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DORO To Release 'Strong And Proud - 30 Years Of Rock And Metal' CD, DVD, Blu-Ray In June

German metal queen Doro Pesch celebrated the 30th anniversary of performing live during 2013 and 2014 by touring the world extensively for a year and by playing three official anniversary shows. The tour kicked off impressively in front of 85,000 people at the world's biggest metal festival, Wacken...

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SAXON Parts Ways With Longtime Manager

After over 16 years working together, British heavy metal legends SAXON and their manager Thomas Jensen have come to a wholly amicable, mutual agreement to part ways and explore new working avenues. SAXON's venerable frontman Biff Byford said: "We have had a great and successful period with Thomas a...

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MOTÖRHEAD Members To Join SAXON For LEMMY Tribute At Final Of Swedish Racing Series

British heavy metal legends SAXON will headline the Swedish racing series V8 Thunder Cars final, dubbed the "Lemmy 500", on September 24 in Ljungbyhed. The band's concert will include a musical tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister, featuring a guest appearance by MOTÖRHEAD members Mi...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Discusses New Box Set 'Eagles And Dragons'

Über Röck recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Über Röck: We have this new nine-album box set, "Eagles And Dragons", to discuss. It starts with "Solid Ball Of Rock" and ends with "Into The Lab...

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SAXON: Trailer For Nine-Album Vinyl Box Set 'Eagles And Dragons'

Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary SAXON box set containing vinyl LPs of the band's nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. "Eagles And Dragons" will be released on March 18. A trailer for "Eagles And Dragons" is available below. "Eagles And Dragons" features nine...

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SAXON To Release Nine-Album Vinyl Box Set 'Eagles And Dragons'

Demon Records has announced the release of an extraordinary SAXON box set containing vinyl LPs of the band's nine studio albums recorded between 1991 and 2009. "Eagles And Dragons" will be released on March 18. "Eagles And Dragons" features nine seminal NWOBHM albums which before today, were only re...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD On Differences Between Heavy Metal 'Then And Now' (Video)

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON spoke to Louder Noise about the differences between metal then and now in terms of fashion, technology, music formats, and touring. Check out the clip below. SAXON recently toured Europe as the support act for MOTÖRHEAD. SAXON's 21st studio a...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD On LEMMY: 'If You Were His Friend, You Were His Friend For Life'

SAXON singer Biff Byford has released the following statement regarding the passing of MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister: "I knew Lemmy for 36 years. If you were his friend, you were his friend for life. "He has dealt his last card. "He was a defiant rebel to the end who loved his music and never co...

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DORO: 'Love's Gone To Hell' Video Teaser

German metal queen Doro Pesch recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help produce a high-quality video for her band's new single, "Love's Gone To Hell". A teaser for the upcoming clip is available below (filmed and edited by Patrick von Schuckmann of www.rock-it-tv.de). Says Doro: "While creati...

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Battering Ram

English metal-lords SAXON continue to show no signs of quit with their 21st (wowzers) album, "Battering Ram". Enjoying a prolific run under the same veteran lineup (with Nigel Glockler returning to the kit a decade ago),Biff Byford, Paul Quinn and the SAXON troupe give zero ounce of slack on "Batte...

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DORO PESCH Launches Crowdfunding Campaign For 'Love's Gone To Hell' Video Shoot

German metal queen Doro Pesch has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help produce a high-quality video for her band's new single, "Love's Gone To Hell". Says Doro: "While creating new music for our next release, we hit on something that immediately had a very, very special vibe to it and sparked our...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: 'Playing Live Is Where It Is At The Moment'

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed on a recent edition of "The Great Metal Debate" podcast. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the biggest change in the music...

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SAXON: 'Battering Ram' Electronic Press Kit Available

An Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for "Battering Ram", the 21st studio album from British heavy metal legends SAXON, is available below. The CD will be released on October 30 in North America via UDR Music. On "Battering Ram" — with Biff Byford singing as well as he ever has, Paul Quinn and Doug Scarrat...

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SAXON: Lyric Video For New Song 'Queen Of Hearts'

The lyric video for the song "Queen Of Hearts" from British heavy metal legends SAXON can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's 21st studio album, "Battering Ram", which will be released on October 16 in North America via UDR Music. On "Battering Ram" — with Biff Byford singing as well as...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: We're Not Trying To Recreate The 'Wheels Of Steel' Album

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British hevy metal legends SAXON in Austin, Texas. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what SAXON fans can expect to hear on the band's forthcoming a...