Saxon – The Solid Book Of Rock – Boxset Review
The complete latter-day Saxon package!
The Inner Sanctum (2007)
Track Listing: State Of Grace / Need For Speed / Let Me Feel Your Power / Red Star Falling / I’ve Got To Rock (To Stay Alive) / If I Was You / Going Nowhere Fast / Ashes To Ashes / Empire Rising / Attila The Hun
Frantic, frenetic and full of hard-edged rock/metal anthems, Saxon hadn’t sounded this ferocious and, at times, downright heavy in years!
“Need For Speed” and “Let Me Feel Your Power” provided the required drive and aggression but it’s album highlight “Attila The Hun” that still provides the most hair-raising thrills. This is the closest any NWOBHM band has come to rivalling Judas Priest’s rip-roaring “Painkiller” and remains a flawless end to a consummate modern metal album.
In an age when many bands were content to ride the nostalgia train, Saxon proved once and for all that they didn’t need to re-live their glory days; they were still right in the middle of them! 8/10
No bonus tracks but then you’ve got a monster of an album n your hands….which is a bonus in itself!
Ordered mine, and can’t wait for it to arrive. The only disc I already have from the boxset is Inner Sanctum. That album goes to show how great heavy metal music can be overlooked.
You won’t regret it Glen, it’s an outstanding set. Saxon have been ridiculously consistent over the years and this boxset proves how some of the finest metal of the past 2 decades has been overlooked!
Fully agree with this review. An outstanding set from a very very consistent band. ESSENTIAL
Thanks Jimmy, much appreciated! Essential indeed \m/