Unleash the Beast

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Unleash the Beast
Unleashbeast2.jpg
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Studio album by
Saxon
ReleasedMay 1997 [1]
Recorded1997
StudioKaro Studios (Brackel, Germany)
Genre Heavy metal
Length53:24
Label CBH/Virgin, CMC International
Producer Kalle Trapp, Saxon
Saxon chronology
A Collection of Metal
(1996)		Unleash the Beast
(1997)		 Donnington: The Live Tracks
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Unleash the Beast is the thirteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1997. It is their first studio album with Doug Scarratt on guitar.

Contents

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

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 61

References

  1. ↑ "German charts".
  2. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Unleash the Beast". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Arnopp, Jason (25 October 1997). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 671. UK: EMAP. p. 47.
  5. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Unleash the Beast" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.


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