The latest effort to reconnect with the bands I loved in my youth takes me, once again, to
Saxon. The quintet from Yorkshire went off the rails in the mid-80s, attempting to emulate the hair metal sound of bands like
Def Leppard and
Whitesnake and doing a piss-poor job of it. It wasn't until the 90s that
Saxon began to rediscover its NWOBHM roots and produce quality music again. One of their better efforts was the 1999 release
Metalhead. Although a bit uneven, there are several solid tracks on the album, including "Are We Travellers in Time", "Sea of Life" and "Conquistador" (which Biff Byford annoyingly insists on pronouncing 'con-KWISS-ta-door').
Saxon, as it turns out, was quite prolific in the 90s, with
Forever Free (1992),
Dogs of War (1995) and
Unleash the Beast (1997) still to come on my list of albums to check out. I can't wait.
-Rognar-
2 comments:
Why is it usually metal bands that has the best album covers?
Cool music demands cool art.
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