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"The Inner Sanctum" is the seventeenth studio album of Saxon, an English heavy metal band. In this amazing work, released under the Steamhammer/SPV label, the hard work was put in by lead singer Peter "Biff" Byford, guitarists Doug Scarrat and Paul Quinn, bassist Nibbs Carter, and drummer Nigel Glockler.
Let's analyze the album now: it begins with a bang with "State Of Grace", a masterpiece featuring an opening with very dark choirs; soon after, the drumbeat slowly comes in and then Biff starts singing. The drumming in this song is very oppressive, and what about the solo? Perfect, in every way, and it's played at a point where the track's speed is much slower compared to the frenetic pace of the chorus riff. This first track bodes well for the rest of the album: "Need for Speed" is a great piece, very fast, with excellent drumming. Here, Biff's voice appears melodious in the verses and more "gritty" in the chorus. Indeed, his voice sounds very driven. Again, the solo is very fast, excellent due to Paul Quinn's good work. "Let me Feel Your Power" presents, like the previous two tracks, an incredible, oppressive, and majestic drumming rhythm.
In "Red Star Falling" there are acoustic parts where Byford’s voice is much more relaxed compared to the other songs, only to become much sharper in the chorus. However, the song is much less "hard" than the previous ones. Next is "I've Got To Rock (To Stay Alive)", with terrifying riffs in perfect harmony with the guitars. "If I Was You" is one of the weaker songs of the album, by far worse than the others. The only positive note of the track is the solo, which is very beautiful. "Going Nowhere Fast" is a track with a very heavy riff like the old days of Saxon: indeed, this is a very classic track, with very hard and aggressive drum parts. In "Ashes To Ashes", the opening is with drums, with the alternation of bass drum - crash - toms, with the guitarist subsequently playing a good riff. In the song, during the chorus, there are Accept-style choirs. "Empire Rising" is a prelude, an instrumental introduction that anticipates the following song, "Atila The Hun", a perfect song, with majestic drumming and Biff's very driven vocals, alongside a very tough riff and a spectacular solo.
These are the ten tracks that are part of this new work by Saxon: very beautiful CD, however different from Saxon's previous albums. Undoubtedly it has deserved a full five; this rating, however, for me is worth double, considering the rather advanced age of the band members, now destined to remain in the history of contemporary music.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Need for Speed (03:08)
Scream Into Danger
Thats Just What I Like
Pushing It Harder
The Feeling Is Right
Faster And Faster
Don't Loose Your Grip
Live For The Moment
There's Nothing Like This
I Need The Rush
Can't Get Enough
I Got The Need For Speed
Out To The Limit
I'm Here For The Ride
Don't Try To Stop Me
Just Open It Wide
Wind Back The Throttle
Your Foot To The Floor
Up To The Red Line
Give It Some More
I Need The Rush
Can't Get Enough
I Got The Need For Speed
Scream Into Danger
That's Just What I Like
Pushing It Harder
The Feeling Is Right
Faster And Faster
Don't Loose Your Grip
Live For The Moment
There's Nothing Like This
I Need The Rush
Can't Get Enough
I Got The Need For Speed
08 Ashes to Ashes (04:52)
We'll Never Surrender Or Give Up The Fight We'll Take What Where Given And Never Lose Sight We've All Been To The Edge And Back Were Leaving No One Behind [Chorus:] Ashes To Ashes Back To The Wall Brother To Brother Together We Fall Ashes To Ashes Never Give In Brother To Brother United We Win Shoulder To Shoulder Never Give Ground We're Stronger Than Ever Forever We're Bound We'll Make A Stand And Give It All When Our Backs To The Wall [Chorus]
10 Atila the Hun (08:14)
There's Something Coming From The East
Hear The Thunder Of The Beast
Evil Shadow Cross The Sun
A Million Voices Rise As One
Atila The Hun Atila The Hun
Look Into The Jaws Of Death
Can You Feel The Devil's Breath
There's Nowhere Left For You To Run
The Scourge Of God He Soon Will Come
Atila The Hun Atila The Hun
From The Towers Of Babylon
To The Deserts Of The Sun
In Temples Of Mighty Rome
To The Land Of The Earth And Stone
The Only Word That You Will Hear
A Name That Brings You Panic And Fear
Just When You Think The Killings Done
A Million Voices Rise As One
Atila The Hun Atila The Hun
There's Something Coming From The East
Hear The Thunder Of The Beast
Evil Shadow Across The Sun
A Million Voices Rise As One
Atila The Hun Atila The Hun
Can You Hear Them Coming Near
You Cannot Move You're Paralised With Fear
All They Bring Is Death And Pain
The Life You Had Will Not Remain
A Mighty Empire Rising From The East
Will You Send An Army To Defeat
The Mounted Warriors Arrows Fall Like Rain
The Conquerors Army Rides Across The Plain
Atila The Hun Atila The Hun
12 747 (Strangers in the Night) (05:07)
We've got a 747 coming down in the night
There's no power, there's no runway lights
Radio operator try to get a message through
Tell the flight deck New York has no lights
There's no power what do we do?
747 coming down in the night
Try to get a message through
We were strangers in the night (*)
Both on separate flights
Strangers in the night
Going nowhere
This is Scandinavian one-o-one
Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sun
Kennedy should be in sight
We can't see a thing here in the night
Navigator says we're on the flight path
There's no radio, no sign of life
This is Scandinavian one-o-one
For God's sake, get the ground lights on, because
(Repeat *)
There's a 747 going into the night
There's no power, they don't know why
They've no fuel, they've got to land soon
They can't land by the light of the moon
They're overshooting, there's no guiding lights
Set a course into the light
Scandinavian one-o-one
For God's sake get your ground lights on
(Repeat *)
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