Album: Wheels of Steel by Saxon (1980)
Genre: Heavy Metal | Style: Metal | Mood: Energetic
Record Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: Album

Description: Wheels of Steel is the second studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980 and reached Platinum status in the UK. 
The album received very positive reviews by critics and is today regarded as being a classic metal album helping to define the genre.

Artist Background: Saxon are an English heavy metal band who formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts, they also had success in Japan and in the USA. In Japan, the single "Motorcycle Man" stayed in the charts for over 5 months. They ... Part of the Barnsley, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Heavy Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Judas Priest, Accept, Tygers of Pan Tang, Running Wild

Music Scene: Part of the Barnsley, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Heavy Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Heavy Metal, Metal, Energetic, 1980s, Album, Silver Lining Music

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Wheels of Steel is the second studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980 and reached Platinum status in the UK. 
The album received very positive reviews by critics and is today regarded as being a classic metal album helping to define the genre.

Wheels of Steel

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