And so it was that from the ashes of the Warrior there was formed a mighty Battleaxe… So runs the ancient legend.

Sometimes legends can be true. Sometimes legends can be modern. From the ashes of a band called Warrior there came Battleaxe. Back in the early 1980s in the north-east of England four young men joined forces to embark on a heroic quest – to be one of the best heavy metal bands around.