In Italy the magazines generally say that the classic songs re-recorded are all historical and great tracks but there wasn't need of this kind of release,especially cause it's a single cd (and i could add that 8 songs of it were in the KG bonus disc) of songs already released before many times.Everybody wanted a new cd.
And all the reviews say that the quality of the live songs in the second cd is very low.
Being a Saxon fan i support the band but i'd have preferred at least a double cd with many more songs.. Practically the most of the Saxon fans already got the bonus cd of KG and 5 new rerecorded songs and live tracks of not so high quality is surely not the best realease i'd have hoped from Saxon.
From the other side in the last two years the band has been great live headlining Wacken last year,the Sweden Rock festival,The Bang Your Head festival... and its name is surely more considered now than some years ago(Forever free times for example).This is a great thing but the band imo should write a new album just after the HMT tour at the beginning of the next year.I really hope there will be a new album before the end of the 2003,the moment for the band is quite positive(considering that the metal now is completely damaged by all not metal mass-medias).
Last point: it seems that apart from the great quantity of live shows played all over the world by the band,what's behind the band it's a label that still didn't understand the importance of internet nowadays not giving any kind of infos apart the more obvious( hi.. the new Saxon album is out today,it's called .. STOP).Just take a look at Blaze site,the guy and the band are great imo, but apart from this they have some guys behind them taking care of a great site with many funny things(like Blazegame .. i really don't know exactly what it is but i always see much interest in that board..)that keep the fans wanting to see daily what's new in Blazeworld.If SPV would give some money to two,three guys, to take care of the board daily surely the band would sell even more cause now internet it's a company during all the day for so many people and it's time for a band like Saxon that it's used in the best way.
STAY HEAVY CRUSADERS
PS: Come on please release the DVD of Wacken 2001(featuring the videos of Dogs and Unleash if it's legally possible) and after the new album consider the idea of a new live album(eagle has landed part 3?) with all the unreleased live songs from the last four albums(from the great Unleash The Beast record).
And all the reviews say that the quality of the live songs in the second cd is very low.
Being a Saxon fan i support the band but i'd have preferred at least a double cd with many more songs.. Practically the most of the Saxon fans already got the bonus cd of KG and 5 new rerecorded songs and live tracks of not so high quality is surely not the best realease i'd have hoped from Saxon.
From the other side in the last two years the band has been great live headlining Wacken last year,the Sweden Rock festival,The Bang Your Head festival... and its name is surely more considered now than some years ago(Forever free times for example).This is a great thing but the band imo should write a new album just after the HMT tour at the beginning of the next year.I really hope there will be a new album before the end of the 2003,the moment for the band is quite positive(considering that the metal now is completely damaged by all not metal mass-medias).
Last point: it seems that apart from the great quantity of live shows played all over the world by the band,what's behind the band it's a label that still didn't understand the importance of internet nowadays not giving any kind of infos apart the more obvious( hi.. the new Saxon album is out today,it's called .. STOP).Just take a look at Blaze site,the guy and the band are great imo, but apart from this they have some guys behind them taking care of a great site with many funny things(like Blazegame .. i really don't know exactly what it is but i always see much interest in that board..)that keep the fans wanting to see daily what's new in Blazeworld.If SPV would give some money to two,three guys, to take care of the board daily surely the band would sell even more cause now internet it's a company during all the day for so many people and it's time for a band like Saxon that it's used in the best way.
STAY HEAVY CRUSADERS
PS: Come on please release the DVD of Wacken 2001(featuring the videos of Dogs and Unleash if it's legally possible) and after the new album consider the idea of a new live album(eagle has landed part 3?) with all the unreleased live songs from the last four albums(from the great Unleash The Beast record).
