Interview Doug Scarrat and Review "Lionheart"

Bittor Mikel

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Hi metalheads,

As a member of the staff of Metaldreams.com, a metal based webzine, I send this e-mail to tell that on the website we have uploaded recently an interview (in Spanish) with Doug Scarrat and a review of “Lionheart” album.

To read the interview link in “Entrevistas” secction, and the review link over the album cover.

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If you want a exchange of links, it could be really apreciated.

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Bittor Mikel

www.metaldreams.com
 
macc189 go to the following web site, then cut and paste the Spanish text in the box and it will translate it for you.. albeit it comes out funny in places, but you can get the jist of it..

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

hope it helps...
 
the translation is priceless, here it is in all its 'English' glory!

New album of SAXON and has obtained it again. SAXON have been surpassed to if same, and it was not easy task, not only by the enormous race that they have to his backs, if no, and very specially, because unlike other classic bands, their last works have been of great quality. "Killing ground" supposed everything already a success and this "Lionheart" is even better than the previous one. A disc that soon will become a classic one of our music and that is comparable - everyone in its time with the classic albums of the British formation that was santo and sign of the famous N.W.O.B.H.M. From the same principle it is already seen as SAXON go to by all, without remaining restricted in the style that they themselves helped to create, but without moving away of the essence that is to impregnate everything what the followers of Biford create, "general Witchfinder" is everything trallazo of Heavy present Metal where the presence of the new member of the band notices excessively: Jorg Michael (exStratovarious) to the stuck battery with a great one, I has liked the election of Michael to replace Fritz, and that that I can assure to you that I have observed with magnifying glass the work of the percusionista because it admired to the previous one in the position and was skeptical before which it could offer a man like Michael to a band like SAXON, was mistaken, excellent. "Man and machine" is less quick than the previous one, but equally good, it has riff of heavy guitar and sharp mixed with dense passages like which they lay out the SAXON race thus and, mixing with masters these two facets it is since SAXON have managed to sound present and simultaneously to if same, this one subject contains in addition a double punteo to guitar of the best ones than I have listened lately. After the titled introduction "The return" touches the turn to one of the best songs of SAXON, homónima to him "Lionheart" that will put the end hairs, that Inheriting feeling trasmite of songs like the mythical "Crusader" of 1984 as much by the thematic one (dedicated to King Ingles Ricardo Heart of Leon) like by the quality and musical originality, a subject to half hard time but and with a Biford full and changes of rate that transport to the listener from a feeling to another one. "Beyond the burdens" is another half time that alternates hard parts with other but smooth ones with riff dry very similar to which the band has been recording these last years and that could have disc capacity like "Killing ground" or "Metalhead". "Justice" is pure Heavy Metal with Biff full of form and a sound of novel guitar for which they are SAXON, very quick but simultaneously melódico, loves of great a single one of guitar. "To live by the sword" is perfect. It has riff of deserving guitar to appear next to the great guitarrazos created by the British maquina of Heavy Metal in the past such as "747(Strangers in the night)", "Princess of the night" or "Demin and to leather" and that is the best thing than Metal can be said of a song of Heavy. A single one of very quick guitar pushed by the battery of Jorg Michael until the limit, and again, the impressive voice of Biff Biford that to its 55 years can give lessons to the immense majority of the present singers of success. Small interludio "Jack stars" us retrotrae to first half of the eighty with "English man ` or to war" whose essence this connected with songs as "20,000 Motorcycle man" or "feet" although something but lasts. "for Searching Atlantis" is much but present, with an impeccable production - all the album sounds tremendously well, everything in its site and the exact moment although is something insipid, comparing it with the rest of its disc companions; and the work closes with "Flying on very the edge" with another great riff and guitar, heavy and sharp and a refrain SAXON. "Lionheart" this engraving in England in 2004, but if they say to you that it has been rescued of the tunnel of the masterizado time and today, you can arrive to believe to you. It is the best disc not them already of this month, if not of the year. And one of best of the race of SAXON... and the that that have 16 discs of study in their salary. Essential.
 
And one of best of the race of SAXON... and the that that have 16 discs of study in their salary. Essential.
What?! :confused: And indeed Paxoman, translate the translation! ("Beyond the Burden", Denim and to Leather") But you can understand most of it anyway :Spin:
 
Cheers for that, Macc - like all translations, it's worth reading for the comedy value as well as obtaining the information!
I am somewhat dubious about the author's descision that 'English Man 'O' War' was somehow related to '20,000 Feet' and, amazingly, 'Motorcycle Man'!

Hey, Paxo - did you know that there is an actual word to describe your request of translating a translation? It's called Transliteration - developed by the guys that translated the Bible - but it kind of takes all the fun out of it, you know!