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Prog supergroup Six By Six announce first ever live show
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog supergroup Six By Six, featuring members of Saga, 3 and Saxon, will release new album Beyond Shadowland in April

Former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson sentenced to six years in prison for child sex offences
By Paul Brannigan published
Founding Saxon member Steve Dawson found guilty of historic child abuse at Sheffield Crown Court, given six year custodial sentence

10 massive pop stars who secretly appeared on rock and metal songs
By Paul Travers published
Katy Perry, Elton John, Boy George, Billy Joel – they’ve all secretly rocked it up over the years

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

“They must have realised it was a bit stupid”: Metallica have never covered a Saxon song, and Biff Byford has a theory why
By Dave Everley published
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an incident at their second ever show explain why?

"We’re so excited about our future!" Green Day celebrate scoring fifth UK number one album with 'Saviors'
By Paul Brannigan published
High five! Green Day score their fifth UK number one album

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

"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
By Paul Travers published
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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