxe
 * Battlezone
 * Black Rose
 * Bleak House
 * Blitzkrieg
 * Bronz

C

 * Charlie ’Ungry
 * Chateaux
 * Chrome Molly
 * Cloven Hoof

D

 * Dedringer
 * Def Leppard
 * Demon
 * Diamond Head
 * Di'Anno
 * Dragonslayer
 * Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

E

 * E. F. Band
 * Elixir
 * Ethel the Frog

F

 * Fist

G

 * Girl
 * Girlschool
 * Gogmagog
 * Grim Reaper

H

 * The Handsome Beasts
 * Haze
 * Hell
 * HellsBelles
 * Hollow Ground
 * Holocaust

I

 * Iron Maiden

J

 * Jaguar
 * Jameson Raid

M

 * Mama's Boys
 * Marseille
 * McCoy
 * More
 * Motörhead

N

 * Nicky Moore Band
 * Nightwing

P

 * Pagan Altar
 * Persian Risk
 * Pet Hate
 * Praying Mantis

Q

 * Quartz

R

 * Race Against Time
 * Raven
 * Rekuiem
 * Rock Goddess
 * Rogue Male

S

 * Salem
 * Samson
 * Saracen
 * Satan
 * Savage
 * Saxon
 * Shy
 * Silverwing
 * Spider
 * Stampede
 * Starfighters
 * Stratus
 * Sweet Savage

T

 * Tank
 * Terraplane
 * Thunderstick
 * Tobruk
 * Tokyo Blade
 * Tredegar
 * Trespass
 * Tygers of Pan Tang
 * Tytan

U

 * Urchin

V

 * Vardis
 * Venom

W

 * White Spirit
 * Wild Horses
 * Witchfinder General
 * Witchfynde
 * Wrathchild