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British heavy metal band SAXON will release a covers album, 'Inspirations', on March 19. "Without 'Speed King', there would be no 'Motorcycle Man'," Byford said when explaining the importance of the song on SAXON's early career ascendance. 'Inspirations' was recorded at Brockfield Hall, near York in the U.K. For Biff Byford, "recording 'Inspirations' all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project. The warmth and feel of 'Inspirations' had so much to do with being together in this place and doing it 'old-school' style," Byford explained. "This is how many bands back in the day (including some of the ones covered here) made such great albums, so it just felt really good to be able to do this somewhere like Brockfield Hall." Maintaining a firm eye on the old-school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by Byford with Jacky Lehmann recording and mixing, SAXON approach the covers of MOTÖRHEAD's "Bomber", AC/DC's "Problem Child", BLACK SABBATH's "Evil Woman" and a raucous DEEP PURPLE's "Speed King" with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, "vintage"-sounding renditions. "We wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do" continued Byford, "and it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven't sung many of these songs before." Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on TOTO's "Hold The Line" and consider SAXON's 'Inspirations' a mission accomplished. 'Inspirations' will be made available on vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited-edition D2C products. ------------------------------------------------------- Le groupe de heavy metal britannique SAXON sortira un album de reprises, 'Inspirations', le 19 mars. "Sans 'Speed King', il n'y aurait pas de 'Motorcycle Man'", a déclaré Biff en expliquant l'importance de ce titre pour SAXON en début de carrière. C'est en gardant à l'esprit ce côté "old school" en utilisant des amplis et enceintes Marshall, une vraie batterie, le tout produit produit par Biff, avec Jacky Lehmann pour l'enregistrement et le mixage, que SAXON a abordé les reprises de "Bomber" de MOTÖRHEAD, "Problem Child" d'AC/DC, de BLACK SABBATH "Evil Woman" et un "Speed King" de DEEP PURPLE, avec des interprétations rafraîchissantes, chaudes, non filtrées et "vintage". "Nous voulions faire un album basé sur nos influences, les chansons et les groupes qui nous ont inspirés à écrire ce que nous faisions et faisons encore", a poursuivi Biff, "et c'était aussi intéressant de voir ce que ma voix pouvait faire car je n'avais pas chanté beaucoup de ces chansons avant." Avec l'excellente interprétation du classique "Hold The Line" de TOTO considérez 'Inspirations' de SAXON comme une mission accomplie. 'Inspirations' sera disponible en vinyle, CD, formats numériques et produits D2C en édition limitée.
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