Tag: Saxon
One of the principal bands of the NWOBHM movement were Saxon.
Here’s our first Essential Series Volume aimed at the NWOBHM genre (New Wave of British Heavy Metal).
Yes it’s heavy metal, but it’s also how long how long typical of how dull this lineup is, lacking the…
Like recent efforts, Saxon can’t decide who they want to be. One minute they’re blazing a trail as if it’s…
Like recent Saxon album’s this is a hit and miss affair. With half the tracks working and the other half…
For those with long memories, Saxon’s last studio album was the rather stupendous ‘Lionheart’ from 2004. Many thought that was…
The results are immediate and it’s fair to say Saxon are at the height of their powers metal wise. In…
This is an assortment of various demos and unreleased material It comes courtesy from the Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson…
Still going strong after that many years, the Saxon boys that gave us denim and leather are still pumping out…
All joking aside this is the last great album Saxon ever made in my opinion. They’ll never sound this good…
With the move to EMI, Saxon become even more polished and commercial, an obvious drawcard to American audiences used to…
Saxon were at the crossroads in 1985, half way between their traditional metal sound mixed with equal amounts of hard…
Saxon have been going for forty years, and are another outfit making up the elder statesmen contingent of metallers.
“Two years between albums has become the routine for Saxon, Biff Byford and his long-serving bandmates and with each new…
Saxon were only five albums into their recording career, but to many they peaked with ‘Power And The Glory’. Natural…
Saxon required another monumental effort to separate themselves further from the pack and achieved that comprehensively with ‘Denim And Leather’…
In a year that saw the NWOBHM at its strongest, Saxon certainly made a huge claim to releasing the best…
It was obvious that Saxon’s NWOBHM sound on their second and third releases was something of an anomaly or a…
Apparently, Saxon’s ‘Inspirations’ album from 2021 was such a monumental success they’ve decided to repeat the formula with ‘More Inspirations’…
This set from Saxon represents eleven interpretations of rock classics, all the big names of rock are here, Stones, Zep,…
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜