Savage is yet another band from the NWOBHM days enjoying something of a renaissance as the genre’s resurge in popularity continues. After a ten year hiatus, Savage is back with a new album entitled Sons of Malice, but first a brief history lesson.
The band originate from the Mansfield area. A mini-NWOBHM hotbed at the time with, as I recall, Witchfynde being from around the corner just the other side of the A38/M1 junction in to Derbyshire.
Perhaps best remembered for what over the years has become a signature song – Let it Loose – Savage chugged along in fits and starts with talent hampered by smallish record companies they signed with not really having the muscle or resources to back the band with big money. Not an unusual occurrence back then.
Aligned with Ebony Records, early recording output in/around 1982 included their debut album entitled “Loose And Lethal. Critical and press acclaim followed though without the record label support to follow that through, Savage left Ebony in favour of Zebra Records.
Some impressive touring support slots were secured – notably opening for Metallica in the US which was followed by an EP and a second album – Hyperactive issued in 1985 – though things started to dwindle away and Savage all but disappeared for ten years or so until a couple of small beer label releases in the mid-1990s.
Spring forward another decade and a bit – and Savage are back with a hot new album, Sons of Malice. Reports suggest it’s classic old school NWOBHM and it’s always great to see a band from “back then” doing good stuff now. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal never goes away….!
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