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Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder (2CD) Audio CD

A fair review of the Saxon "Heavy Metal Thunder (2CD)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Saxon reviews here, or go back to the Saxon tabs.

Saxon Band: Saxon
Title: Heavy Metal Thunder (2CD)
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-10-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Heavy Metal Thunder 2: Strong Arm Of The Law 3: Power & The Glory 4: And The Bands Played On 5: Crusader 6: Dallas 1pm 7: Princess Of The Night 8: Wheels Of Steel 9: 747 (Strangers In The Night) 10: Motorcycle Man 11: Never Surrender 12: Denim & Leather 13: Backs To The Wall 14: Broken Heroes 15: Dragon's Lair 16: The Eagle Has Landed 17: 20,000 FT. 18: Crusader

Excellent remake of already great songs

This album is excellent because it puts a new spin on great old songs like "And the band played on" and "Princess of the night". First off i will start by saying that this isnt exactly a best of saxon, although it does have there biggest and best songs, all of them have been modernized and re-recorded to optimize quality. The instrumentation has changed for the better, allowing such things as rhythm guitars and bass to come in much clearer are more powerful than ever was apparent on the older records.
Each song is not better than its origional, nor is it worse, it is just different, though on some songs like "Never surrender" i did wish the Biff keep his shouts and wistles to himself.
This album is a definite must have for anyone who loves metal music, but if this is going to be your first Saxon CD then i recommend also listening or buying any of their first 5 albums as to fully appreciate Saxon at their finest.
There is only one downside to this album, and that is the special second disc, that contains a few live songs from a tour in Texas, they are good songs, but the quality is crap and there are too many problems. Biff even says himself on one track that they were going to do a drum solo but the equipment broke. But you wont be buying this album for the live stuff!!.


Surprise Purchase of the Year
Longtime HM fan of the early 80's. . Priest, Maiden, Saxon. Stumbled on this CD and said why not. Hoping that it was just remastered, to my surprise, it was re-recorded! And blows away the original recordings. Biff is pushing mid 50's and sounds better now than he did 20 uears ago on this CD. Dallas 1PM was what early 80's metal was all about, and this version kicks some serious a$$!

I hope that more of the early metal bands follow this lead and re-record some of their vintage works because this was definitely the best $14. 95 I spent all year.


heavy metal thunder by saxon
What a great band,I am surprised that Saxon is not more popular in the USA. This cd got me back in to heavy metal. I just cant get enough of songs like Crusader,And the bands played on,Te eagle has landed,747,Dallas 1pm,and many more on this disc. This is what rock and roll is all about. With great songs like these its no wonder they are still around today,while alot of bands are gone and forgotten. Awesome,my neck got a good work out,from banging my head,if you know what i mean.


One of the best N.W.O.B.H.M albums period
So heres the review. Im not going to waste word another then to say this is a great album.

1. Heavy metal thunder, Saxon starts off the album with one of their best songs, great riffs and solos. 11/10

2. Strong arm of the Law, one of their catchier more rock songs but very good 8/10 (im learning to like it more so in a week it will probably be 9/10

3. Power and Glory. Powerful opening riff, cool bass during the chorus. I love this song becuase that opening riff just keeps popping up just when you think its died down. Great metal guitar solo, mainly becuase of the riff. 10/10

4. And the bands played on. A classic song that has great lyrics with a guitar riff that sounds very dramatic. 8. 5/10

5. Crusader. the weakest song here mainly becuase this was made around when saxon sold out. 6/10

6. Dallas One P. M. Good song kind of a tough guy guitar riff.
8/10

7. Princess of the Night. Heres where the album gets really good. Fast guitar riff, and nice guitar solo with a cool background riff. 10/10

8. Wheels of Steel. Not as good as motorcycle man, but with better guitar solo. decent riff. 10/10

9. Strangers in the night. Solid, good song, just was never really one of my favorites. 8/10

10. Motorcycle man. Great british metal riff with thrash like drumming, nice e cord pounding during the guitar solo, the whistling from biff sounds cool too. 11/10

11. Never Surrender. I love this song becuase it tells excatly what saxon did, they never did surrender for those of you who know saxons story this makes sense. Nice Rock/metal guitar riff, adrenilne pumping chorus and background riff, fast rocking guitar solo. The best part of this song is the end chorus where it seems like its going to end but with a pound of the cymbals the chorus goes on. 11/10

12. Denim and leather. the riff sound way ahead off its time, would be just an o. k song if it wasn't for the lyrics and what they are about. 8/10

13. Backs to the Wall. A hard fast rock tune, Biff kind of souns like David Lee Roth in the beggining with his scream
9/10

So buy this album if your into British metal or you think you like metal, great album my only complaint is i wish crusader was replaced with Machine Gun, one of my favotite Saxon Songs.


could have been voted 10 stars
Another great cd,a must have!!!!.


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