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Biff Byford and Steve Dawson, 1983
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

Bands & Artists
Elton John, Gene Simmons of Kiss, Katy Perry and Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider
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

Tracks & Singles
Biff Byford headshot
"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

Interviews
Saxon in 1980 with an inset of Metallica’s James Hetfield
“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?

Tracks & Singles
Billie Joe Armstrong
"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

Albums
Six By Six
“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

Bands & Artists
Saxon in 2024
"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

Albums
Saxon: Hell, Fire And Damnation cover art
"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

By Geoff Barton Published

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

Albums
Photos of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Nightwish, Slipknot and Killswitch Engage performing live
“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows

By Matt Mills Published

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

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

By Polly Glass Published

Eight reasons to believe

Tracks & Singles
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