Saxon - Unleash The Beast

Saxon – Unleash The Beast

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Still going strong after that many years, the Saxon boys that gave us denim and leather are still pumping out the albums. But rather than the dated sound you would expect, Saxon sound quite polished here.

Written by: Veneto

ARTIST: Saxon
ALBUM: Unleash The Beast
LABEL: CMC
SERIAL: 0607686221-2
YEAR: 1997
CD REISSUE: Discogs Reissue List
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: England

LINEUP: Biff Byford – vocals * Paul Quinn – guitars * Doug Scarrat – guitars * Nibbs Carter – bass * Nigel Glockler – drums

TRACK LISTING: 01 Gothic Dreams * 02 Unleash The Beast * 03 Terminal Velocity * 04 Circle Of Light * 05 The Thin Red Line * 06 Ministry Of Fools * 07 The Preacher * 08 Bloodletter * 09 Cut Out The Disease * 10 Absent Friends * 11 All Hell Breaking Loose

WEBLINKS: www.saxon747.com

Background

Still going strong after that many years, the Saxon boys that gave us denim and leather are still pumping out the albums. But rather than the dated sound you would expect, Saxon sound quite polished here.

The tracks have an all round depth, good lead breaks, raunchy chord work, strong melodies, many variations and it’s heavy enough without being thrash. And this during an era where hard rock and metal were consigned to the back corner all thanks to grunge and the arrival of the forthcoming nu-breed movement.

The Songs

Biff still can’t really sing that well lets face it, but he makes up for it by sounding happy and excited about anything he sings about. Including ‘Terminal Velocity’ and ‘All Hell Breaking Loose’.

The standard synth intro sets the scene with ‘Gothic Dreams’ which starts everything off, ‘Ministers Of Fools’ stops the album from getting too serious and ‘Absent Friends’ is what Saxon replaces the love song with when they get too old to sing about the female persuasion.

In Summary

Good production from Saxon’s team shows the experience learn’t over the years has been put to good use. A wide range of tracks from fast and heavy to slow and choppy.

Or from short and sweet to long and complicated. ‘Unleash The Beast’ is a good album without any real surprises, but a quality metal sound that offers something new and something old, and is very easy to listen to and very enjoyable too. There is still girr in the belly of the beast it would seem.

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