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Unleash the Beast

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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(1997)
  
Donnington The Live Tracks(1997)

Similar
  
Saxon albums, Heavy metal albums

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

  1. "Unleash the Beast" is about a fictional story of stone gargoyles coming alive.
  2. "Circle of Light" follows a man who has an out-of-body experience and watches as surgeons bring him back to life.
  3. "The Thin Red Line" is about the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.
  4. "Ministry of Fools" possibly concerns the media and authority.
  5. "The Preacher" is about a preacher trying to convert someone to his religion.
  6. "Bloodletter" is about vampires.
  7. "Cut Out the Disease" is about treason between friends.
  8. "Absent Friends" is about the death of a very close friend. John 'JJ' Jones
  9. "All Hell Breaking Loose" describes the passing of a hurricane.

Personnel

  • Biff Byford - Vocals
  • Doug Scarratt - Guitar
  • Paul Quinn - Guitar
  • Nibbs Carter - Bass
  • Nigel Glockler - Drums

    • Production

  • Producer: Kalle Trapp & Saxon
  • Recorded and mixed at Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany
  • Mixed by Kalle Trap & Biff Byford
  • Album dedicated to John J. J. Jones

    • Songs

    1Gothic Dreams1:33
    2Unleash the Beast5:18
    3Terminal Velocity4:46

    References

    Unleash the Beast Wikipedia
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