As we wind down our Album Of The Year coverage with staff and guest posts, we have another from our venerable pundit Gary Alcock! Gary shares his personal Top Ten Albums of 2018. Continue reading
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Saxon Plan To Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary In 2019
Legendary NWOBHM band Saxon is still going strong in 2018 with their new album Thunderbolt (Silver Lining) and their recent tours with Judas Priest. In a new interview with Moshpit Passion, singer Biff Byford discussed the possibility of celebratory vibe for 2019 concerts and festivals paying tribute to the bands fortieth year in metal. The band are currently touring throughout the end of 2018, and are touring behind the new deluxe tour edition of Thunderbolt. Continue reading
Saxon To Reissue Their First Live Album “The Eagle Has Landed”
New Wave of British Heavy Metal greats Saxon are releasing a deluxe edition of their classic first live album The Eagle Has Landed, will be reissued on October 19th. The album features bonus tracks recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon in 1981-1982. Saxon are on tour supporting their 2018 release Thunderbolt, and just released a special tour edition of that album too. New dates kick off next week in Brussels, BE. Pre-order links are live at the link below.
September 7th 2018 New Music Releases
Saxon Announce Special Tour Edition Of “Thunderbolt” This Fall
Saxon has been killing it all year behind their critically acclaimed new album Thunderbolt. Now they will release a deluxe tour edition of the album, this September 7th via their label Militia Guard Music. The Special Tour Edition features live recordings of ‘Thunderbolt’ and ‘Nosferatu (The Vampire’s Waltz)’ recorded in Frankfurt and Los Angeles on the 2018 Thunderbolt World Tour. The CD format also contains a 10” x 10” poster with photos of the band while on Tour. Pre-orders are live as of today.Continue reading
Saxon Shares New Music Video For “The Secret Of Flight”
Saxon, on the heels of a stellar run of recent tour dates with Judas Priest and Black Star Riders in America, have released a brand new music video for the track ‘The Secret Of Flight’. The song comes from excellent recent album Thunderbolt. Continue reading
Judas Priest – Saxon – Black Star Riders: Live At Worcester Palladium
On Friday, March 23rd, Judas Priest rolled into the newly renovated Worcester Palladium for a sold-out date on their Firepower Tour with legends Saxon and Black Star Riders. What a breath of fresh air this show was. I honestly can’t remember the last concert I attended that did not have at least one band on the bill with some sort of controversy surrounding them or was not inclined to espouse their political beliefs on stage (whether for the better or worse). This tour is just a class act from start to finish. No bullshit, no drama, no politics, just good old Rock n’ Roll, and Metal.Continue reading
Mastodon, Motörhead, Stone Sour, Kreator, AC/DC & More Among 2018 ‘Record Store Day’ Releases
Record Store Day is coming up on April 21st, and just like previous years, there will be a ton of cool releases from artists in rock and heavy metal. Continue reading
Saxon – Thunderbolt
You have to wonder how Saxon do it. While some bands can take four or five years, or in some cases even longer, to release new music, Saxon have never taken more than three, and the quality rarely dips. They might only be simple songs with simple structures, but it’s not very often you can listen to a Saxon album and not be able to remember the choruses to at least three songs after just one or two listens.Continue reading
Saxon Pay Tribute To Motörhead With “They Played Rock And Roll”
Saxon will be releasing their 22nd studio album, Thunderbolt, on February 2nd via Militia Guard (Silver Lining Music), and we have another new song for your listening pleasure today. Continue reading