Saxon – The Solid Book Of Rock – Boxset Review
The complete latter-day Saxon package!
Metalhead (1999)
Source // on-parole.com
Track Listing: Intro / Metalhead / Are We Travellers In Time / Conquistador / What Goes Around / Song Of Evil / All Guns Blazing / Prisoner / Piss Off / Watching You / Sea Of Life
Metalhead may not have registered on the radar of the casual Saxon fan but this often overlooked album continued the bands reversal of fortune, although they still couldn’t get arrested in Britain at this point!
From the staccato riffing of “Metalhead” itself or the flamenco influenced intro to melodic thrash fest “Conquistador” and the heavier and angrier likes of the stomping “Song Of Evil”, Saxon were on fine form throughout.
While Saxon did lose their way at the tail end of the 80’s and the dawn of the 90’s, there still are some mid period gems hidden away in their catalogue and Metalhead is definitely one of them. If you haven’t heard it, do yourself a favour and remedy the situation….you’re hardly a ‘metalhead’ without it! 7/10
No bonus tracks! Cheapskates (we jest, of course!)
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/