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BLITZKRIEG: 'Theatre Of The Damned' Track Listing Revealed

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have finalized the track listing for their new album, entitled "Theatre of the Damned" (cover),due on August 10 via Germany's Armageddon Music. The CD was recorded at Absurd Studio in Hamburg with producer Schrödey and co-producer Biff Byf...

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BLITZKRIEG: New Album Cover, Release Date Revealed

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG will release their new album, entitled "Theatre of the Damned" (cover),on August 10 via Germany's Armageddon Music. The CD was recorded at Absurd Studio in Hamburg with producer Schroedey and co-producer Biff Byford (SAXON). According to a...

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SAXON: More European Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal veterans SAXON have lined up the following tour dates: Jun. 02 - SWI Winterthur Spirit Of Rock Festival Jun. 29 - GER Dischingen Rock am Härtsfeldsee Aug. 02 - GER Wacken Wacken Open Air Aug. 11 - GER Balve Rock am Schloß Sep. 14 - GER Nürnberg Löwensaal Sep. 15 - F ...

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SAXON: New Podcast Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from a hotel room in Glasgow (also featuring a live snippet from Gothenburg, Sweden). Download the video file at this location (43 MB). In other news, Noizz Eater magazine has posted photos taken at SAXON's May 19, 2007 concert in Glasgow....

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BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL HORNS UP Festival

BLITZKRIEG, SKYCLAD, KORPIKLAANI, AUTUMNAL, KATATONIA, BETWEEN THE FROST, EVERFROST and KOSTO AND FULL are among the confirmed bands for the Martohell Horns Up festival, set to take place June 16 at Martorell in Barcelona, Spain. For more information, click here. BLITZKRIEG recently inked a deal wit...

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SAXON: New BIFF BYFORD Video Podcast Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from the ferry to Helsinki, Finland. Download the one-minute video file at this location (10 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split e...

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SAXON: New Video Podcast From BIFF BYFORD Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has uploaded a new video podcast from Zlin, Czech Republic. Download the two-minute, 15-second video file at this location (14 MB). SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be split...

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SAXON Drummer Looks Back On The Tour So Far

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his web site: "It's April 26th, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Vienna looking back on the tour so far. "It seems eons ago that we were in production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt — there were so many things to do ...

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SAXON Frontman Guests On Irish Puppet Show 'Podge And Rodge'; Video Available

Video footage of SAXON frontman Biff Byford's appearance on "The Podge and Rodge Show", an Irish adult comedy televised puppet show, has been posted at YouTube. SAXON has just released its "anti-gun-crime" single, "If I Was You", in the U.K. via SPV Records. All proceeds from the single will be spli...

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SAXON: Channel 4 Documentary 'Wasn't The Film We Or The Director Thought We Were Making'

British heavy metal veterans SAXON were the subject of this past Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" documentary series on U.K.'s Channel 4 in which legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith attempted "to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment busi...

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SAXON: 'If I Was You' Video Posted Online

SAXON's video for the song "If I Was You" has been posted at YouTube. The track comes off the British heavy metal legends' latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", which was released in early March. SAXON is the subject of this coming Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" docu...

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The Inner Sanctum

Terrible PR stunts be damned, you can't kill SAXON. Words like "venerable" and "stalwart" get used a lot when talking about these U.K. rockers, who've been bashing it out to uneven returns for three decades now. When they're not embarrassing themselves with ill-conceived promotional ideas far beneat...

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BLITZKRIEG Signs With ARMAGEDDON MUSIC

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have issued the following update: "Armageddon Music [Germany] have signed BLITZKRIEG. The band is just finishing the new album called 'Theatre Of The Damned' in the Absurd Studio in Hamburg, together with producer Schroedey. The album will...

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Journalist Dismisses SAXON Documentary As 'Coffee-Table Television At Best'

Damien of Decibel magazine has submitted the following report to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Just got back from taking part in the soon-to-be-aired [British] Channel 4 SAXON documentary, 'Get Your Act Together'. The programme will be in two parts; the first showing impresario Harvey Goldsmith as he attempts...

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SAXON: More 'The Inner Sanctum' European Chart Positions Revealed

SAXON's latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", has registered the following first-week chart positions across Europe: Germany: #36 Sweden: #39 Switzerland: #89 UK: #102 UK: #4 (on "rock/metal" chart) SAXON's "The Very Best Of: 1979-1988" compilation also entered the U.K. "rock/metal" chart at #32. SAXON...