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Saxon - Call To Arms



7.9 | 189 votes |
Release date: 3 June 2011
Style: Heavy metal

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175 have it
30 want it


01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. Back In 79
03. Surviving Against The Odds
04. Mists Of Avalon
05. Call To Arms
06. Chasing The Bullet
07. Afterburner
08. When Doomsday Comes [Hybrid Theory Soundtrack]
09. No Rest For The Wicked
10. Ballad Of The Working Man
11. Call To Arms [orchestral version]

Additional info
Produced by Biff Byford and Toby Jepson.
Recorded at Chapel Studios in South Thoresby Lincs and Brighton Electric in Brighton.
Engineer at Chapel Studios: Ewan Davies.
Engineer assistants: Sam Harper & Jerome Van Den Berghe.
Engineer at Brighton: Charlie Bauerfeind.
Engineer assistant: Joe Pickering.
Mixed by Mike Plotnikoff at Bay 7.
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound.
Album coordinator: Leonard Loers.
Keyboards recorded at Rainbow Recorders, Cambs., engineered by Nathan Sage.

Cover concept: Biff Byford.
Original poster by Alfred Leete "Your Country Needs You" (published 1914).
Derivative work and back cover by Kai Swillus for Saxon.
Booklet design and concept: Kai Swillus.
Photos: Kai Swillus.

Guest review by
LordFezzington
Rating:
7.8
"Back In 79", eh? So this is another album by a washed up, has-been bunch of hacks trying to recapture their glory days, right? Wrong. Almost laughably so, in fact. Messrs. Byford et al are certainly looking lined these days, but to dismiss them as sounding their age would be foolish. Sure, the modern day version of Saxon continue to tread in their own well worn footsteps with Call To Arms, but that in no way diminishes the quality of music on show here.

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published 19.12.2011 | Comments (2)

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03.06.2011 - 20:20
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Just finished listening to this, and I will definitely be getting it on Monday! None of the songs are bad, and several of the songs are great. "Hammer Of The Gods", "Afterburner", "Back In 79", and "Surviving Against The Odds" are just awesome old school metal tunes. And "Ballad Of The Working Man" (which isnt really a ballad! ) is a wonderful song. Its a great traditional metal album.
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04.06.2011 - 01:46
John Shock

I must say...almost perfect album... maximum rate...never ever heard saxon before...just heard good things about it!!! Lovin the album...second time listening..
Killer riffs, killer solos and specially killer orchestral version of one of the best songs of the album!!! One of my favorites of course!!! ...
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04.06.2011 - 05:43
Rating: 7
R'Vannith
ghedengi
Probably the most reliable band I know, Saxon rarely fail to put out a decent album. This one's no exception, some great tracks here.
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04.06.2011 - 15:17
Rating: 9
BradSabbath

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04.06.2011 - 16:13
John Shock

Heard it three times in a row!! can you believe it??? preety awesome album!!!! still rules in this house!!!
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04.06.2011 - 17:35
Rating: 10
Deefer46

Saxon are back.....tremendous album. Go and buy it.
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04.06.2011 - 18:20
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by John Shock on 04.06.2011 at 16:13

Heard it three times in a row!! can you believe it??? preety awesome album!!!! still rules in this house!!!



Ive listened to it several times already now, which is the sign of a great album! I love all of the songs, and the orchestral version of the title track is the better version of it. Wonderful stuff! xD
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04.06.2011 - 21:07
John Shock

Written by Angelic Storm on 04.06.2011 at 18:20

Written by John Shock on 04.06.2011 at 16:13

Heard it three times in a row!! can you believe it??? preety awesome album!!!! still rules in this house!!!



Ive listened to it several times already now, which is the sign of a great album! I love all of the songs, and the orchestral version of the title track is the better version of it. Wonderful stuff! xD

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05.06.2011 - 18:42
Rating: 8
Berserk

Pretty sweet album!

One of my fav's this year for sure
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06.06.2011 - 07:15
Rating: 8
Death To Posers
Hate Thy King
Favorite Traditional/Heavy release this year. Definitely deserves a listen.
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06.06.2011 - 17:04
RealGone

Fantastic album, with no filler material. Read my full thoughts here: http://realgonerocks.blogspot.com/2011/06/saxon-call-to-arms.html
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15.10.2011 - 15:52
Rating: 8
rps

New stuff is good....Mist of Avalon reminds me a little bit of Nightmare.......................saw them again after 30 years.....WOW.........a must see live..........you don't know Saxon, you don't know metal........
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01.12.2012 - 13:47
powerbikes747

Good album by saxon, like all the songs of the album apart from back in 79, Hammer of the gods and call to arms are my fav tracks of the album. 9/10
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07.01.2013 - 13:10
Rating: 9
bblitz

Fanatstic record by these old masters,afterburner is killer.
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13.01.2013 - 14:45
Rating: 8
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
Solid heavy metal album with powerful title track.
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We are who we're afraid to be"
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09.02.2017 - 23:28
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Tage Westerlund
A powerful album, spinned a lot this those days, awesome
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02.08.2020 - 21:26
Rating: 7
majormalfunction

Solid effort, once again. Saxon is not the band that's known for any straight out masterpiece records but pretty much all of their albums showcases a band that does know how to write a entertaining record. This one is not among my favourites by them but it's still worthwhile. Not any real stand out tracks here except for maybe Mists of Avalon.
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19.11.2023 - 08:24
Rating: 8
Metal Rasputin

Call to Arms is once again a great album from the masters. I remember a friend telling me this was a lesser album in their catalog, but I don't see anything particularly wrong here. Maybe it's the production, they tried to sound more live here, so I presume that's off-putting for some.
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