Saxon - Into The Labyrinth Steamhammer/SPV Released January 13th, 2009 Track listing: 1. Battalions of Steel 2. Live to Rock 3. Demon Sweeny Todd 4. The Letter 5. Valley of the Kings 6. Slow Lane Blues 7. Crime of Passion 8. Premonition in D minor 9. Voice 10. Protect Yourself 11. Hellcat 12. Come Rock of Ages (The Circle is Complete) 13. Coming Home (Bottleneck)

Saxon’s “Into the Labyrinth” is brewed using the same formula that established them as one of the the “New Wave of Heavy Metal” bands that dominated UK metal in the early 1980s, along with Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang and Girlschool, among others. Saxon has remained a steady fixture on the UK and European metal scene since then.

One of their earlier albums, entitled “Denim and Leather,” serves as a good way to categorize their audience and their sound, though its combination of unpretentious “Live to Rock ” anthems coupled with sinister operatic tomes like “Demon Sweeny Todd,” are more for the earthy denim crowds than leather-clad types.

 

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