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Looking at Saxon’s new studio album, you wonder who made the decision for the artwork. The band had always chosen appealing motifs for the packaging of their records, but this time it is an almost childlike drawing with two Roman soldiers standing on a wall looking uninspired into the distance. A certain reference to the… Continue Reading →
The title of the upcoming Saxon longplayer couldn’t have been chosen better, considering the times we are in since a few months. ‘Carpe Diem’, that’s the name of Saxon’s 23rd album which contains ten new songs. The album will be released on February 4th, 2022 and comes through Silver Lining Music. The title track has… Continue Reading →
That Saxon can not only write brilliant heavy metal anthems, but also do good cover versions is known since 1988. The ‘Destiny’ album opens with ‘Ride Like the Wind’, a Christopher Cross classic that Saxon sets perfectly into scene. Now, it seems like Biff Byford and bandmates have been going through their own record collections… Continue Reading →
British metal pioneers Saxon will release an album entitled ‘Inspirations’ on March 19th via Silver Lining Music. The NWoBHM icons went through their record collections and distilled songs that influenced band and musicians. One of these songs is ‘Paperback Writer’, orginally a The Beatles song, which is now unleashed as a single taken from ‘Inspirations’…. Continue Reading →
(*/10) British Heavy Metal icons Saxon celebrate their 40th anniversary with a tour entitled ‚Castles & Eagles‘ plus the release of a live collection featuring four decades in Metal. ‚The Eagles Has Landed 40 (Live)‘ is a comprehensive album with 40 songs representing all eras of a Heavy Metal legend. From the debut to the… Continue Reading →
NWoBHM legends Saxon announced the release of ‘The Eagle has Landed 40 (Live). The 3-CD package includes 40 songs, celebrating 40 years in Heavy Metal. The album contains live recordings from the last 12 years and covers songs like ‘20.000 ft’, ‘Machine Gun’ and ‘State of Grace’. It goes without saying that this release also… Continue Reading →
Three live reports of the same band in one year doesn’t happen that often. It’s British metal pioneers Saxon that scored such a record on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog. It was in February this year when Saxon played a show at 013 in Tilburg, followed by a headliner show at this years Rock Hard Festival…. Continue Reading →
British metal pioneers Saxon will release on September 7th their latest longplayer ‘Thunderbolt’ in an special tour edition. The album contains two live bonus tracks plus a 10″x10″ photo of the band on tour. Tracklist: Olympus Rising Thunderbolt The Secret of Flight Nosferatu (The Vampire’s Waltz) They Played Rock and Roll Predator Sons of Odin… Continue Reading →
British metal pioneers Saxon revealed a new video. The clip is for ‘The Secret of Flight’, taken from the latest release ‘Thunderbolt’. Furthermore Saxon continues with their tour and check for the latest dates HERE.
It’s a lot of Saxon on Markus’ Heavy Music Blog recently. The only reason for it is the fact that there’s a lot of activity in the NWoBHM-legend camp. ‘Thunderbolt’, the newest longplayer, has seen the light of day early this year and the band’s on tour, promoting the new release. This led to two… Continue Reading →
Metal Vikings Amon Amarth unleashed with ‘Get in the Ring’ a new song. The riff assault is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘The Great Heathen Army’ which will be released on August 5th, via Metal Blade Records. Speaking on the announcement of their new album, Amon Amarth vocalist, Johan Hegg shares: “Overall ‘The Great… Continue Reading →
One of the big players in Swedens glam rock scene is Crashdïet. The band was founded back in 2000 and in a way is a kid of a new century with roots in the ‘80s. Sleaze- and glam are the source of inspiration for the band that not only had a look on the sunny… Continue Reading →
Slowly the live music branch of the music industry gets going again. Shows and tours, announced a while ago, are taking place as we speak and one of these shows is planned at Markthalle, Hamburg. The iconic venue in the Hansestadt welcomes a Nordic metal package, enriched by two German bands as opener. Dark Tranquillity,… Continue Reading →
Spitfire stands for heavy metal of the traditional style. The band from Athens, Greece has gone through an interesting career. Founded in 1984, the guys got to work and three years later they were able to release their debut album ‘First Attack’. Unfortunately, it remained for a long time with this ‘first attack’ which is… Continue Reading →
One year as Crypteria and since 2005 as Iron Fate, monikers that stand for remarkable power metal from Germany. Goslar in Lower Saxony is the home of a quintet that premiered in 2010 with an album called ‘Cast in Iron’. If one expected the sophomore album rather quickly might have been disappointed since it took… Continue Reading →
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