Lightning to the Nations is the debut album by British heavy metal band Diamond Head. The album was recorded in 1980 and released later that year through Happy Face Records, a label owned by the producer Muff Murfin of The Old Smithy studio of Worcester, due to lack of interest from major labels and the band feeling that they needed to get the ball rolling as other bands from the same era, such as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard, were already becoming big names.
1993 Metal Blade cover
Lightning to the Nations
Diamond Head (British band)
Diamond Head are an English heavy metal band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 1976. They were part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement and are acknowledged by bands such as Metallica and Megadeth as a significant early influence.
Diamond Head performing in 2019
Lead guitarist Brian Tatler, the band's sole consistent member
Diamond Head performing in Japan, 2008
Rasmus Bom Andersen has been the band's lead vocalist since 2014.