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Saxon is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Don Airey, Blaze Bayley, Metal Church, Anvil and GTR. Those roots explain a lot about how Saxon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Grave Digger, W.A.S.P., Diamond Head, Savatage and Motörhead, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Iron Maiden, Victory, George Fisher, 3 Inches of Blood and Divlje jagode, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Saxon, reaching back through Don Airey and forward to Iron Maiden. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Saxon connections
Saxon grew out of Don Airey, Blaze Bayley, Metal Church and Anvil, shares an orbit with Grave Digger, W.A.S.P., Diamond Head and Savatage, went on to shape Iron Maiden, Victory, George Fisher and 3 Inches of Blood. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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