Saxon/Osaka,Japan 2025 Complete

The hero SAXON finally comes to Japan for the first time in 14 years! DIAMOND HEAD's Brian Tatler accompanied them, and it was the ultimate Japanese performance where they could enjoy the complete reproduction of the great album "WHEELS OF STEEL". The latest original recording that allows you to fully experience the scene is here. This work is recorded at the "April 25, 2025: Namba Yogibo META VALLEY" performance. It is the superb audience recording. Their visit to Japan was scheduled for November 2024, but was postponed due to visa issues. This time, it was also a rescheduled performance about half a year later. In order to understand such a situation, let's first take a bird's-eye view of their progress since the release of "HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION". 2024 "HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION" released on January 19th March 11th - April 8th: Europe #1 (18 shows) April 23rd - June 2nd: North America #1 (31 shows) June 13th - August 24th: Europe #2 (16 shows) ←※HELLFEST 2024×November 2nd + 3rd: Japan (postponed)× 2025 "HELL, FIRE AND STEEL Tour”・February 4th-March 6th: Europe #3 (22 performances)・March 21st + 22nd: North America #2 (2 performances) *April 25th-27th: Japan (3 performances)←★Here★・May 3rd-11th: South America (6 performances)・July 6th-September 13th/November 4th-28th: ​​Europe #4 (28 performances)This is the 2024/2025 schedule that has been announced so far. In 2024, the regular “HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION Tour” was switched to the “HELL, FIRE AND STEEL Tour”, a re-enactment tour of the great masterpiece “WHEELS OF STEEL” from the beginning of this year. Due to the postponement of the visit to Japan, it was changed from a new work tour to a re-enactment tour of the masterpiece. The visit to Japan, which was already the first in 14 years, has unexpectedly become even more memorable. And the Osaka performance of this work is the first day of the visit to Japan. It was the first time they had performed on a Japanese stage in 14 years, and more specifically, their first Osaka live performance in 17 years. This work, which vacuum-packs the scene overflowing with such a special feeling, is a superb recording with the word "super". This is the latest work by our familiar master, "Western Japan's Strongest Taper", and the sound is (as always) "like a soundboard". There is an audience-like tone, but the on- and extremely thick core has no sense of distance, and the fine details and separation are tremendous. Above all, the scene, "Namba Yogibo META VALLEY", is a small club with a capacity of about 600 people, and the physical closeness is firmly reflected in the sound. And this closed room feeling is valuable worldwide. After all, SAXON is a superstar in the heavy metal world, exciting large venues all over the country, and it is natural to take the top spot at numerous festivals. Their club gigs and the like can only be found in Japan, where they are severely underrated. This work is a masterpiece by a master who makes the most of such a miraculous scene. Such a super direct sound depicts a memorial full show centered on the reproduction of the great masterpiece "WHEELS OF STEEL". Since points other than the reproduction part are also high, let's organize the full set here. Wheels of Steel (9 songs in total) Motorcycle Man / Stand Up and Be Counted / 747 (Strangers In The Night) / Wheels Of Steel / Freeway Mad / See the Light Shining / Street Fighting Gang / Suzie Hold On / Machine Gun Classics (9 songs) Strong Arm of the Law: Heavy Metal Thunder / Dallas 1 PM / Strong Arm Of The Law Others: Power And The Glory / Backs to the Wall / The Eagle Has Landed / Crusader / Denim And Leather / Princess of The Night Tenchu ​​no Hellfire (4 songs) The Prophency / Hell, Fire And Damnation / Madame Guillotine / 1066 ... and so on. It can be roughly divided into three categories: "All songs from WHEELS OF STEEL", "Concentrated best before CRUSADER", and "New songs", and it was a clean selection with no half-baked songs. It's a storm of representative songs, but among them, the rare songs that catch your ear are also delicious. "Freeway Mad" and "Machine Gun" are only available because they are album reproductions, and "Street Fighting Gang" and "Suzie Hold On" were performed live in Japan for the first time. In addition to "WHEELS OF STEEL", the debut album "Backs to the Wall" will be performed in Japan for the first time, and you can enjoy the new songs from "HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION", which has been very well received with Tatler's participation. With the addition of Brian Tatler, the new SAXON has become the "NWOBHM dream team". This is an ultra-excellent original recording that allows you to fully experience their miraculous performance in Japan. Not only is it a great feeling after 14 years, but it is also a rare club gig in the world, and the "complete reproduction of WHEELS OF STEEL" is amazing, and the ensemble that is full of active feeling is also superb. This is a superb audience recording of the first Japan tour in 14 years, "April 25, 2025: Namba Yogibo META VALLEY". The latest work by the familiar master "Western Japan's Strongest Taper" is amazing, like a soundboard. The closed-door feeling of a rare club all over the world is wonderful, and you can experience the ensemble with Brian Tatler and the complete reproduction of "WHEELS OF STEEL". This is a new masterpiece from Japan that is truly proud of the world. Yogibo Meta Valley, Osaka, Japan 25th April 2025 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc:1 (47:05) 1. Intro 2. The Prophency 3. Hell, Fire and Damnation 4. Power and the Glory 5. Backs to the Wall 6. Madame Guillotine 7. Heavy Metal Thunder 8. Dallas 1 PM 9. The Eagle Has Landed 10. Strong Arm of the Law 11. 1066 Disc:2 (58:59) "Wheels of Steel" 1. Motorcycle Man 2. Stand Up and Be Counted 3. 747 (Strangers in the Night) 4. Wheels of Steel 5. Freeway Mad 6. See the Light Shining 7. Street Fighting Gang 8. Suzie Hold On 9. Machine Gun 10. Crusader 11. Denim and Leather 12. Princess of the Night Biff Byford - Vocals Brian Tatler - Guitar Doug Scarratt - Guitar Nibbs Carter - Bass Nigel Glockler - Drums