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SAXON To Release 'Battering Ram' Album In October; Video For Title Track Released

On October 16, British heavy metal legends SAXON will release their 21st studio album, "Battering Ram", in North America via UDR Music. The official video for the CD's title track can be seen below. In this no-nonsense, sharp clip, Biff and the boys are captured at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, U...

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DORO PESCH Discusses Upcoming Studio Album, 'Strong & Proud' 30th-Anniversary DVD

On July 26, Planet Mosh TV conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch at this year's edition of the Steelhouse Festival at Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, near Ebbw Vale in South Wales. You can now watch the chat below. Asked when fans can expect to hear the follow-up to her 2012 album "Raise You...

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Video: SAXON Performs At U.K.'s RAMBLIN' MAN FAIR

Fan-filmed video footage of British heavy metal legends SAXON performing at the Ramblin' Man Fair on July 25 at Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom can be seen below. As previously reported, SAXON has set "Battering Ram" as the title of its 21st studio album, tentatively due this fall via UDR...

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Why Heavy Metal Fans Are Most Loyal

Spotify last month published data that found heavy metal has the most loyal fans across the world of any major genre by a wide margin. The music streaming service put together a series of charts and interactives showing the variety of musical genres online and how these genres vary around the world....

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SAXON To Release 'Battering Ram' Album In The Fall

British heavy metal legends SAXON have set "Battering Ram" as the title of their 21st studio album, tentatively due this fall via UDR Music. Speaking to the "Metal Hammer Magazine Show"about the musical direction of SAXON's follow-up to 2013's "Sacrifice", the band's frontman, Biff Byford, said: "So...

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New Book 'Iron Maiden: '80 '81' Tells Story Of Legendary Metal Band's Paul Di'Anno Years

By the mid-to-late '80s, IRON MAIDEN was unquestionably one of the biggest heavy metal bands on the planet — regularly headlining arenas and stadiums, each new album rocketing up the charts, and t-shirts sporting their ghastly mascot (Eddie) was one of the most popular fashion statements by metalhea...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD On Upcoming Album: 'It's A Mixture Of Rock And Roll And Heavy Metal'

Metal Wani 's Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking about the progress of the recording sessions for SAXON's new studio album, Biff said: "Nigel's [Glockler...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Reveals New Songtitles, Lyrical Themes

British heavy metal legends SAXON are hard at work on material for their new album, due later in the year. The band's lead vocalist, Biff Byford, tells the "Metal Hammer Magazine Show" on TeamRock Radio: "We have lots of ideas and I've been in the studio with [producer] Andy Sneap [MEGADETH, EXODUS,...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: It's Very, Very Important To Be Musically Unpredictable

Thorium magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON on December 3 at Le Bikini in Toulouse, France. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he thinks SAXON's most recent albums are musically connected to the band's classic eighties efforts, Byfor...

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SAXON Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Rushed To Hospital; Remaining UK Dates Postponed

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been forced to postpone the remaining dates on their UK tour due to Nigel Glockler's health issues. The drummer was rushed to hospital on Monday night; more details will follow as soon as available. Says SAXON singer Biff Byford in a Facebook post: "Nigel, our...

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SAXON And ARMORED SAINT To Team Up For U.S. Shows

British heavy metal legends SAXON and veteran Los Angeles metallers ARMORED SAINT will team up for a few select shows in U.S. next spring. Confirmed shows are May 8 in New York City at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, May 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the Palladium and May 30 in West Hollywood a...

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SAXON To Begin Recording New Album In January

British heavy metal legends SAXON will enter the studio in early 2015 to begin recording the follow-up to 2013's "Sacrifice" for a late summer release. "We're making the new album in January, February and March. And then we go to America in May," SAXON vocalist Biff Byford told Rock Bottom during a...

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SAXON To Release 'Warriors Of The Road - The Saxon Chronicles Part II' DVD, CD, Blu-Ray

British heavy metal legends SAXON continue their detailed documentation of life on the road with "Warriors Of The Road - The Saxon Chronicles Part II", to be released in Europe on November 7 and in North America on November 25. The set features extensive coverage of the band's 2013 appearance at the...

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SAXON Begins Writing New Material

British heavy metal legends SAXON have commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2013's "Sacrifice", tentatively due next year. "We're on a bit of a break [from composing new material] at the moment," SAXON vocalist Biff Byford revealed during an interview with the "Rockposer's Roulette...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Fronts THE SCINTILLA PROJECT For 'The Hybrid' Album

"Scintilla", a science fiction thriller, is set deep underground in the wilds of a former Soviet state where strange genetic experiments are taking place. A war-weary mercenary is hired to lead a company scientist to the secret underground laboratory and with his team of mercenaries to steal the res...