Audio CD review:
Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed

Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed

Band: Saxon Title: The Eagle Has Landed Rating: Release Date: 2007-06-18 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Motorcycle Man 2: 747 (Strangers In The Night) 3: Princess Of The Night 4: Strong Arm Of The Law 5: Heavy Metal Thunder 6: 20,000 Ft 7: Wheels Of Steel 8: Never Surrender 9: Fire In The Sky 10: Machine Gun

Heavy Metal Thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you never heard Saxon or 80's british metal start here. This is pure hard rock at it's best. This is like a greatest hits live album. I bought this after seeing them in concert and I was blown away. I only have 2 other albums by them but this is by far the best. . . Every song just kicks *** and I highly recommend it!!!!. If you like compilations.... If you want itnroduce yourself to Saxon, it's a good start. Weel, this surely is one hell of a great live album. The set list (ten songs) DOES NOT contain all their best material up to that point, when they had recorded four albums (but they did not use here any song from their debut album). Also this album is the debut of drummer Nigel Glockler, a very resourceful addiction to the band, replacing Pete Gill. It has tons of energy (altough "Wheels of Steel" gets a bit boring. . . . ). Good acquisiton, if you like compilations. A Must Have For Any Serious Heavy Metal Fan! They came out around the same time as IRON MAIDEN and DEF LEPPARD, but had only a fraction of those bands' success. SAXON are the unsung heroes of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). "The Eagle Has Landed" represents SAXON as an unstoppable Heavy Metal band. What they lacked in catchy commercial hooks, they more than compensated in the heaviness and aggression departments. This is indeed a very intense album with a sound lacking in most "live" albums now-a-days. This has to be simply one of the best live metal albums of all time, along with PRIEST's "Unleashed In The East" and MOTORHEAD's "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith". It's fast, loud and uncompromisingly brutal. From the opening song, "Motorcycle Man" to the all out Thrash-before-Thrash of "Fire in The Sky/Machine Gun", this album will kick you square in the butt. An essential purchase for ANY fan of Vintage Heavy Metal!. A must have - full stop Sure their recent stuff is excellent, but this is their live album having their best classics, before they actually became classics. Saxon at their very best in their early days. Best songs from Saxon, Wheels of Steel, Heavy Metal Thunder and the (less good) Denim & Leather all captured Live. I you think you like rock --> then this is a MUST have. A Must Have Though the original album release has a better version of Princess Of The Night, the version on this CD does not disapoint. This CD is a must have for any Metal collection. This CD has a great compulation of their songs to that point in time. You can see a complete list of all Saxon discography, or go back to the Saxon tabs