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Saxon And Iced Earth Announces European Tour

posted Nov 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM by Diamond Oz.  (6 Comments)

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Blabbermouth.net reports: Saxon and Iced Earth will team up for a European co-headlining tour in February 2009. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Feb. 01 - F - Paris - Bataclan
Feb. 02 - B - Brussels - AB
Feb. 03 - NL - Tilburg - 013
Feb. 04 - D - Cologne - Essigfabrik
Feb. 06 - LUX - Luxembourg - Den Atelier
Feb. 07 - D - Herford - X
Feb. 08 - D - Hamburg - Docks
Feb. 10 - NO - Oslo - Rockefeller
Feb. 11 - SE - Stockholm - Annex
Feb. 12 - DK - Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
Feb. 13 - D - Berlin - Huxleys
Feb. 15 - PL - Warsaw - Spodac
Feb. 16 - CZ - Zlin - [to be announced]
Feb. 17 - A - Vienna - Gasometer
Feb. 19 - HU - Budapest - Petofi Hall
Feb. 20 - SI - Ljubljana - Mediapark
Feb. 21 - HR - Zagreb - Boogaloo
Feb. 22 - I - Milan - Rolling Stone
Feb. 24 - CH - Zurich - Volkshaus
Feb. 25 - F - Strassbourg - La Laiterie
Feb. 27 - E - Bilbao - Rockstar Live
Feb. 28 - E - Madrid - La Riviera
Mar. 01 - E - Barcelona - Razzmatazz

Saxon will release its new new studio album, "Into The Labyrinth" in Europe on January 12, 2009 (Germany: January 9; USA: January 13) via SPV Records. The CD was recorded at the Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany, under the direction of Charlie Bauerfeind. Saxon laid down 13 new songs at Blind Guardian's studio, starting with monumental opener "Battalions Of Steel" through "Demon Sweeney Todd" and "Valley Of The Kings", which both cover historic events, to the final slide guitar blues track "Coming Home" (fans are already familiar with the electric version of this track from Saxon's "Killing Ground" album).

Source: Blabbermouth

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6 Comments on "Saxon And Iced Earth Announces European Tour"

Diamond Oz's avatar

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1. Diamond Oz writes:

I saw both bands at Graspop. Both blew me away. Every metal fan in Europe has gotta get to this!

Now playing: Ill Bill - Glenwood Projects feat. Necro and Goretex

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2. Jenny writes:

Lucky Europeans...*slams fist on the table*

# Nov 25, 2008 @ 3:25 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. deathbringer writes:

Sounds like a pairing made for a European tour. I'm not sure how well a power-metal focused tour would do here in the states. The ones I've seen come to teh very small clubs like Jaxx.

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Diamond Oz's avatar

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4. Diamond Oz writes:

I wouldn't call Saxon power metal. Just good old heavy metal. But yeah it does seem like a match made in metal heaven

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5. godlike writes:

yeah.... Saxon is good old heavy metal.... leftover from the NWOBHM... and still doing it well..!!

Biff is the man \m/

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6. deathbringer writes:

It's been a while since I've heard them, but I thought their vocal delivery was more in the power metal range (like much of teh 80s metal). Iced Earth isn't exactly straight power metal either, but it seems like a Euro tour vs a US tour.

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