{"id":26425,"date":"2024-04-16T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=26425"},"modified":"2024-04-16T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:35:53","slug":"saxon-hell-fire-and-damnation-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/saxon-hell-fire-and-damnation-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Saxon Hell, Fire And Damnation Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26425\" class=\"elementor elementor-26425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baf9e7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"baf9e7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Carter, and drummer Nigel Glockler, have been quite consistent over the decades with album releases and tours.<\/p><p>They put out an album every few years and most of them, I think, are very good.<\/p><p>They have their style of hard driving, hard rocking, heavy songs, but also incorporate melody and anthemic lyrics.<\/p><p>This album sounds modern and fresh, but also like classic Saxon to me.<\/p><p>Lots of great rocking, heavy riffs with Biff&#8217;s great vocals, but also some really good melody too.\u00a0 In fact, more melody than I remember from most recent Saxon albums.<\/p><p>This band is really good on album and really good in concert.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m seeing them for the 3rd time, May 17, in Cincinnati, OH, co-headlining with the legendary band Uriah Heep, and I cannot wait.<\/p><p>Keep on rocking Saxon!!!!!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40d90f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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Saxon, consisting of singer Biff Byford, guitarists Doug Scarratt and Brian Tatler (Brian replacing long time guitarist Paul Quinn, who also plays on two songs on this album), bassist Nibbs Carter, and drummer Nigel Glockler, have been quite consistent over the decades with album releases and tours. They put out an album every few years and most of them, I think, are very good. They have their style of hard driving, hard rocking, heavy songs, but also incorporate melody and anthemic lyrics. This album sounds modern and fresh, but also like classic Saxon to me. Lots of great rocking, heavy riffs with Biff&#8217;s great vocals, but also some really good melody too.\u00a0 In fact, more melody than I remember from most recent Saxon albums. This band is really good on album and really good in concert. I&#8217;m seeing them for the 3rd time, May 17, in Cincinnati, OH, co-headlining with the legendary band Uriah Heep, and I cannot wait. 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