Released 14 October 1997 Producer Kalle Trapp and Saxon Release date 14 October 1997 Genre Heavy metal | Length 53:24 Artist Saxon Label CMC International | |
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Recorded Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany, 1997 Unleash the Beast
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Unleash the Beast is Saxon's thirteenth studio album, released in 1997. It is the first studio album to feature Doug Scarratt on guitar, and thus the first studio album to feature the band's current lineup.
Contents
Lyrical concept
- "Unleash the Beast" is about a fictional story of stone gargoyles coming alive.
- "Circle of Light" follows a man who has an out-of-body experience and watches as surgeons bring him back to life.
- "The Thin Red Line" is about the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
- "Ministry of Fools" possibly concerns the media and authority.
- "The Preacher" is about a preacher trying to convert someone to his religion.
- "Bloodletter" is about vampires.
- "Cut Out the Disease" is about treason between friends.
- "Absent Friends" is about the death of a very close friend. John 'JJ' Jones
- "All Hell Breaking Loose" describes the passing of a hurricane.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Gothic Dreams1:33
2Unleash the Beast5:18
3Terminal Velocity4:46
References
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