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Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”

Former Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno has distanced the group from Def Leppard, Saxon and the rest in an exclusive Metal Hammer interview

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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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Prog supergroup Six By Six announce first ever live show

Prog supergroup Six By Six, featuring members of Saga, 3 and Saxon, will release new album Beyond Shadowland in April

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Former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson sentenced to six years in prison for child sex offences

Founding Saxon member Steve Dawson found guilty of historic child abuse at Sheffield Crown Court, given six year custodial sentence

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"No holograms, no troupes of dancers, just a giant light-up trident descending from the ceiling": Judas Priest keep it simple on a triumphant first night of the Invincible Shield tour

A show 160 years in the making: Judas Priest, Saxon and Uriah Heap take to the stage in Glasgow

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Prog supergroup Six By Six announce second album

Six By Six, featuring members of Saga, 3 and Saxon, will release new album Beyond Shadowland in April

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"Things have gone further than we envisaged, but that’s life": Saxon's Biff Byford on their new guitarist, extraterrestrial life and the future

As Saxon prepare to tour The UK with Judas Priest and Uriah Heep, we catch up with frontman Biff Byford to hear about new album Hell, Fire And Damnation

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“They must have realised it was a bit stupid”: Metallica have never covered a Saxon song, and Biff Byford has a theory why

Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an incident at their second ever show explain why?

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“S for Saga, S for Saxon and it landed on Six By Six. Also, we have six arms, six legs, six eyes and and so on...” Welcome to the world of new prog supergroup Six By Six

In 2022 the surprise grouping of Robert Berry, Saga's Ian Crichton and Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler resulted in a fine melodic prog album

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"It won’t change the face of music or knock the world off its axis, but Hell, Fire And Damnation is yet another damned fine addition." Saxon's new album emphatically ticks all the heavy metal boxes you're looking for

Saxon's twenty-fourth studio album brings the kind of heavy metal thunder you'd expect. And we wouldn't have it any other way

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"It's like being forced by Mary Beard, wielding a vicious riding crop, to watch never-ending episodes of The Time Tunnel": Saxon's Hell, Fire And Damnation

Biff Byford lines up the history lessons on Saxon's 24th studio album Hell, Fire And Damnation

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“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows

Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Måneskin, Bernie Marsden, Saxon and more

Eight reasons to believe

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Saxon, The Halo Effect and Equilibrium are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"The misbehaving goes on after I've gone to bed. And I'm always the first to bed": Phil Campbell on touring with his three sons

Former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell and his band the are preparing to make some noise in November and December

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10 amazing UK metal bands that couldn’t break America

Despite their undeniable talent, the likes of Carcass, Godflesh and Sikth never got enough praise in the States

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Five brilliant but obscure NWOBHM albums that could have been huge in a parallel universe

They could have been Iron Maiden. Or Def Leppard. Or even Saxon. But they weren't

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Diamond Head's Brian Tatler steps up to replace Paul Quinn as Saxon live guitarist

Saxon's Paul Quinn retired from touring last month after 48 years, but a familiar face is filling his shoes

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We all share music we adore. Why shouldn't Saxon?

More Inspirations is the follow-up to 2021's Inspirations and finds Saxon covering Kiss, The Who, Alex Harvey and more

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Tuber Group swoops for William Jackson Food Group's fresh produce business

Undisclosed deal for My Fresh follows Saxon Foods acquisition

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‘If I get covered in urine, that means I’ve arrived’: the birth of Monsters of Rock festival

In an extract from new book Denim and Leather, an oral history of 80s British heavy metal, Judas Priest, Saxon, Rainbow and others describe the 1980 debut of an event that cemented the UK rock community

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