When the Boss sent a message asking for reflections of 2022, I put my thinking cap on and wondered about topics that I could cover. It’s been a cracking year for rock and metal, with resurgences in prog, thrash, death, and classic rock to name but four of the many genres we love. I covered … Continue reading 2022 Year In Review: Paul
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Gig Review: Saxon / Diamond Head – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff (14th November 2022)
It's been almost 40 years since my first gig. Saxon at St. David's Hall on January 21st, 1983. Since then, I've seen the quintessential heavy metal band many times across the UK. Bristol, Oxford, Glasgow, London, Bloodstock, Download and Steelhouse as well as several times in various venues in the Welsh capital. They are a … Continue reading Gig Review: Saxon / Diamond Head – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff (14th November 2022)
Festival Review: Steelhouse Festival 2022 – Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale (29th – 31st July)
It doesn’t matter how many times you come to this festival, arriving at the top of the mountain is a feeling like nothing else. The pure friendliness of the volunteers and organisers, the camaraderie between the fans and the quality of the line up improves year on year. Once up the ‘road’, parked up and … Continue reading Festival Review: Steelhouse Festival 2022 – Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale (29th – 31st July)
Saxon ask you to Seize the Tickets for their November 2022 tour
British heavy metal legends Saxon are thrilled to announce a full UK headline tour in November 2022. General sale will go live on Friday 10:00 AM GMT on all main platforms, including www.myticket.co.uk and www.saxon747.com. Frontman Biff Byford comments: Can’t wait to get out on a real tour again, it’s gonna be monumental! See you … Continue reading Saxon ask you to Seize the Tickets for their November 2022 tour
Album Review: Saxon – Carpe Diem
Few bands have the resilience of Yorkshire’s Saxon. Since their formation as Son of a Bitch in the mid-1970s, Saxon’s career has been a rollercoaster of a ride. Mistakenly included as part of the early round of NWOBHM, the band soared high in the 1980s with participation at the first Monsters of Rock festival in … Continue reading Album Review: Saxon – Carpe Diem
Classic Covers: Saxon – “Paperback Writer” (original by The Beatles)
You wait ages for a Beatles cover, then two come along at once... We encountered My Pleasure's reworking of the entire Revolver album a few days ago, and now we discover that Saxon are releasing an album featuring covers of songs which inspired them (hence the title Inspirations). They're already released "Paint it Black" and "Speed King", … Continue reading Classic Covers: Saxon – “Paperback Writer” (original by The Beatles)