{"id":47759,"date":"2018-02-02T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=47759"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:31:31","slug":"news-saxon-release-22nd-studio-album-thunderbolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-saxon-release-22nd-studio-album-thunderbolt\/","title":{"rendered":"SAXON Release 22nd Studio Album \u2018Thunderbolt\u2019 (February 2nd, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAXON Release 22nd Studio Album \u2018Thunderbolt\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 2nd, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Yorkshire, England-based heavy metal group Saxon issued 22nd full-length studio album Thunderbolt<\/em> on February 2nd, 2018 through Militia Guard, an imprint of Silver Lining Music.<\/p>\n

Thunderbolt<\/em> was made available in the following formats: digipak CD, 180gm coloured vinyl in gatefold sleeve, special edition boxset, cassette tape and digital download.<\/p>\n

The outing features a tribute composition to late Mot\u00f6rhead frontman Lemmy, entitled \u2018They Played Rock And Roll\u2019. \u201cThere\u2019s not much to tell, really,\u201d frontman Biff Byford told Metal Forces<\/em> in an October 2016 interview feature<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a song about that tour, the 1979 tour basically. I asked Nibbs (Carter, bass) to write a song that was similar in style to Mot\u00f6rhead, which he did. He wrote the guitar riffs and everything, and I put lyrics to it that I had already written. So, it was a pretty easy song for us to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amon Amarth frontman Johan Hegg contibutes guest vocals on the track \u2018Predator\u2019.<\/p>\n

Thunderbolt<\/em> was produced, engineered and mixed by Andy Sneap at Backstage Recording Studio in Derbyshire, England.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by long-time Saxon collaborator Paul Raymond Gregory.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018Olympus Rising\u2019
\n02. \u2018Thunderbolt\u2019
\n03. \u2018The Secret Of Flight\u2019
\n04. \u2018Nosferatu (The Vampires Waltz)\u2019
\n05. \u2018They Played Rock And Roll\u2019
\n06. \u2018Predator\u2019 (feat. Johan Hegg)
\n07. \u2018Sons Of Odin\u2019
\n08. \u2018Sniper\u2019
\n09. \u2018A Wizard\u2019s Tale\u2019
\n10. \u2018Speed Merchants\u2019
\n11. \u2018Roadie\u2019s Song\u2019
\n12. \u2018Nosferatu (Raw Version)\u2019 *<\/p>\n

* not available on vinyl versions<\/p>\n

Saxon\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Biff Byford (vocals)
\nPaul Quinn (guitar)
\nDoug Scarratt (guitar)
\nNibbs Carter (bass)
\nNigel Glockler (drums)<\/p>\n

Music videos were released for the title track and the songs \u2018Nosferatu (The Vampires Waltz)\u2019 and \u2018Predator\u2019. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the tracks \u2018They Played Rock And Roll\u2019 and \u2018The Secret Of Flight\u2019. All five clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Twenty-first studio record Battering Ram<\/em> was released<\/a> in October 2015 via UDR Music.<\/p>\n