Power & the Glory

by Ed Rivadavia

After their first significant hiatus, the members of Saxon (including new drummer Nigel Glockler) returned to the studio to work on Power and the Glory, an album which sounds like it was recorded in a tin can, albeit a very large one. The title track shows some promise, but it's all downhill from there, culminating in the 6- minute plus, strangely prog-metal sounds of The Eagle Has Landed. There is also a noticeable lyrical shift towards "dungeons and dragons" themes, though the band had the sense of retaining at least one song about bikes in "Redline."