Year : 2022 (Japan Edition)
Style : NWOBHM , Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 101 mb
Bio:
Saxon are an English heavy metal band which formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. The band also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the USA. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts. They still tour regularly and have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Saxon have also influenced many bands such as Metallica and Megadeth.Somewhere around South Yorkshire, UK there was a band that started life as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham 'Oly' Oliver, Steve 'Dobby' Dawson (27), Paul 'Blute' Quinn (26), Pete 'Frank' Gill (27) and Peter 'Biff' Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the New-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton. He had come up to Barnsley to see the band play at the town's Civic Hall. He was very impressed and recommended SAXON to Claude Carrere as candidates for his new label on the British scene, Carrere Records. Claude decided to offer them a contract, after hearing the band's demo tapes.Saxon released their nineteenth studio album, Call to Arms, on 3 June 2011. It debuted at number 6 on the UK Rock Albums chart. The band embarked on a world tour which saw them visit the US; Saxon also revisited the UK for a second leg of the tour. The band announced on their Call To Arms tour that a number of fans at each venue each paying £10 would be able to watch them soundcheck. This was donated to the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline charities.In December, Byford joined Metallica on stage to perform "Motorcycle Man" for the band's 30th anniversary show. Saxon were billed as special guests supporting Judas Priest at Hammersmith Apollo on 26 May 2012. Saxon also played Download Festival 2012, and were recorded playing "Wheels Of Steel" for the festival's Highlights show shown on Sky Arts. On 13 February 2012, the band announced that they were releasing a new live DVD and CD package entitled Heavy Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken, which compiled their 2004, 2007 and 2009 performances at the Wacken Open Air across various formats. In March, Saxon won the Metal Hammer 2012 Golden God award for 'Best UK band'.In October 2012, the band announced that their next studio album would be titled Sacrifice and it was released on 25 February 2013. On 11 December 2012 Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie saw an international release and was the first Blu-ray release for the band.
Album:
Saxon, those seminal British heavy metal heroes hailing from Barnsley, UK, will release "Carpe Diem" through Silver Lining Music. Ten titanic tracks bristling with steel-clad riffery and proud intent, "Carpe Diem" is the statement which reminds heavy metal fans worldwide who the true masters of British metal are, drawing on a variety of ingredients from their career to forge what is Saxon's most dynamic release in many a year."It all starts with the riff", says frontman and co-founder Biff Byford, "if the riff speaks to me, then we're on our way. It's a very intense album and that's all down to the fact that the essence of a great metal song is the riff that starts it, and this album has loads of them."From the title track's roll-back attack to the incessant speed and power of "Super Nova", this is Saxon at its purest and most definitive, aggressively parading the pure metal flag and imploring fans old and new to gather and celebrate the very best of both Saxon and the genre itself. "All For One" has the stomp and pure power of a "Princess Of The Night", while "The Pilgrimage" is classic "Crusader" era Saxon. Produced by Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Exodus, Accept and Richie Faulkner) at Backstage Recording Studios in Derbyshire with Byford with Sneap mixing and mastering, "Carpe Diem" strikes the ear as one of the most essential British metal statements of the last few years, one which will ignite the joy in stalwart supporters and attract a whole new legion to the Saxon fold."I love that sort of fast metal. I love 'Princess Of The Night' and '20,000 ft' and I try and bring that style of Saxon into the music now but in a bit more modern style", affirms Byford, "but it's the same five guys playing it and singing it, so I think we don't really sound like an old band on records because we're not really sitting back on our past success. We're always trying to make a great album." We want every album we make to go platinum", says Byford defiantly. "We never make an album that we don't expect to be fantastic because there are no laurels around here, only a commitment to the best songs and riffs we can write." Saxon have certainly made sure to seize the day; be sure you join them.
Line Up:
Paul Quinn - Guitars (1977-present) - See also: ex-Son of a Bitch, ex-Coast
Biff Byford - Vocals (1977-present), Bass (1986) - See also: The Scintilla Project, ex-Son of a Bitch, ex-Coast
Nigel Glockler - Drums (1981-1987, 1988-1998, 2005-present) - See also: ex-Thunderstorm, Mad Men and English Dogs, Winter's Reign, ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-The Bernie Tormë Band, ex-Toyah
Nibbs Carter - Bass (1988-present) - See also: ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton
Doug Scarratt - Guitars (1995-present) - See also: Mad Men and English Dogs
Tracklist:
01. Carpe Diem (Seize The Day)
02. Age Of Steam
03. The Pilgrimage
04. Dambusters
05. Remember The Fallen
06. Super Nova
07. Lady In Gray
08. All for One
09. Black Is The Night
10. Living On The Limit
11. Killing Ground (London 2016) (Japan Bonus Track)
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