 
Well let’s face it, when talking about heavy
metal one of the icons that you must give a mention
to is the everlasting legacy of British heroes
Saxon. Whilst though they are one of the greats
of the industry they’ve never quite cracked
into the big leagues amongst the likes of Judas
Priest, Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath, they have
released across their career a long line of consistently
enjoyable albums with some catchy hits here and
there. One of the pioneers of NWOBHM with some
of the songs that would stand tall on compilation
CD’s with “Wheels of Steel”
and “Denim and Leather” but even with
an arsenal of big songs and impressive albums
which have gained them a very loyal following,
it has never been quite as big as the icons of
that time.
Well seeing as I also gave a bash at Saxons last
output this time around I expected more as you
would from every bands latest effort but I fear
this is a band that has began to run on fumes,
these tracks just don’t seem to be as feisty
as one would expect from the standard usually
set. I mean after the sheer length of their career
and the ridiculous amount of songs they do have
they were bound to run out of decent themes. I’m
not knocking them though because Biff still belts
out those vocals with authority, the production
value if nothing short of fantastic, all the components
are there as they always have been but I don’t
know, maybe it’s because it’s becoming
a bit stale or overplayed but this just doesn’t
count for competition against their catalogue.
So all in all, more of the trademark Saxon sound
which you cannot really go wrong with but it doesn’t
stack up with their other releases; in 9 years
time when people are talking about the legacy
of Saxon I don’t think this one will be
cropping up in many conversations, don’t
have me mistaken it has its great moments but
it is relatively short and not as impressive as
past albums.
3/5
Review by James Webb
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