{"id":14209,"date":"2020-12-15T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2020-12-13T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T20:30:21","slug":"saxon-announce-details-of-inspirations-album-set-for-early-2021-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14209","title":{"rendered":"Saxon announce details of ‘Inspirations’ Album & Video set for early 2021 release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>British Heavy Metal legends\u00a0Saxon\u00a0<\/strong>will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album\u00a0Inspirations<\/em><\/strong>, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced\u00a0Biff Byford\u00a0<\/strong>& the band.<\/p>\n

Set for release on March 19th<\/sup>2021, via Silver Lining Music,\u00a0Inspirations\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>gets things rolling with the release of\u00a0Saxon<\/strong>\u2019s crunching take on\u00a0The\u00a0<\/strong>Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u2019 \u2018Paint It Black<\/strong>\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0Biff Byford\u00a0<\/strong>comments: \u201cLoved this band since I first saw them and heard them. \u00a0I liked the Beatles, but the Stones appealed to my rebel side; their iconic look\u2026 so many great songs, such a great attitude in the music!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Inspirations\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshire\u2019s impressionist artists \u2013 the Staithes Group.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0Byford<\/strong>, recording\u00a0Inspirations\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project. \u201cThe warmth and feel of\u00a0Inspirations\u00a0<\/strong>had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it \u2018old-school\u2019 style<\/em>,\u201d\u00a0Byford\u00a0<\/strong>explains. \u201cThis is how many bands back in the day -including some of the ones covered here- made such great albums, so it just felt really good to be able to do this somewhere like Brockfield Hall.<\/em>\u201d The results speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

From the super-charged melodic romp of\u00a0The Beatles<\/strong>\u2019 \u2018Paperback Writer<\/strong>\u2019 to their freeway mad take on\u00a0Jimi Hendrix<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Stone Free<\/strong>\u2019,\u00a0Saxon<\/strong>show their love and appreciation with a series of faithful, raw and ready tributes.\u00a0\u00a0Maintaining a firm eye on the old school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by\u00a0Biff Byford\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0Jacky Lehmann\u00a0<\/strong>recording and mixing,\u00a0Saxon\u00a0<\/strong>approach the likes of\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Bomber<\/strong>\u2019 (with added whistle!),AC\/DC<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Problem Child<\/strong>\u2019,\u00a0Black Sabbath<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Evil Woman<\/strong>\u2019 and a raucous\u00a0Deep Purple<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Speed King<\/strong>\u2019 with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, \u201cvintage\u201d sounding renditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do<\/em>,\u201d continues\u00a0Byford<\/strong>, \u201cand it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven\u2019t sung many of these songs before.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Byford\u00a0<\/strong>does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of\u00a0Thin Lizzy<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018The Rocker<\/strong>\u2019. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on\u00a0Led Zeppelin<\/strong>‘s \u2018Immigrant Song<\/strong>\u2019 or throwing down\u00a0AC\/DC<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Problem Child<\/strong>\u2019,\u00a0Saxon<\/strong>does a supreme job of entertaining both themselves and their audience throughout\u00a0Inspirations<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t want to change any of the songs too much, just play them more like\u00a0Saxon<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d concludes\u00a0Byford<\/strong>, \u201cand we also think it\u2019s very important to have -and share with the fans- some fun in these dark times<\/em>.”
\nYou want even more proof of the validity behind that statement? Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on\u00a0Toto<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Hold The Line<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 and consider\u00a0Saxon<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Inspirations\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a mission accomplished.
\nSaxon<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Inspirations\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited edition D2C products; to pre-order go\u00a0\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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