Released to mark the band's 40th anniversary, this album features 40 live tracks performed by the legendary heavy metal band at various venues across the world between 2007 and 2018. Saxon Celebrate Four Dominant Metal Decades With ‘The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live)’ On August 2nd, British heavy metal legends will release their live 40th anniversary celebration The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live) through Silver Lining Music. Featuring 40 of the band’s most iconic tracks spanning their entire career thus-far, the selection was personally curated by front man and founder Biff Byford, who selected the best live performances from an array of international shows over the last twelve years. From “State of Grace” to “Machine Gun” to “20,000 Ft”, The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live) is Saxon at their loudest, proudest and definitive best, delivering a full-blooded journey through the songs which have established them as vanguards of heavy metal music.
Heavy metal these days is in constant flux, trying to reinvent itself, oftentimes by going back to the roots and digging up and reusing what made traditional metal so great thirty years ago. In swoop the mighty Saxon to prove that the some of the founding fathers are still going strong and remain the bosses of this monster mamma jam…