Multiple choice general knowledge culture

Which band was not among the "first wave of british heavy metal"

  1. Diamond Head

  2. Iron Maiden

  3. Deep Purple

  4. Angel Witch
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Explanation

Deep Purple formed in 1968 and are considered hard rock/heavy metal pioneers, but they belong to an earlier era (late 60s/early 70s) before the NWOBHM movement gained momentum in the late 1970s. Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, and Angel Witch were all part of the NWOBHM wave that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The NWOBHM is specifically a British movement that came after the initial heavy metal pioneers.

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