Unleash the Beast

Unleash the Beast is Saxon's thirteenth studio album, released in 1997. It is the first studio album without Graham Oliver on guitar, who was replaced by Doug Scarratt, making it the first album to feature the band's current lineup.

Unleash the Beast
Studio album by
Released1997
RecordedKaro Studios, Brackel, Germany, 1997
GenreHeavy metal
Length53:24
LabelCBH/Virgin, CMC International
ProducerKalle Trapp and Saxon
Saxon (band) Cover Art by Paul R. Gregory chronology
A Collection of Metal
(1996)
Unleash the Beast
(1997)
Donnington: The Live Tracks
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Biff Byford, Nibbs Carter, Nigel Glockler, Paul Quinn, and Doug Scarratt, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gothic Dreams"Byford, Glockler1:33
2."Unleash the Beast"Byford, Scarratt, Carter, Glockler5:16
3."Terminal Velocity" 4:43
4."Circle of Light"Byford, Scarratt, Carter, Glockler5:26
5."The Thin Red Line"Byford, Scarratt, Carter, Glockler6:20
6."Ministry of Fools"Byford, Scarratt, Carter, Glockler4:29
7."The Preacher" 4:55
8."Bloodletter" 5:31
9."Cut Out the Disease" 5:23
10."Absent Friends" 4:54
11."All Hell Breaking Loose"Byford, Quinn, Scarratt, Carter4:31

Personnel

Production
  • Kalle Trapp - producer, mixing
  • Saxon - producer
  • Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany - recording and mixing location
  • Biff Byford - mixing

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Unleash the Beast". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.



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