Saxon - Call To Arms
| Release date: | 3 June 2011 |
| Style: | Heavy metal |
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01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. Back In 79
03. Surviving Against The Odds
04. Mists Of Avalon
05. Call To Arms
06. Chasing The Bullet
07. Afterburner
08. When Doomsday Comes [Hybrid Theory Soundtrack]
09. No Rest For The Wicked
10. Ballad Of The Working Man
11. Call To Arms [orchestral version]
02. Back In 79
03. Surviving Against The Odds
04. Mists Of Avalon
05. Call To Arms
06. Chasing The Bullet
07. Afterburner
08. When Doomsday Comes [Hybrid Theory Soundtrack]
09. No Rest For The Wicked
10. Ballad Of The Working Man
11. Call To Arms [orchestral version]
Guest review
Lyrics Peter "Biff" Byford - vocals
Doug Scarret - guitar
Paul Quinn - guitar
Nigel Glockler - drums
Tim "Nibbs" Carter - bass
Guest musicians
Donald "Don" Airey - keyboards on "Mists Of Avalon" and "When Doomsday Comes"
Matthias Ulmer - orchestration on "Call To Arms"
Additional info
Produced by Biff Byford and Toby Jepson.
Recorded at Chapel Studios in South Thoresby Lincs and Brighton Electric in Brighton.
Engineer at Chapel Studios: Ewan Davies.
Engineer assistants: Sam Harper & Jerome Van Den Berghe.
Engineer at Brighton: Charlie Bauerfeind.
Engineer assistant: Joe Pickering.
Mixed by Mike Plotnikoff at Bay 7.
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound.
Album coordinator: Leonard Loers.
Keyboards recorded at Rainbow Recorders, Cambs., engineered by Nathan Sage.
Cover concept: Biff Byford.
Original poster by Alfred Leete "Your Country Needs You" (published 1914).
Derivative work and back cover by Kai Swillus for Saxon.
Booklet design and concept: Kai Swillus.
Photos: Kai Swillus.
Rating:
7.8
7.8
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Rating: 7.8 |
"Back In 79", eh? So this is another album by a washed up, has-been bunch of hacks trying to recapture their glory days, right? Wrong. Almost laughably so, in fact. Messrs. Byford et al are certainly looking lined these days, but to dismiss them as sounding their age would be foolish. Sure, the modern day version of Saxon continue to tread in their own well worn footsteps with Call To Arms, but that in no way diminishes the quality of music on show here. Read more ›› |
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Just finished listening to this, and I will definitely be getting it on Monday! None of the songs are bad, and several of the songs are great. "Hammer Of The Gods", "Afterburner", "Back In 79", and "Surviving Against The Odds" are just awesome old school metal tunes. And "Ballad Of The Working Man" (which isnt really a ballad!  ) is a wonderful song. Its a great traditional metal album. 
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| John Shock Posts: 500 |
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099  |
Probably the most reliable band I know, Saxon rarely fail to put out a decent album. This one's no exception, some great tracks here.
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| BradSabbath Posts: 9  |
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| John Shock Posts: 500 |
Heard it three times in a row!! can you believe it??? preety awesome album!!!! still rules in this house!!!
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| Deefer46 Posts: 76 |
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by John Shock on 04.06.2011 at 16:13 Ive listened to it several times already now, which is the sign of a great album! I love all of the songs, and the orchestral version of the title track is the better version of it. Wonderful stuff! xD
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| John Shock Posts: 500 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 04.06.2011 at 18:20 How much you rate it???
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| Berserk Posts: 164  |
Pretty sweet album! One of my fav's this year for sure 
---- Fear the Old Blood
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| Death To Posers Hate Thy King Posts: 268  |
Favorite Traditional/Heavy release this year. Definitely deserves a listen.
---- The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
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| RealGone Posts: 8 |
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| rps Posts: 67  |
New stuff is good....Mist of Avalon reminds me a little bit of Nightmare.......................saw them again after 30 years.....WOW.........a must see live..........you don't know Saxon, you don't know metal........
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| powerbikes747 Posts: 2 |
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| bblitz Posts: 227 |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Solid heavy metal album with powerful title track. 
---- "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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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62060  |
A powerful album, spinned a lot this those days, awesome
---- 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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| majormalfunction Posts: 1507  |
Solid effort, once again. Saxon is not the band that's known for any straight out masterpiece records but pretty much all of their albums showcases a band that does know how to write a entertaining record. This one is not among my favourites by them but it's still worthwhile. Not any real stand out tracks here except for maybe Mists of Avalon.
---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1267  |
Call to Arms is once again a great album from the masters. I remember a friend telling me this was a lesser album in their catalog, but I don't see anything particularly wrong here. Maybe it's the production, they tried to sound more live here, so I presume that's off-putting for some.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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