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Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" (NWOBHM) in the pages of Sounds in 1979, launching the careers of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. This public link is valid for 7 days

Historic friction: what Sounds stood for Sounds launched in 1970 as one of Britain’s weeklies devoted to music, but it matured into something more muscular and irreverent than its competitors. It covered the mainstream and the underground with equal ferocity: glam and prog, punk and metal, indie beginnings and dancefloor experiments. The writers were often participants in the culture they chronicled — fans who could write with both critical intelligence and rowdy affection. The magazine cultivated slang, in‑the‑scene valedictions, and editorial risks: championing nascent genres and amplifying artists that commercial outlets ignored. That editorial identity made every issue feel like a dispatch from a living scene rather than an edited archive.

was a pivotal British music weekly published from October 1970 to April 1991. As one of the "trinity" of the UK music press alongside Melody Maker