BMG has set a November 17 release date for "Decade Of The Eagle", a deluxe anthology featuring thirty-four tracks that look back at the years that built the SAXON legend. "Decade Of The Eagle" is a retrospective that spans the band's first nine albums and represents the very best of the first decade of their astonishing career during which time SAXON notched up five Top 40 albums and four Top 20 singles. These 4LP (180g vinyl) and 2CD deluxe editions are in a gatefold sleeve that features a special metallic embossed coin on the cover. They also include new liner notes by frontman Biff Byford that document the decade and which are accompanied by rarely seen and classic photos from the era. Biff says: "These are the albums from a time in the eighties that moved a generation of rock fans around the world, when British rock was once again at the forefront. Great times — never to be forgotten and still reverberating to this day." SAXON played a significant part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement, perhaps the greatest metal genre of them all and have become one of the all-time masters of heavy metal. In doing so, SAXON have ensured they are now representative of the heart and soul from the NWOBHM time. Always remaining true to the values which established them in the first place they are driven by a desire to continuously set the highest standards and meet them head on, SAXON's work on those nine studio albums still resonates resoundingly — this is timeless stuff. "Decade Of The Eagle" track listing: 01. Stallions Of The Highway 02. Big Teaser 03. Backs To The Wall 04. Militia Guard 05. Wheels Of Steel 06. 747 (Strangers In The Night) 07. Suzie Hold On 08. Motorcycle Man (live) 09. Strong Arm Of The Law 10. Heavy Metal Thunder 11. 20,000ft (live) 12. Dallas 1PM 13. And The Bands Played On 14. Never Surrender 15. Denim And Leather 16. Fire In the Sky (live) 17. Princess Of The Night 18. Power & The Glory 19. This Town Rocks 20. The Eagle Has Landed 21. Midas Touch 22. Sailing To America 23. Crusader 24. Devil Rides Out 25. Back On The Streets 26. Rockin' Again 27. Rock N' Roll Gypsy 28. Broken Heroes 29. Waiting For The Night 30. Rock The Nations 31. Northern Lady 32. Battle Cry 33. Ride Like The Wind 34. Red Alert To pre-order your copy of "Decade Of The Eagle", go to www.pledgemusic.com/saxon. SAXON's new album, "Thunderbolt", is tentatively due in January 2018. The follow-up to 2015's "Battering Ram" is once again being recorded with British producer Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH, EXODUS and TESTAMENT.
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