So, it's like the New Wave of British Heavy Metal?
At least some of the bands have been continuing it until now, and luckily I don't think there are any genuinely new artists doing it anymore.
Apart from Morpheus Rising (Whose new album is quite good).
NWOBHM aside, bandwagon-jumping is always rife in the music world, hence the massive surplus of Coldplay-alikes a few years back, or for that matter all the Euro Valkyrie-fronted symphonic metal bands who all want to be the next Nightwish.
Saddest cases are the young bands who copy a fashionable sound and get to record their album just at the point where the bubble bursts. Who remembers Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong?
Hope this isn't too off-topic. It does illustate that following trends isn't a good strategy if you have ambitions of being more than a one-hit-wonder.
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]]>Nightwish are now on their third singer. They and Anette Olzen parted company mid-tour, and they bought in Floor Jansen as a replacement. Great voice, seems to combine the best bits of Anette and Tarja, and a strong stage presence too.
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