| All Artists: Saxon Title: Lionheart Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Phantom Sound & Vision Release Date: 9/28/2004 Album Type: Import Genre: Metal Style: British Metal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 693723011127 |
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 | Saxon Lionheart Genre: Metal Saxon are British through and through. Not only are they among the founders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal that kick-started a new musical genre in the early Eighties, they?ve also upheld the theme of their native ... more » |
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Album Description Saxon are British through and through. Not only are they among the founders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal that kick-started a new musical genre in the early Eighties, they?ve also upheld the theme of their native country in their lyrics as well as in their music for some 25 years. Pretty much the same can be said of every aspect of their new, haunting album, Lionheart. From their impressive songwriting with its powerful sounds and ambitious lyrics about witch hunters, King Richard Lionheart and the attitude of British soldiers towards war, to their striking cover artwork, Saxon unequivocally stand by their origins. At the same time, the band surrounding vocalist Biff Byford display an energy that?s almost physically perceptible. Byford rightly explains: "Lionheart is the most powerful album we?ve ever recorded." Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsOne of Saxon's toughest Scott Hedegard | Fayetteville, AR USA | 09/25/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "You gotta hand it to the Brits - they love their history. Lemmy Kilmister is an acknowledged expert on war history, Iron Maiden's work is almost all historical in nature, and Biff Byford of Saxon puts his two cents worth in on "Lionheart". One immediately hears a resemblence to Iron Maiden, particulary "Dance of Death", but where the Maidens tend to border on the pompous with their super long tunes and Bruce Dickinson's operatic vocals, Saxon wisely keeps the arrangements more metallic and tougher, blending the musicianship with real honest-to-goodness headbanging riffs worthy of Priest in their heyday with a generous helping of thrash to take it up another notch. The title track is the high water mark, with lush keyboards that make the song breathe without wussing out. "Witchfinder General" will also induce concussions if you can find something hard enough to whap your skull against, or in the case of this middle-aged metal fuddy-duddy, throw your back out and put you in traction for trying to "jam" like you did 25 years ago. Oh well, with age comes experience, and with my guitarist background, I know great metal when I hear it, like this disc, and horrible, like Metallica's "St. Anger". It's refreshing to have lyrics that deal with intelligent subjects, rather than the usual crop of self-pity most American bands put out. Probably because they don't know enough to write about anything else." Not amateurish, but not AMAZING THÖM | 03/06/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "Sorry but these guys rock. They are pros, and you can hear it. I wouldn't call it a classic must own album, but if you like an extended collection, you won't go wrong picking this one up." Excellent! C. Ruiz | 04/13/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I'm not a die hard fan of Saxon, just got 3 of their albums, linoheart being one of them, all I can say is that this record totally blows my mind away! I think saxon is one of the few bands that remain true to their sound and roots, this cd proves that! (i have dogs of war and the last effort inner sanctum), my favorite tune off lionheart is beyond the grave, but all the tracks are non-let-down! Great lyrics, sometines one can think lyrics are not so important, but in this case they are just great, and along with the music it makes this album a must have! So buy it and enjoy it!"
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