Dark Star

One of countless bands associated with (and perhaps ultimately damned by) the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, the obscure Dark Star are perhaps best remembered for their memorable participation in the now legendary Metal for Muthas, Vol.

2 compilation in 1980.

But the band's origins lie deeper than that -- specifically with a covers band named Nightride, which was quite popular throughout the British Midlands during the late '70s and later assumed the name Berlin when the bandmembers started penning their own material.