Saxon / Graspop Metal Meeting 2022 / 1CDR

Saxon / Graspop Metal Meeting 2022 / 1CDR / Shades

Festivalpark Stenehei, Dessel, Belgium 18th June 2022

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“GRASPOP METAL MEETING” is currently the eye of typhoons in the collector’s world. The masterpiece live album will be released at once! This work is the SAXON version, which reigns as a metal mogul in Europe.
It is “June 18, 2022 Dessel performance” that is imbued with such a work. It is a powerful audience recording. This week, JUDAS PRIEST version “Shades 1564” of “GRASPOP METAL MEETING” will be released at the same time, but SAXON will appear just before “Same 18th” and “Same South Stage”. Of course, it is a complete sister version of the PRIEST version and the “same taper” recorded continuously. Speaking of SAXON, NWOBHM’s hero along with IRON MAIDEN. Although the appearance date is different, you can still enjoy it in the same recorder collection as the MAIDEN version “Shades 1563” released at the same time.
Current SAXON has sent the new work “CARPE DIEM” to the 17th place in the UK for the first time since “POWER & THE GLORY”. We are gaining momentum, but we have been reporting in real time since the first day of the restart. First of all, let’s review such a recent situation with a schedule.

● 2021
<< Release of “INSPIRATIONS” on March 19 >>
・ August 15 “BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2021”
・ November 12: METAL HAMMER PARADISE appearance
● 2022
・ January 28 + 29: UK # 1 (2 performances)
“February 4,” CARPE DIEM “released”
・ June 3rd-July 23rd: Europe # 1 (8 performances) ← ★ Coco ★
・ October 2-23: Europe # 2 (17 performances)
・ November 11-26: UK # 2 (14 performances)

This is the 2021/2022 schedule that has been announced so far. Since last year, we have done some shoulder-breaking single-shot stages (you can enjoy the pattern on the first day at our “BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2021 (Shades 1392)”), but with the release of “CARPE DIEM”, it will be in full swing. .. The appearance of “GRASPOP METAL MEETING” in this work was the third performance of “Europe # 1” at the beginning of the tour.
This work that recorded such a stage is a very thick and dynamic powerful recording. As mentioned above, it is a sister work by the same recorder as IRON MAIDEN / JUDAS PRIEST, and the sound is very similar. The taste of outdoor recording with zero echo is plentiful, and the thick core and delicate details approach the ear. The emphasis sound, which tends to be a weakness in the outdoors, is also thick, and the thickness of the performance sound creates a dynamic spectacle feeling (on the other hand, there is also a sense of instability like checking the sound output in the first song. It may be a habit of taper).
The powerful sound is a little different from the full show that rides the waves in the new work “CARPE DIEM”. Set analysis is the best way to explain its meaning. Let’s check it out immediately.

● 80’s Classics
・ Wheels of Steel: Motorcycle Man / Wheels Of Steel / 747 (Strangers in the Night)
・ Denim And Leather ／ And The Bands Played On ／ Princess Of The Night
・ Others: Heavy Metal Thunder (★) / Strong Arm Of The Law / Crusader (★)
● After the 90’s
・ Solid Ball Of Rock / Dogs Of War / Thunderbolt
* Note: The “★” mark is a song that could not be heard in “BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2021”.

…… And it looks like this. While the rich Greatest Hits interwoven with “Heavy Metal Thunder” and “Crusader” that could not be heard in last year’s “BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2021”, which was also the first report of the resumption of the live, there is no new song of “CARPE DIEM”. .. It may be for festivals where people other than fans gather, but I feel that it’s a shame that there is no new song four months after its release. On the other hand, the masterpieces that fans want from Haji to Haji are powerful. It is also a Tokuno stage where 1 hour and 5 minutes pass by in a blink of an eye.
Europe in 2022, where the heavy metal rush has been taking place since the mid-1980s. Among them, it is a one-off release of an audience album where you can experience “GRASPOP METAL MEETING”, which is regarded as a highlight. A summer festival like a burning iron plate, unlike the hot and humid Japan. Please enjoy it together with IRON MAIDEN / JUDAS PRIEST!

★ Powerful audience recording of “June 18, 2022 GRASPOP METAL MEETING”. The same recorder collection as IRON MAIDEN’s “Shades 1563” and JUDAS PRIEST’s “Shades 1564”, with a tight and dynamic name recording. Directly record the sound emitted from the PA with plenty of outdoor taste with zero echo. A very thick core with no sense of distance is recorded with a straight ball, and the details are also clear accordingly. It is a new masterpiece where you can experience the 2022 glass pop, which became a rare heavy metal paradise due to the reaction of the pandemic, because it is not only thick but also thick, probably because it picks up the sound output to the subtleties.

Shades 1565