Saxon - "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin cover)
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.
Hammer of the gods, will drive our ships to new land.
To fight the hordes, and sing and cry. Valhalla I am coming.
Always sweep with, with threshing oar.
Our only goal will be the western shore.
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.
How soft your fields so green. Can whisper tales of gore.
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your over Lords.
Always sweep with threshing oar,
Our only goal will be the western shore.
So now you'd better stop, and rebuild all your ruins.
For peace and trust can win the day, despite of all your losing.
Band: Saxon
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Formed in: 1978
Genre: NWOBHM, Heavy Metal
Lyrical themes: History, Mythology, Motorcycles, Rock / Metal
Years active: 1970-1976 (as Blue Condition), 1976-1977 (as SOB), 1977-1978 (as Son of a Bitch), 1978-present
Video: "Immigrant Song"
Album: "Inspirations"
Type: Full length
Release date: March 19th 2021
Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: CD, LP
Track listing:
01. Paint It Black
02. Immigrant Song
03. Paperback Writer
04. Evil Woman
05. Stone Free
06. Bomber
07. Speed King
08. The Rocker
09. Hold The Line
10. Problem Child
11. See My Friends
Band members:
Biff Byford - Vocals
Paul Quinn - Guitars
Doug Scarratt - Guitars
Nigel Glockler - Drums
Nibbs Carter - Bass
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.
Hammer of the gods, will drive our ships to new land.
To fight the hordes, and sing and cry. Valhalla I am coming.
Always sweep with, with threshing oar.
Our only goal will be the western shore.
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.
How soft your fields so green. Can whisper tales of gore.
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your over Lords.
Always sweep with threshing oar,
Our only goal will be the western shore.
So now you'd better stop, and rebuild all your ruins.
For peace and trust can win the day, despite of all your losing.
Κυκλοφόρησε σήμερα ο καινούριος δίσκος των Saxon. Καινούριος, αλλά χωρίς νέα τραγούδια. Οι Βρετανοί metallers "έβγαλαν" album με διασκευές σε τραγούδια που τους ενέπνευσαν και τους επηρέασαν. Ανάμεσά τους και ο ύμνος των Led Zeppelin "Immigrant Song"...
Δελτίο τύπου: «'𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆' is taken from 𝕊𝔸𝕏𝕆ℕ's 𝕀ℕ𝕊ℙ𝕀ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 album, which is 𝕆𝕌𝕋 ℕ𝕆𝕎 via Silver Lining Music.
British Heavy Metal legends Saxon have delivered a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops an 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.
Inspirations was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshire’s impressionist artists - the Staithes Group. For Byford, recording Inspirations all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project.
“The warmth and feel of Inspirations had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it ‘old-school’ style,” Byford explains.
“This 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.”
The results speak for themselves. From the super-charged melodic romp of The Beatles’ ‘Paperback Writer’ to their freeway mad take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Stone Free’, 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 Motörhead’s ‘Bomber’ (with added whistle!), AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child’, Black Sabbath’s ‘Evil Woman’ and a raucous Deep Purple’s ‘Speed King’ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, “vintage” sounding renditions.
“We wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do,” continues Byford, “and it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven’t sung many of these songs before.”
Byford does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Rocker’. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelin's ‘Immigrant Song’ or throwing down AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child’, Saxon does 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,” concludes Byford, “and we also think it’s very important to have -and share with the fans- some fun in these dark times."
You want even more proof of the validity behind that statement? Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on Toto’s ‘Hold The Line’ and consider Saxon’s Inspirations a mission accomplished. Saxon’s Inspirations is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited edition D2C products.»
Δελτίο τύπου: «'𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆' is taken from 𝕊𝔸𝕏𝕆ℕ's 𝕀ℕ𝕊ℙ𝕀ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 album, which is 𝕆𝕌𝕋 ℕ𝕆𝕎 via Silver Lining Music.
British Heavy Metal legends Saxon have delivered a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops an 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.
Inspirations was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshire’s impressionist artists - the Staithes Group. For Byford, recording Inspirations all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project.
“The warmth and feel of Inspirations had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it ‘old-school’ style,” Byford explains.
“This 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.”
The results speak for themselves. From the super-charged melodic romp of The Beatles’ ‘Paperback Writer’ to their freeway mad take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Stone Free’, 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 Motörhead’s ‘Bomber’ (with added whistle!), AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child’, Black Sabbath’s ‘Evil Woman’ and a raucous Deep Purple’s ‘Speed King’ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, “vintage” sounding renditions.
“We wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do,” continues Byford, “and it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven’t sung many of these songs before.”
Byford does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Rocker’. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelin's ‘Immigrant Song’ or throwing down AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child’, Saxon does 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,” concludes Byford, “and we also think it’s very important to have -and share with the fans- some fun in these dark times."
You want even more proof of the validity behind that statement? Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on Toto’s ‘Hold The Line’ and consider Saxon’s Inspirations a mission accomplished. Saxon’s Inspirations is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats and limited edition D2C products.»
Band: Saxon
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Formed in: 1978
Genre: NWOBHM, Heavy Metal
Lyrical themes: History, Mythology, Motorcycles, Rock / Metal
Years active: 1970-1976 (as Blue Condition), 1976-1977 (as SOB), 1977-1978 (as Son of a Bitch), 1978-present
Album: "Inspirations"
Type: Full length
Release date: March 19th 2021
Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: CD, LP
Track listing:
01. Paint It Black
02. Immigrant Song
03. Paperback Writer
04. Evil Woman
05. Stone Free
06. Bomber
07. Speed King
08. The Rocker
09. Hold The Line
10. Problem Child
11. See My Friends
Band members:
Biff Byford - Vocals
Paul Quinn - Guitars
Doug Scarratt - Guitars
Nigel Glockler - Drums
Nibbs Carter - Bass
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