Track-by-track review of the new SAXON "Sacrifice"
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Element_man
Lord of the Realm
It's already been 18 months since 2011's Call To Arms. It's never too early for a new Saxon disc.
nomisofsiman
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Hope it's better than Call to Arms. I couldn't get into that one at all. It was far too retro sounding hard rock for me, like the very early Saxon. I hope for a disk in the vein of Lionheart which I think is the best Saxon album for my tastes. Judging by the review the album should be more along those lines.
Lionheart is also one of the very best Saxon releases for me. But I think Calls to Arms was also excellent, yes in a more "retro" way. I'm guessing you'll enjoy the new one from this review and some other stuff I read elsewhere...
nomisofsiman
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I can't disagree with you there, but I loved it as I thought it was pretty cool they did an old school Saxon album.
SF Metal Man
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To each his own. I'll take "Call to Arms" over "Lionheart" any day. But of the "non-retro" albums, I'll take "Unleash the Beast."
But hey, Saxon has never but out an album I hated. I'm looking forward to hearing this.
Purveyor Of Evil
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nomisofsiman
Member
You must not have heard "Rock the Nations" or "Destiny." Saxon is one of my absolute favorites, but they did have a rough patch in the late 80s/early 90s.
zinescene
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I'm one of the old farts on the board...I was in high school when Strong Arm of the Law & Wheels of Steel, Denim & Leather Came out so to me everything has paled in comparison to those to relics...that said Crusader & Killing Ground have been the two best releases IMO since that era. (Though I have to add a disclaimer that I haven't listened to much of the newer stuff. Still, always looking forward a new Saxon release!
You can listen to the album intro "The Procession" and the title track there: http://www.udr-music.com/index.php/saxon-band
This sounds excellent to me!
This sounds excellent to me!
Sounds much better than the last album. Still not loving it as much as you Guillaume, you Saxon fanboy! 
It's much better than Call To Arms but the songs didn't seem catchy at all really. However the guitar is just about the best sound EVER. What a colossal sound they've got. I need to play it again bgut I doubt I will get much joy from this album cause the song writing is just a bit bland for me. But boy is that guitar sound something else.
Guardians Of The Tomb is very catchy IMO. I think the whole album is excellent, but yes, the choruses are maybe "simpler" this time, with just the title of the song repeated a few times (Iron Maiden syndrome?). But it's still damn effective. And yes, the guitars rip.
I'll say it again: Saxon is probably the best of the "old" bands and one of the very few whose newer material (as in the last 10-15 years) is just as good (if not better) than the early classics.
Agree about Guardians of the Tomb. That song did catch my ear as being the best one of the bunch but a lot of the songs have the one word or line chorus which I'm not actually bothered about, it's just the melody line is just a bit simple and when you're listening to a ncely built verse you're waiting for a big chest beating chorus and it falls flat most of the time. I know you won't hear a bad word about Saxon G-man so at least we can agree it's better than the last album hehe!
