Eagles Over Hellfest Saxon

• 1 Hell, Fire and Damnation (Live at Hellfest) 05:39
• 2 Motorcycle Man (Live at Hellfest) 03:46
• 3 Power and the Glory (Live at Hellfest) 05:18
• 4 Madame Guillotine (Live at Hellfest) 05:05
• 5 Heavy Metal Thunder (Live at Hellfest) 03:11
• 6 Dallas 1 PM (Live at Hellfest) 05:56
• 7 The Eagle Has Landed (Live at Hellfest) 07:19
• 8 Strong Arm of the Law (Live at Hellfest) 03:32
• 9 And the Bands Played On (Live at Hellfest) 03:01
• 10 Denim and Leather (Live at Hellfest) 05:00
• 11 Wheels of Steel (Live at Hellfest) 06:46
• 12 747 (Strangers in the Night) [Live at Hellfest] 04:42
• 13 Crusader (Live at Hellfest) 05:37
• 14 Princess of the Night (Live at Hellfest) 04:42
• Total Runtime 01:09:34

Info for Eagles Over Hellfest

In celebration of their majestic 'Castles & Eagles' headline shows at the Zénith in Paris, Nantes and Toulouse in September 2025, Saxon will release 'Eagles Over Hellfest' in June 2025 via Silver Lining Music.

The release will include the audio recording of their live show from Hellfest 2024, a show that encompasses all the best aspects of the famous 80s concerts in terms of incredible song selection and epic set design.

From 'Strong Arm Of The Law' to 'Power & The Glory' and 'Denim And Leather' to the recent 'Hell, Fire And Damnation', all of Saxon's great anthems have been revisited on 'Eagles Over Hellfest' - an essential collection showcasing the band's exemplary career in the service of heavy metal!

In a recent interview with Stefan Nilsson of Roppongi Rocks, SAXON frontman Biff Byford was asked about a possible follow-up to the band's 24th studio album, "Hell, Fire And Damnation", which came out in January 2024 via Silver Lining Music. He said: "We're actually doing some work on [the next SAXON LP] today. Mostly the ideas come from Brian [Tatler, guitar], Doug [Scarratt, guitar] and Nibbs [Tim Carter, bass], musical ideas. And my job is just basically to arrange everything, to write lyrics and come up with the melodies. Just those three things, really. But, yeah, so I leave it up to the boys to come up with the guitar riffs. And it's really down to me whether I like them or not. It's just how it is. It's worked really well for lots of years, so if it's not broke, then don't fix it, is what we say. So I think we'll probably start recording the next album in November, if everything's ready to go, and possibly finish it in January. So [it will] be out next year sometime."

Regarding how SAXON has managed to stay relevant for nearly five decades, Biff said: "I think you have to keep trying to write great songs and not fool yourself into thinking that something's great when it's not. It's quite easy to do that when you've been around a long time. So, yeah, I think keeping the quality high — not quantity— quality is always great. So, yeah, always trying to write songs that you like yourself and keep your fingers crossed that people like it as well. So I think the last 10 years we've had a good roll, had some great albums, and our fanbase has changed slightly. A younger fanbase now, as well as the older fans as well, so we're very lucky to have that, really, to be relevant still. But I think our music's a lot to do with that, and our attitude, 'cause we don't give a fuck, basically."

SAXON

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After more than 35 years and 13 million albums sold worldwide, Saxon are still relentless and passionate as they were back in the days of 'Wheels of Steel' and 'Denim and Leather'. The influential heavy metal outfit has been an inspiration for the likes of Metallica and Megadeth and a front-runner for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal sweeping the nation in the late 70s-early 80s.

Somewhere around South Yorkshire, UK there was a band that started life as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham 'Oly' Oliver, Steve 'Dobby' Dawson (27), Paul 'Blute' Quinn (26), Pete 'Frank' Gill (27) and Peter 'Biff' Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the New-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton. He had come up to Barnsley to see the band play at the town's Civic Hall. He was very impressed and recommended SAXON to Claude Carrere as candidates for his new label on the British scene, Carrere Records. Claude decided to offer them a contract, after hearing the band's demo tapes. List: www.saxon747.com

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