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Band
Saxon
Title
Sacrifice
Type
LP/EP
Company
UDR
YOR
2013
Style
Traditional
4/26/2013 - Review by: Eric Compton

Saxon
Sacrifice

Company: UDR
Release: 2013
Genre: NWOBHM, Traditional
Reviewer: EC

  • Saxon aren't going anywhere soon



  • "Sacrifice" is the perfect album title for Saxon's twentieth album to date. I can't imagine the mileage and baggage that is housed on Biff's back after decades of weary road travel and the everyday grind of being in a band. Unlike bands like Maiden and Priest I can't picture that this NWOBHM pioneer is cashing the same checks as Tipton, Downing and Harris. Yet, sacrifice is ultimately the rhyme and reason for Saxon's proverbial fountain of youth. The band have given up the normal life and its luxuries to travel the world as a working performer and year after year the group consistently deliver the goods on stage, on the road and in the studio--sacrificing a lifetime for metal fans.

    This new album comes by way of UDR (Motörhead, Girlschool) and is mixed, mastered and co-produced by the esteemed Andy Sneap. The end result is a powerful sound laced with high-end technology and Biff's blitzkrieg of furious vocals. This is a stellar follow up to the monumental "Call To Arms" and gives fans a real heavy power metal album similar to "Into The Labyrinth" mixed with the speedy tactics of "The Inner Sanctum".

    "Sacrifice" is firmly built around the modern Saxon sound that has flourished and thrived since 2000. The title track is laced with a driving metallic riff that builds on double bass and Biff's "Sacrifice" chants. "Made In Belfast" and "Guardians Of The Tomb" flirts with Megadeth styled thrash elements while "Stand Up And Fight" flourishes with that 80s anthemic formula. "Standing In A Queue" is simply Saxon of old, dirty British rock and roll that finishes the album off with pounding proof that Saxon aren't going anywhere soon, sure to carry on with the same intensity that fueled "Wheels Of Steel" all of those years ago.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: SAXON
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Call To Arms
    2011
    EMI
    Eric Compton7/2/2011
    4
    Dogs Of War (Reissue)
    2006
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton3/31/2006
    -
    Into The Labyrinth
    2008
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton11/29/2008
    4
    Lionheart
    2004
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton3/7/2006
    -
    Lionheart
    2004
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton9/15/2004
    -
    Sacrifice
    2013
    UDR
    Eric Compton4/26/2013
    4
    The Inner Sanctum
    2007
    SPV/Steamhammer
    Eric Compton8/17/2007
    -
    Thunderbolt
    2018
    Silver Lining
    Eric Compton1/25/2018
    4

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: SAXON
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE

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