The silver eagle has finally landed for audiences worldwide!<\/p>\n
After enjoying a limited \u201cFan Club Only\u201d UK release, Heavy Metal Thunder \u2013 The Movie, Saxon\u2019s wonderfully unfiltered and intimate account of their ascent to the upper echelons of heavy metal, will finally enjoy an international release this December. The double-disc set features the soon-to-be-celebrated story of Saxon, while the second disc is packed with bonus features including a full-length performance (on St. George\u2019s Day) from April 23rd, 2008. Rivetingly honest, and including the frank memories of every musician who has played in the band, Heavy Metal Thunder \u2013 The Movie pieces together the earliest incarnations of Saxon, from frontman Biff Byford\u2019s teenage years in the coalmines of Yorkshire and Son Of A Bitch (the first incarnation of Saxon) all the way through to top 10 hits and world tours. \u201cOur music was more sort of machinery banging together, wheels turning, machines making noise,\u201d says Biff of those early, industrial days, \u201cIt\u2019s what Heavy Metal is all about. Heavy Metal is all about hard, big sounds bashing your skull in. I used to work in factories where big machinery made lot of noise and I used to sing along to the noises they made.\u201d
\nIt is a documentary which looks for all the world as though it\u2019s a superbly crafted script, as much a tale of pure, honest, working class triumph as just another rock\u2019n\u2019roll story. Heavy Metal Thunder \u2013 The Movie shows every facet of Saxon on their journey without once diluting the true characters who make up the band. \u201cWe basically played every dump and shithole that there is in England over a period, probably just short of eight years,\u201d laughs Biff. \u201cYou know classic clich\u00e9 of transit van, up and down and we used to play more or less every night. One gig might be a good paying gig and the other one might be no money or ten quid but it was an obsession, you had to play every day.\u201d These wonderfully na\u00efve young men sought nothing more than a great gig, a good time and maybe a nice girl, before suddenly finding themselves on tour in the US, exposed to the sorts of things which (quite frankly) Barnsley simply didn\u2019t offer in 1980. And from that point, Heavy Metal Thunder \u2013 The Movie, takes the viewer on a journey – on a rock\u2019n\u2019roller of a journey encompassing it all from triumphs to tears to tea-bags and beyond.
\nNothing is forsaken and nothing skipped. Despite the fact that to this day there remain problems between the Byford\/Quinn and Oliver\/Dawson parties, everyone tells the full-unedited Saxon story with heartfelt honesty and integrity.
\n\u201cWe do have a great legacy,\u201d says Byford, \u201cwhether you joined the band in 1994 or (as) an original member. There\u2019s a legacy there and I\u2019ve tried hard to not let people demean it and to spoil it and you have to look after that thing that is Saxon.\u201d
\nHeavy Metal Thunder \u2013 The Movie will entertain, engage and charm fans and non-fans alike. That\u2019s a truth as honest as the film itself\u2026
\nIN STORES: <\/p>\n
UK:\t December 10th, 2012<\/p>\n
FORMAT
\n\u2022 DVD Digipack (2 Discs)
\n\u2022 Blu-ray<\/p>\n
Full Tour Dates are:
\nAPRIL 2013
\nThu 18 \tLeamington \tSpa Assembly \t0844 854 1358 www.leamingtonassembly.com\/
\nFri 19 \tNottingham\tRock City \t0845 413 4444 \twww.rock-city.co.uk
\nSat 20 \tNewcastle\tO2 Academy\t0844 477 2000 \to2academynewcastle.co.uk
\nSun 21 \tGlasgow \tO2 ABC \t0844 844 4747 \twww.o2abcglasgow.co.uk
\nTue 23 \tManchester \tHMV Ritz \t0844 478 0898 \twww.hmvritz.com
\nWed 24 \tLeeds \tO2 Academy \t0844 477 2000 \twww.o2academyleeds.co.uk
\nFri 26 \tWolverhampton \tWulfrun Hall \t0844 478 0898 \twww.wolvescivic.co.uk
\nSat 27 \tLondon*\tO2 Shepherds Bush Empire \t0844 871 8803 \twww.kililive.com
\nSun 28 \tBristol \tO2 Academy \t0844 477 2000 \twww.o2academybristol.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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