Saxon - Battering Ram

[Psyko Killer]

"We're making the new album in January, February and March. And then we go to America in May," SAXON vocalist Biff Byford told Rock Bottom during a recent interview (see video below). [The new CD will be released] maybe [in] August or September."

Regarding how the new SAXON material is shaping up, Biff said: "I'm not gonna tell you, [but] it's heavy. There are some great classics, some melodic stuff on there as well."


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[Mr. Sandman]

Hellfest !!

[Psyko Killer]

Putain mais oui!!!

[Mr. Sandman]

En attendant, encore des ré-éditions de compil et live...

Saxon are ready to kick off 2015 with the re-release of two classic collections, each covering significant career highlights as well as offering something new in their ’15 versions.

On February 13th, Heavy Metal Thunder will make it’s market re-entry together with a brand new bonus CD Live At Bloodstock. First released in 2002, Heavy Metal Thunder features 13 bona-fide Saxon classics from the halcyon days of the early 80s, with eight of the cuts having been re-recorded again in 2001 to offer a fresh perspective.

Heavy Metal Thunder - Bloodstock Edition trailer:



At the same time, fans will also once again be able to buy The Saxon Chronicles, a double-disc DVD which now also includes a bonus CD titled Rock’n’Roll Gypsies 1989 Live. Released originally in 2003, The Saxon Chronicles is a double-DVD set which features not only the band’s 2001 Wacken performance, but original song videos, interviews and exclusive on-tour documentaries.

The Saxon Chronicles re-release trailer:

[Thrashos]

Pour ceux qui ne sont pas au courant, Nigel a eu des soucis des santé les derniers jours et à fini à l'hosto. Il vient d'avoir une opération pour un anévrisme au cerveau qui n'a pas eu de succès, il y retourne sous peu...

Nigel had surgery today for the brain aneurysm, but unfortunately it was not successful with the first option, so he will be undergoing another operation tomorrow.

I've been reading him all of your messages and posts, and he is so very touched by them.

Thank you all for the love and support, it means the world to us.

Please keep the good vibes, prayers and juju coming his way.

Big Big Thanks
Gina Glockler

[Larry]

erf

[trace la route]

La 2ème opération s'est bien passée apparemment (Facebook du groupe)

[Mr. Sandman]

C'est le fils de Udo qui remplacera Nigel sur les prochains concerts anglais de Saxon.

British heavy metal legends SAXON have recruited Sven Dirkschneider (pictured), the son of legendary ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, to sit behind the kit for their upcoming UK tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early February.

Une petite piécette sur Sven comme futur batteur de UDO ou Accept ?

[Everflow]

Vu que c'est le rejeton comme batteur de UDO ça serait faisable ouais, par contre Accept ça ne risque pas. D'autant que ces derniers sont localisés aux USA depuis pas mal de temps déjà.

[Mr. Sandman]

C'était pas une bonne idée de poster ça aussitôt après le repas du 1er janvier.
Un Dirkschneider dans Accept ne semble effectivement plus vraiment possible.

[Yathin Lizzy]

Pas forcément. C'est Udo qui n'a pas voulu revenir une enième fois vu les différents échecs des dernière reformations avec lui.
Je pense qu'il ne devait pas s'attendre à ce que son ancien groupe revienne à un tel niveau.... mais surtout persiste dans la longévité.
Ca doit pas être super facile pour lui....

[Mc Brain]

Ouais, il doit avoir mal en bas d'UDO!

[Everflow]

Plus d'infos :

British heavy metal legends SAXON have set "Battering Ram" as the title of their 21st studio album, tentatively due this fall via UDR Music.

Speaking to the "Metal Hammer Magazine Show"about the musical direction of SAXON's follow-up to 2013's "Sacrifice", the band's frontman, Biff Byford, said: "Some of it is quite brutal, but there's quite a lot of melodic stuff on there as well. Every SAXON album is different to the one before because we like to entertain people and we don't really like to write the same song all the time."

Songtitles set to appear on "Battering Ram" include "The Devil's Footprint", which recounts a tale from the 1600s while another track, "Tax 'Till You Drop", looks at evil of another kind. The CD's title cut is "a bit like 'Heavy Metal Thunder', just a new version," Biff told The Rockpit. "It's about the audience raging at the barriers." Regarding "The Devil's Footprint", Biff said: "[It] is a legend of a couple hundred years ago [when] people woke up with fresh snow and they saw hoof prints on the roof across the lake and they followed it for many miles and it couldn't be explained." As for some of the other tracks on the CD, Biff said: "I'm doing another song about, well I used to be a big chess player, I used to play a lot of chess but not so much these days. So I wrote a song called 'Queen Of Hearts' or 'Red Queen', which is a little bit, 'Alice In Wonderland'-y, a little bit chess-y game. So, a little bit deeper lyrics. There's another one called 'The Drinking Song'."

"Battering Ram" is once again being helmed by acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, ACCEPT).

"I co-produced, more or less, 15 albums with SAXON, so I know how to record," Biff told The Rockpit. "You just have to have a great team — a great engineer and a great band. On this one, I thought I'd give Andy a chance to do everything with the band himself. Obviously, I'm in control of the overall executive duty-type thing."

Speaking about the songwriting process for "Battering Ram", Biff said: "It's a little bit different on this one. We've not written as many songs together on this album. Me and Nibbs [SAXON bassist Timothy 'Nibbs' Carter] have written a few things together, so it's a little bit different than the last, but we're all working together. Doug [Scarratt, guitar] and Paul [Quinn, guitar] have come up with some stuff, and so we can get it on the album as well. A lot of the heavy stuff comes from Nibbs anyway — the actual guitar licks."

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[Auric]

"Pounding the world like a battering ram" !

[Psyko Killer]

Vivement l'automne!

[SophiePetoncule]

Ouais, il doit avoir mal en bas d'UDO!

[Thrashos]

La pochette:

[Mc Brain]

Je trouve dommage qu'il y ait autant de vert sur la pochette, et puis le banc, je ne comprends pas trop la signification. Sinon le dessin sur le chevalet est pas mal.

[jony]

[Thrashos]

Tu comprends vraiment rien à l'abstrait!

[the fab]

Moi je trouve que le mur est bien maçonné. Du travail de pro assurément.

[Fantomas]

[Mordor]

édition vinyl Ltd. Edition Deluxe Boxset - 16 octobre
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battering-Ram-E ... l_1#disc_1

Disc: 1

1. Battering Ram
2. The Devil's Footprint
3. Queen Of Hearts
4. Destroyer
5. Hard and Fast
6. Eye of The Storm
7. Stand Your Ground
8. Top Of The World
9. To The End
10. Kingdom Of The Cross
11. Three Sheets To The Wind (The Drinking Song)


Disc: 2

1. Intro & Hammer Of The Gods (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
2. Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
3. Motorcycle Man (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
4. Back in '79 (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
5. Never Surrender (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
6. Fire in the Sky (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
7. Midnight Rider (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
8. And The Bands Played On (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
9. The Eagle Has Landed (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
10. Play It Loud (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
11. Rough and Ready (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
12. Out Of Control (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
13. Denim And Leather (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
14. Princess Of The Night (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
15. 747 (Strangers In The Night) [Saxon Over Sweden 2011]
16. Crusader (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
17. Strong Arm Of The Law (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)
18. Wheels Of Steel (Saxon Over Sweden 2011)

[Psyko Killer]

Et la pochette (plus visible que ci-dessus) aussi pour ceux qui l'ont pas encore vu:

[Mordor]