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Manimal – Trapped in the Shadows Label: AFM Records Release Date: November 20, 2015 It has been six agonizingly long years since Gothenburg, Sweden's Manimal unleashed its 2009 debut album, The Darkest Room. This winter, the band has…

Saxon - Battering Ram Label: UDR Music Release Date: October 30, 2015 With over 35 years of recording and touring under its belt, NWOBHM stalwarts, Saxon, have nothing left to prove. So it comes as no surprise that the band's 21st studio…

Seattle’s Queensrÿche have made the road their primary home for the better part of the last three years. The original trio of guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield, along with guitarist Parker…

After a near retirement scare and the departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing, Judas Priest began the decade with a new guitarist and a massive final world tour. Young guitarist Richie Faulkner (Lauren Harris, Voodoo Six) immediately…

Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls Label: Epic Release Date: July 15, 2014 Six years have passed since fans last had a taste of new Judas Priest music, the last being 2008's multi-disc concept effort, Nostradamus. This month not only…

Among the iconic trinity of NWOBHM leaders Saxon may be the least well-known, but they remain the most prolific and consistent. Def Leppard slipped quickly into what they call "light alloy" and Iron Maiden has gone through three vocalists…

Saxon – Unplugged and Strung Up Label: UDR Release Date: November 18, 2013 While there is no telling how long Saxon will continue its amazing and influential journey, there is no doubting their passion for rock and roll, or their…

It's been more than three decades since the wheels of steel known as Saxon began to roll. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers have been among rock's most consistent and prolific merchants of classic hard rocking, headbanging…

This week, The Very Beast of Dio, Vol. 2 was unleashed on the public, covering the last decade of the mighty Dio years. Drummer Simon Wright, who played on those albums stopped by to talk to Metal Nation about the album and the continuing…

When metalheads talk about the best singers of the genre, guys like Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford quickly jump to mind. Yet anyone who hears Saxon front man Biff Byford's voice will instantly peg his distinctive howl.…