OLIVER DAWSON SAXON Blood & Thunder Live (2014)

Genre - Heavy Metal / NWoBHM

Label - Angel Air Records

Track listing:

01 -  Schwermetal Fur Immer

02 -  Past The Point

03 -  Everybody Up

04 -  Crusader

05 -  Whippin’ Boy

06 -  Redline

07 -  Motorcycle Man

08 -  Denim And Leather

09 -  Dallas 1PM

10 -  Fetzen Fliegen V

11 -  Princess Of The Night

12 -  Rock ‘N’ Roll Gypsy

13 -  Strong Arm Of The Law

14 -  And The Band Played On

### To Be Released 4th August 2014 ###

"OLIVER DAWSON SAXON took to the world stage in 2000 and have delivered since great music from the very guys who were the masters and originators of British NWOBHM.
Recorded on tour in Germany in 2013 “Blood & Thunder” showcases a band that over the past 14 years has been touring relentlessly, playing to audience’s small and large, clubs and festivals alike delivering hard rock music to their fans all over the world."

Blood & Thunder Live is a great live album representing the bands sound (as well as GRAHAM OLIVER and STEVE DAWSON'S illustrious back catalogue rather well..
We hear the band blasting their way through metal classics such as Everybody Up, Motorcycle Man, Strong Arm Of The Law, And The Band Played On as well as more epic tracks like Crusader.
This really is a great live album capturing a great band doing just what they do best!
Highly recommended

Rating - 10/10

Oliver Dawson saxon - Motorbiker (2012)

Genre - Hard Rock / Metal / NWoBHM
Label - Angelair Records

Track listing:

01. Chemical Romance
02. Motorbiker
03. Whippin Boy
04. No Way Out
05. Just Another Suicide
06. Sinternet
07. Ghost
08. Nevada Beach
09. Screaming Eagles
10. World's Gone Crazy
11. Hell In Helsinki
12. Nursery Crimes

"
During the summer of 2000 the line up of OLIVER DAWSON SAXON took to the world stage and delivered great music that had been enjoyed for 20 years previously and their new music. Over the past decade they have released live albums and DVDs

"Motorbiker" is a brand new album of new songs and delivers heavy duty material from the masters and originators of NWOBHM " Featuring the talents of GRAHAM OLIVER, STEVE DAWSON, JOHN WARD, NIGEL DURHAM, and HAYDN CONWAY.

Hmmm was this album what I was expecting, well no, its so much better!
I have always been a little bit of a Saxon fan, and feared that this would be just some ex members trying to replicate faded glories and cash in on the name that they helped to create, but boy, that couldnt be further from the truth. Firstly, these guys make no attempt to try and recreate the Saxon sound, hell they generall sound much more relevent and contemporary than Saxon have in years! This is in part thanks to the vocal talents of John 'Wardi' Ward, who has a great contemporary voice and cocal style, much more throaty than Biff Byfords ever was. The albums sound has a very up todate sound and edge, and the songs, well the songs are just top draw throughout!
from the heavy crunching riffs of opener Chemical Romance to the up tmpo NWoBHM stylings of Whipping Boy and Motorbiker to the Heavy attitude filled No Way Out to the subtle Just Another Suicide and modern day themed Sinternet!
This album is filled with eleven great new relevent tracks and one little instrumental.
This album deserves to be heard!
Well worth checking out!

Rating 10/10