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The new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a musical movement in the United Kingdom that emerged in the mid-1970s and gained wider attention in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The term was coined by Alan Lewis in connection with an article by Geoff Barton published in the May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper "Sounds", used to describe a new generation of heavy metal bands developing in the period following the decline of punk rock and alongside the rise of new wave music. .