Biff Byford the Legendary Voice of Metal Masters Saxon Talks Hell, Fire and Damnation!
12/21/23 • 36 min
LEGENDARY HEAVY METAL GROUP ‘SAXON’ RELEASING THEIR 24TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION’
ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER BIFF BYFORD!
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.
In almost their fifth decade of making music, and continuing the tradition that they helped create, Saxon are still a tour de force in heavy metal music.
Saxon were the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the United States. During the 1980s, Saxon established themselves among Europe's most successful metal acts. The band toured regularly and has sold more than 13 million albums worldwide.
Originally named "Son of a Bitch, the band changed their name to Saxon in 1979.
Saxon have been cited as a major influence or inspiration by numerous bands, including Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Testament, Dokken, Skid Row, Dream Theater, Exodus, Overkill, King Diamond and Celtic Frost.
Saxon will release their new album Hell, Fire And Damnation on January 19th 2024, and when internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio release, creating a superlative British Heavy Metal classic which strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.
PLEASE WELCOME LEAD SINGER, SONGWRITER, BASSIST AND FOUNDER FOR BRITISH HEAVY METAL LEGENDS SAXON BIFF BYFORD TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS ...
PREORDER
THE NEW ALBUM
BY
S A X O N
Entitled
'HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION'
Saxon proudly release their latest album Hell, Fire And Damnation on January 19th 2024, and when internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio release, creating a superlative British Heavy Metal classic which strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.
available at https://lnk.to/SaxonHellFireAndDamnation
“Heavy Metal Masters Saxon conquers on their latest release ‘Hell, Fire and Damnation’
with blazing guitars and almighty voice and verse about times of yore!
A triumphant return to the glory days of metal supremacy.
Masterfully engineered a metal masterpiece!” 5 stars!
...By music journalist Ray Shasho
ALSO
PURCHASE
BIFF BYFORD
Autobiography
Saxon - Never Surrender
(or Nearly Good Looking)
January 1, 2007
by Biff Byford (Author)
available at amazon.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT
S A X O N
VISIT
www.saxon747.com
Official website
https://www.facebook.com/SaxonOfficial
https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial
https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetSaxon
YouTube
SAXON ON TOUR
Judas Priest/Saxon/Uriah Heep ...
LEGENDARY HEAVY METAL GROUP ‘SAXON’ RELEASING THEIR 24TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION’
ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT WITH ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER BIFF BYFORD!
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.
In almost their fifth decade of making music, and continuing the tradition that they helped create, Saxon are still a tour de force in heavy metal music.
Saxon were the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the United States. During the 1980s, Saxon established themselves among Europe's most successful metal acts. The band toured regularly and has sold more than 13 million albums worldwide.
Originally named "Son of a Bitch, the band changed their name to Saxon in 1979.
Saxon have been cited as a major influence or inspiration by numerous bands, including Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Testament, Dokken, Skid Row, Dream Theater, Exodus, Overkill, King Diamond and Celtic Frost.
Saxon will release their new album Hell, Fire And Damnation on January 19th 2024, and when internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio release, creating a superlative British Heavy Metal classic which strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.
PLEASE WELCOME LEAD SINGER, SONGWRITER, BASSIST AND FOUNDER FOR BRITISH HEAVY METAL LEGENDS SAXON BIFF BYFORD TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS ...
PREORDER
THE NEW ALBUM
BY
S A X O N
Entitled
'HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION'
Saxon proudly release their latest album Hell, Fire And Damnation on January 19th 2024, and when internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio release, creating a superlative British Heavy Metal classic which strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.
available at https://lnk.to/SaxonHellFireAndDamnation
“Heavy Metal Masters Saxon conquers on their latest release ‘Hell, Fire and Damnation’
with blazing guitars and almighty voice and verse about times of yore!
A triumphant return to the glory days of metal supremacy.
Masterfully engineered a metal masterpiece!” 5 stars!
...By music journalist Ray Shasho
ALSO
PURCHASE
BIFF BYFORD
Autobiography
Saxon - Never Surrender
(or Nearly Good Looking)
January 1, 2007
by Biff Byford (Author)
available at amazon.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT
S A X O N
VISIT
www.saxon747.com
Official website
https://www.facebook.com/SaxonOfficial
https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial
https://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetSaxon
YouTube
SAXON ON TOUR
Judas Priest/Saxon/Uriah Heep ...
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BRITISH PROG GROUP ZEELLEY MOON RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘THE AUTHOR AND THE DREAMER’
SPECIAL EVENT WITH FOUNDING MEMBER AND BAND LEADER PAT MOLESWORTH ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.
Zeelley Moon is the brainchild of singer-songwriter and keyboardist Patrick Molesworth, who is assisted by the Zeelley Moon Band. A British band formed in Buckinghamshire in 2006, headed by Pat Molesworth. The band has just released the band's second album entitled 'The Author And The Dreamer' six years after his debut and it has been well worth the wait.
Seven tracks penned, arranged, and sung by Pat on which he plays piano, Hammond organ, and other keyboards. A stunning, genre defying collection of progressive rock with a twist. The lyrics, which the album's title suggests are of an autobiographical nature, pack a universal emotional relevance.
Pat is joined on guitar and bass by Jim Kelleher (plus Steve Picking on two tracks), Aled Peter Lloyd on drums, Sarah Mau on cello and violin, Katherine Sparks on flute, and Meg Prickett on backing vocals.
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‘THE AUTHOR AND THE DREAMER’ BY ZEELLEY MOON IS PROFICIENT AND EXTRAORDINARY!
THE MUSIC IS SOPHISTICATED AND BLISSFUL WHILE AROUSING SPIRITS SIMILAR TO 70S BANDS LIKE BOB WELCH, STEELY DAN OR STEVE MILLER.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE ALBUM!
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Sam Vallen Guitarist,Songwriter,Founder of Australian Prog Rock Group 'Caligula's Horse'
AUSTRALIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUP CALIGULA’S HORSE RELEASING NEW ALBUM ‘CHARCOAL GRACE’ RAW ROCK POWER WITH EMOTIONAL DEPTH!
SPECIAL LIVE EVENT WITH LEAD GUITARIST/SONGWRITER SAM VALLEN FROM AUSTRALIA!
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho.
Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, Australia, are a leading light in contemporary progressive metal. Their colourful and emotional music, spanning influences as diverse as King Crimson, Steely Dan, Opeth, and Jeff Buckley, has forged a deep and lasting connection with fans across the globe. In 2020, Caligula’s Horse released their most focused and potent artistic statement yet: Rise Radiant, an uncompromising exploration of the human experience dressed in vivid musical color and virtuosic performances.
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The title Charcoal Grace is described by the band as “the grim allure and strange beauty in stillness, silence, and loss”.
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Please welcome lead guitarist, musical director producer, and songwriter for Australian progressive metal band Caligula’s Horse, who is also a music educator and holds a doctorate in music from the Queensland Conservatorium ... SAM VALLEN TO INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS ...
PREORDER
THE NEW ALBUM
BY
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entitled
CHARCOAL GRACE
Officially released on Jan. 26th.
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A BRILLIANT ARRANGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE INSTRUMENTATION AND MESMORIZING VOCALIZATION.
PHENOMINAL AND UNPRECEDENTED!”
By music journalist Ray Shasho
5 stars!
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