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Saxon - Into The Labyrinth



7.8 | 212 votes |
Release date: 9 January 2009
Style: Heavy metal

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01. Battalions Of Steel
02. Live To Rock
03. Demon Sweeney Todd
04. The Letter
05. Valley Of The Kings
06. Slow Lane Blues
07. Crime Of Passion
08. Premonition In D Minor
09. Voice
10. Protect Yourselves
11. Hellcat
12. Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)
13. Coming Home [Bottleneck version]

Line-up
Peter "Biff" Byford - vocals
Doug Scarret - guitar
Paul Quinn - guitar
Nigel Glockler - drums
Tim "Nibbs" Carter - bass

Session musicians
Matthias Ulmer - keyboards
Toby Jepson - backing vocals
Hacky Hackmann - backing vocals

Additional info
Engineered and produced by Charlie Bauerfiend.
Executive producer: Biff Byford.

Recorded at Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany.
Studio assistance: Daniel Klecker.

Staff review by
Jeff
Rating:
8.8
Sometime first feelings are weird and definitely wrong. I don't know why but when I listened to "Into The Labyrinth" for the first time, I found this album terribly boring and uninspired. Maybe that the problem came from the first song "Battalions Of Steel" which is too epic (strangely I like it a lot now?) but I don't know why I was totally wrong about the new Saxon? The more I listen to it, the more I like it and for sure, the British Heavy Metalers are back to the top with this release!

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published 11.01.2009 | Comments (13)

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23.04.2010 - 20:16
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Wow...this is really an awesome album!
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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03.05.2010 - 20:53
Rating: 5
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Yeah! I like it a lot too.

Simply the best album from Saxon's after 90ths. The epic tracks are truly amazing.
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member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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26.02.2013 - 18:13
Rating: 7
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
Pretty good album that starts with some great rocking songs but then it gets a bit too repetitive for my taste. Well, this is a heavy metal album, what else could I expect?
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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26.02.2013 - 18:27
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Written by Uirapuru on 03.05.2010 at 20:53

Simply the best album from Saxon's after 90ths.

rating 5?
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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07.02.2017 - 22:59
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Cool one, I heard one bluesy song
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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01.08.2020 - 14:11
Rating: 6
majormalfunction
A bit too many fillers on this one sadly since there's also some really good songs to be found here. Demon Sweeney Todd and Come Rock of Ages are my favourites. The opening Batallions of Steel is good, still I feel it lacks the same impact as other similar Saxon tunes (Crusader, State of Grace etc.)
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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