British Heavy Metal legends Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.Â
Set for release on March 19th2021, via Silver Lining Music, Inspirations gets things rolling with the release of Saxonâs crunching take on The Rolling Stonesâ âPaint It Blackâ.  Biff Byford comments: âLoved this band since I first saw them and heard them.  I liked the Beatles, but the Stones appealed to my rebel side; their iconic look⊠so many great songs, such a great attitude in the music!âÂ
The release of âPaint It Blackâ is also accompanied by a behind-the-scenes video which was filmed during the bandâs recording session earlier in the year. Â
Watch/Listen to âPaint It Blackâ here

Inspirations was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshireâs impressionist artists â the Staithes Group.
For Byford, recording Inspirations all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project. âThe warmth and feel of Inspirations had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it âold-schoolâ style,â Byford explains. âThis is how many bands back in the day -including some of the ones covered here- made such great albums, so it just felt really good to be able to do this somewhere like Brockfield Hall.â The results speak for themselves.Â
INSPIRATIONS
From the super-charged melodic romp of The Beatlesâ âPaperback Writerâ to their freeway mad take on Jimi Hendrixâs âStone Freeâ, Saxon show their love and appreciation with a series of faithful, raw and ready tributes.  Maintaining a firm eye on the old school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by Biff Byford with Jacky Lehmann recording and mixing, Saxon approach the likes of Motörheadâs âBomberâ (with added whistle!), AC/DCâs âProblem Childâ, Black Sabbathâs âEvil Womanâ and a raucous Deep Purpleâs âSpeed Kingâ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, âvintageâ sounding renditions.
âWe wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do,â continues Byford, âand it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I havenât sung many of these songs before.â
Byford does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzyâs âThe Rockerâ. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelin‘s âImmigrant Songâ or throwing down AC/DCâs âProblem Childâ, Saxondoes a supreme job of entertaining both themselves and their audience throughout Inspirations.
“We didn’t want to change any of the songs too much, just play them more like Saxon,â concludes Byford, âand we also think itâs very important to have -and share with the fans- some fun in these dark times.”Â
You want even more proof of the validity behind that statement? Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on Totoâs âHold The Lineâ and consider Saxonâs Inspirations a mission accomplished.
Saxonâs Inspirations is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited edition D2C products; to pre-order go to at this location
Track Listing:
1.Paint It Black
2.Immigrant SongÂ
3.Paperback WriterÂ
4.Evil WomanÂ
5.Stone FreeÂ
6.BomberÂ
7.Speed KingÂ
8.The RockerÂ
9.Hold The LineÂ
10.Problem ChildÂ
11.See My Friends
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