Year : 2025
Style : Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 128 kbps + scans
Size : 161 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:
In celebration of their majestic ‘Castles & Eagles’ headline shows next September 2025 at the Zénith in Paris, SAXON will be releasing “Eagles Over Hellfest” on June 13th 2025, via Silver Lining Music. The album features the audio recording of their live show from Hellfest 2024, a set that embraced all the best aspects of the famous ’80s concerts, in terms of incredible song selection and epic stage design.From ‘Strong Arm Of The Law’ to ‘Power & The Glory’ and ‘Denim And Leather’ to the latest ‘Hell, Fire And Damnation’, all of SAXON’s greatest anthems have been revisited here, an unmissable collection showcasing the band’s exemplary career devoted to Heavy Metal.
Line-Up:
Biff Byford - Vocals (1978-present), Bass (1986) - See also: Biff Byford, Spin the Wheel, The Scintilla Project, ex-Son of a Bitch, ex-Coast, ex-Jumble Lane
Brian Tatler - Guitar
Doug Scarratt - Guitar (1995-present) - See also: Mad Men and English Dogs
Nibbs Carter - Bass (1988-present) - See also: ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton
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-GTR, ex-The Bernie Tormë Band, ex-Toyah
Tracklist:
01. Hell, Fire and Damnation (Live at Hellfest) (05:39)
02. Motorcycle Man (Live at Hellfest) (03:46)
03. Power and the Glory (Live at Hellfest) (05:19)
04. Madame Guillotine (Live at Hellfest) (05:05)
05. Heavy Metal Thunder (Live at Hellfest) (03:11)
06. Dallas 1 PM (Live at Hellfest) (05:56)
07. The Eagle Has Landed (Live at Hellfest) (07:19)
08. Strong Arm of the Law (Live at Hellfest) (03:32)
09. And the Bands Played On (Live at Hellfest) (03:01)
10. Denim and Leather (Live at Hellfest) (05:00)
11. Wheels of Steel (Live at Hellfest) (06:46)
12. 747 (Strangers in the Night) [Live at Hellfest] (04:42)
13. Crusader (Live at Hellfest) (05:37)
14. Princess of the Night (Live at Hellfest) (04:42)
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