Another solid record from Biff and the boys. It should probably sound dated by now but I'd rather listen to the chants of 'Heavy Metal Thunder' than crap by say, Green Day, Nickelback or Slipknot. This was music very much of its time, early '80s metal played for real, driving, rockin', masculine grooves set ablaze by fiery guitars, galloping drum beats, a super-charged bass and Biff's warrior wails. Sure, it's far from genius, the chorus of literally each track a plain and simple chant of metal faith for the masses, but again, the sincerity is there even if the glowing excitement has staggered off elsewhere. Saxon were never intent on being evil or fake and so instead they rattled out a handful of early records that would've had alot of metallers, and particularly their dads and uncles, rockin' along the freeway...
7/10
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