Tag: Saxon

One of the principal bands of the NWOBHM movement were Saxon.

Saracen - Heroes Saints And Fools

Essential Series -NWOBM Vol 1 4 (1)

Here’s our first Essential Series Volume aimed at the NWOBHM genre (New Wave of British Heavy Metal).

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Saxon - Sacrifice

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Yes it’s heavy metal, but it’s also how long how long typical of how dull this lineup is, lacking the…

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Saxon - Call To Arms

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Like recent efforts, Saxon can’t decide who they want to be. One minute they’re blazing a trail as if it’s…

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Saxon - Into The Labyrinth

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Like recent Saxon album’s this is a hit and miss affair. With half the tracks working and the other half…

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Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

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For those with long memories, Saxon’s last studio album was the rather stupendous ‘Lionheart’ from 2004. Many thought that was…

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Saxon - Lionheart

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The results are immediate and it’s fair to say Saxon are at the height of their powers metal wise. In…

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Saxon - Diamonds And Nuggets

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This is an assortment of various demos and unreleased material It comes courtesy from the Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson…

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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…

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Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock

Saxon – Solid Ball Of Rock 4 (1)

All joking aside this is the last great album Saxon ever made in my opinion. They’ll never sound this good…

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Saxon - Destiny

Saxon – Destiny 4 (1)

With the move to EMI, Saxon become even more polished and commercial, an obvious drawcard to American audiences used to…

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Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse

Saxon – Innocence Is No Excuse 4 (1)

Saxon were at the crossroads in 1985, half way between their traditional metal sound mixed with equal amounts of hard…

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Saxon - Thunderbolt

Saxon -Thunderbolt 3 (1)

Saxon have been going for forty years, and are another outfit making up the elder statesmen contingent of metallers.

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Saxon - Battering Ram

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“Two years between albums has become the routine for Saxon, Biff Byford and his long-serving bandmates and with each new…

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Saxon - Power And The Glory

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Saxon were only five albums into their recording career, but to many they peaked with ‘Power And The Glory’. Natural…

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Saxon - Denim And Leather

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Saxon required another monumental effort to separate themselves further from the pack and achieved that comprehensively with ‘Denim And Leather’…

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Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

Saxon – Wheels Of Steel 4 (2)

In a year that saw the NWOBHM at its strongest, Saxon certainly made a huge claim to releasing the best…

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Saxon - Saxon

Saxon – Saxon 3 (1)

It was obvious that Saxon’s NWOBHM sound on their second and third releases was something of an anomaly or a…

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Saxon - More Inspirations

Saxon – More Inspirations 2 (1)

Apparently, Saxon’s ‘Inspirations’ album from 2021 was such a monumental success they’ve decided to repeat the formula with ‘More Inspirations’…

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Saxon - Inspirations

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This set from Saxon represents eleven interpretations of rock classics, all the big names of rock are here, Stones, Zep,…

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