Well i really like the album, somehow it cought me, those old times, but overall, the album isn't so different, from the old ones. And i like the review

seems to be really nice cover art!

Noooooooo!!!! This album is FULL of hits

I gotta say I am way in love with this album and don't see much mediocrity in it. However I haven't heard Lionheart or most of the rest of their discography (I'm working on that!!) so maybe I'll change my mind in time. As of right now though this album is one of my favs of 2007

At first i didn't think much of this album, just mediocre. Nothing very bad, also nothing very good.

But the more i listened to it, the better it gets. Some tracks really stand out.
"State of Grace" is a really fast song whit nice introduction;
"Red Star Falling" just plain owns, musically and lyrically;
"Ashes to Ashes" i love the chorus parts;
and "Atlila the Hun" whit it's instrumental "Empire Rising" is a mid-tempo song whit a fast chorus part..

Rest of the songs are rather mediocre, but i like them too. And production is great on this album.

Surpose the review will be easier to read tomorrow when the K7-virus is gone, so I'll return later

EDIT: It was easier to read today. Nice review and eventhough I'm not the biggest fan of Saxon I might give this album a try

I really like this album, can't wait to see them live!

haha yeh - I can read the review now after yesterday woo! haha..

yeh.. I kind of agree.. I prefered 'Lionheart' where some people might not.. this album doesnt have any 'stand out tracks' on it - it is all run-of-the-mill stuff (not saying that Saxon's run-of-the-mill isnt bad at all!) - but there just wasnt anything on here that made me stand up and take notice of it..
maybe my opinion will change in time though - maybe after seeing them live again but this time performing this stuff, I will start to love this album

Saxon Rulez!!! New album is out standing. They are my Gods. I don't know what else to say, Album of the March!!!

I love this album, they brought to the table A LOT of emotion. You can clearly see that they put a lot of effort into this one, also, mixing their old sound and sniffing with the newcomers of power/speed metal, and resulting in a hellish album...throughtout the songs. Saxon sound's more enthusiastic, eager than ever to be the prominent power of today's heavy metal!

One of the highlights of the year for sure!

yes - I definitely like this album a lot lot more now I have listened to it a few times..
I probably do like this quite a bit more then 'Lionheart' now

I like it much more than the German power metal Lionheart. That just didn't fit to them. I'm proud of having Lionheart, too, it's a grat album with a nice package, but it' nowhere near among the best 10 Saxon albums. And this one would get the bottom of top 10 Saxons, I guess. From the new ones, Killing Ground is majestic, but this one is more than worthy.

For me, this is without doubt a dissapointment. Yes you can argue that Lionheart was a strong album and it would be hard to do something better, but this is just not what you expect from a veteram band like Saxon, not matter what album they release before. Yes it's not bad if you compare it to, lets say, last couple of Maiden Albums, but here they seem like they were out of ideas, though everything is not wrong in it, a 7 is for me too high rate.