SAXON Frontman Interviewed On 'The Right To Rock' Podcast (Audio)
April 6, 2013TheRighttoRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #151),featuring an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON The chat lasts approximately 30 minutes and can be streamed using the audio player below.
SAXON's new album, "Sacrifice", was released on March 1 in Europe (except in the U.K., where it was made available on March 4) and March 26 in North America through UDR. Taking a sharper, reinvigorated approach to the production, on this, their 20th album, SAXON have produced 10 of their strongest, heaviest and most inspired songs for many-a-year, and a more than worthy successor to their last album "A Call To Arms". The album was recorded at LS Studios in Yorkshire and was produced by Byford, with Andy Sneap mixing and engineering by Jacky Lehmann. It fairly bristles with muscular metallic intent, Paul Quinn's and Doug Scarratt's guitar work the best it's ever been, while Biff's vocals sound fresher and livelier. The songwriting too harks back to a classic era in SAXON's history, with the likes of "Warriors Of The Road", "Wheels Of Terror" and "Stand Up And Fight" evoking the halcyon days of yore with a contemporary twist, the classic SAXON sound absorbing the snarl, ferocity and attitude of contemporary bands (and fans) such as MEGADETH, as evidenced by the crunching title cut, "Sacrifice".
The "Sacrifice" cover artwork was created by longtime SAXON artist Paul Raymond Gregory and can be seen below.
Fan-filmed video footage of SAXON's performance on the Monsters Of Rock cruise, which embarked on its second voyage March 16 and returned four days later, can be seen below.
Interview (audio):
"Sacrifice" (song) performance:
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