It's no coincidence that Crowning Glory's star is in the ascendancy at a time when social unrest is high, financial bleakness is omnipresent and industrial walk-outs and record unemployment are rife. The last time the world welcomed a band with such a balls-out, straight ahead approach to Heavy Metal, it was at the birth of NWOBHM some 30-odd years ago when social circumstances mirrored those of today.

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