Diamond Head at the Home Of Metal launch Brian Tatler was among some very special guests at the launch evening of the Home Of Metal exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, on the 23rd June. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi was the special guest of honour who also made a speech. Slade's Noddy Holder and Judas Priest's K.K. Downing were also present and it was great to catch up with them all. The exhibition features many interesting items covering the last 40 years of and we would urge anybody who has the opportunity to do so to visit it. The exhibition continues until 25th September at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlin Square, B3 3DH. Home of Metal – an exhibition exploring 40 years of Heavy Metal and its birthplace. This will be the core exhibition at the prestigious Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, taking over the largest UK temporary gallery space outside of London from 18 June-25 September. Informed by original band artefacts and materials from the Home of Metal digital archive, the show is the first metal exhibition of its kind, bringing together unseen memorabilia sourced directly from the fans themselves, and placing it alongside iconic items from metal such as Black Sabbath’s Mob Rules stage cross and handwritten Napalm Death lyrics. The show will also explore the ingredients that together made Heavy Metal, offering an insight into the region’s industrial history, the early blues-rocks sound, the changing music industry, DIY politics and the global impact of the heavy metal. For further details visit; The Home Of Metal or Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery , 0121 303 1966.