Wolfsbane Music

Origin: Tamsworth, England

Decades: 1980's and 1990's

As heavy metal was enjoying its late-'80s commercial heyday in America, England (which had kicked off metal's gradual march towards mainstream acceptance at the onset of the decade with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal) was actually spawning a number of young commercial metal bands (the Almighty, the Wildhearts, etc.) to compete with their neighbors across the pond. Among the most promising of these was Tamworth's Wolfsbane, who, with their explosive mix of Iron Maiden's heaviness and Van Halen's party a... Read More

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