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SAXORIOR was founded in January 1994 by Matthias Eschrich (vocals, guitars), Kai-Uwe Schneider (vocals, guitars),\nDirk David (drums) and Uwe Vogt (bass). The name stands for Saxon Warrior.\nIn June 1994, Matthias and Kai-Uwe, former members of the renowned East German band "Titan",\nproduced the first demo tape, entitled The First Fight.\nIn the same year, Timo Pfeifer from Corpsess replaced Dirk David on the drum chair.\nBesides several regional live gigs SAXORIOR were special guests on the metal broadcast "Six Pack",\nhosted by Matthias Hopke, on "Radio Energy" in November 1994. \nIn springtime 1995, the band started the studio-recordings for their first full-length album Return From The Dark Side.\nDue to technical and financial reasons the release date of the record was delayed until November 1995,\nwhen it was finally unleashed upon the metal community.\nSAXORIOR created their own particular style, in the vein of Death Metal – yet somehow different.\nThe lyrical concept is based around antonymous topics like life and death, the universe, creation and decline.\nIn December 1995, the CD was introduced on "Radio Energy".\nAfter the new keyboard player Frank Nitzsche had joined the line-up, several concerts e.g. with Eminenz,\nBenediction and Iced Earth followed.\nIn August and September 1996, the songs for the MCD Beyond Conceptions were recorded,\nsolely produced and financed by the band. In October 1996, the record release party took place in Altenberg,\nsituated in the Ore Mountains. Together with performances of Purgatory and Venena it received excellent\nacclaim. \nThe years 1997 and 1998 were reserved for concerts, for example with Eisregen, Dunkelgrafen and Enslaved.\nFurthermore, new song material was collected.\nIn November 1998, one of the new songs called "Burning Stone" appeared on the compilation of the G.U.C. fanzine. \nThe year 1999 should by then be the most productive one,\nwhich besides many live gigs climaxed in the performance at the "Bischofswerda Open Air".\nIn springtime 1999, Kai-Uwe opened up his "Polygam" sound studio in Pirna. In May\u002FJune 1999,\nthe album Portent Of Eternity was recorded there and released on the underground label G.U.C.\nin August of the same year.\nOn this record you can hear the typical SAXORIOR-style, still topical today.\nA quote from the review of the "Legacy" issue of March 1999: \n"An absolutely successful mixture of Black and Pagan Metal is offered here.\nAggressive high speed parts are interrupted by solemn instrumental passages with slightly medieval charming sounds\nand a keyboard underlining the songs in a decent manner.\nSAXORIOR achieved to create an album that causes such an epic, thrilling atmosphere that you can even see the warriors\ngalloping onto the battle field in front of your mind’s eye, fighting the glorious battle for honour and freedom."\nThe song "Hagen von Tronje" was presented on a compilation of the "Ablaze" magazine,\nbringing in a tremendous appreciation for the band. \nIn May 2000, Timo Pfeiffer was replaced on drums by Michael Mann due to different musical perspectives.\nIn July, he gave his live debut in the Metal club "Heavy Duty" in Dresden. Until the end of the year,\nthe live routine of the new line-up was strengthened through several live gigs. \nThe first half of 2001, SAXORIOR dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the song writing process\nwhich led to the recordings for their third full-length album Saxot in "Polygam" studio in June 2001.\nThis album contains a cover version for the first time, "Tubular Bells" from Mike Oldfield.\nLyrically almost everything is concentrated around the epoch of Saxon christianisation where Wittekind and\nhis opponent Karl the Great play an important role. (Both men were prominent figures in German history.)\nMoreover, a part of the Nibelungen saga was worked up in the song "Siegfried",\nfor which the overture of the same titled opera by Richard Wagner was newly arranged.\nIn spite of a longer stage abstinence, the release party in September in the "Flat Black" club (Dresden),\nwith Eminenz and Minas Morgul, proved to be a successful event. \nThe following year was filled with concerts throughout the whole of Germany, e.g. Berlin, Potsdam, Rostock,\nAnnaberg, Frankfurt\u002FOder, Sulzbach\u002FOberpfalz.\nThe highlight of 2002 was without a doubt the "Under The Black Sun Festival" in Berlin together with acts like Root,\nLugubre, Taake and many more.\nIn January 2003, the vinyl album Von Rache und Schmerz (Of Revenge and Pain) was recorded\nat "Polygam" studio and released on the label Fog Of The Apocalypse as a limited edition of 500 copies in May.\nPeculiarities of this record are the AC\u002FDC cover version of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)", \nwith Gorgoroth of Baltak (Australia) on vocals, and live edits on the B-side.\nBesides gigs in Chemnitz, Würzburg and Neukirch\u002FSa., the second half of the year was used for the recordings\nof the new longplayer Neverending Battles again at "Polygam" studio.\n2004 started with a concert in the "Dresdner Scheune" with Dew Scented and others.\nA live clip for the song "Fire Of Retaliation" was produced for the band's website using the recorded material\nof that gig.\nIn March 2004, the new record Neverending Battles was released on Battlegod Productions (Australia),\nthe band's new label.\nThis time the events in Saxony during the "30 Years War" form the basis of the lyrics.\nThe album is complemented by the song "Dem Meister" ("To The Master"), dedicated to Richard Wagner,\nwhich features certain musical themes of his works.\nIn the following months also tracks from the new album were presented live.\nIn the June \u002FJuly issue of "Legacy" magazine SAXORIOR received 14 out of 15 possible review credits.\nFurthermore, the issue contains an interview with the band and a song on the enclosed compilation CD.\nThis song, "Neverending War", was also self-produced as a promotional video clip and can be found\non their homepage, too.\nIn July, a line-up change took place. The founding member Uwe Vogt left the band after ten years for private reasons.\nDuring a concert in Berlin on the 24th of July, he officially handed over the bass to his successor Florian Tilke,\nwho gave his live debut there.\nWith the 18 year-old "Tille", bringing in experienced musical skills due to a long education,\na new breeze blows through the band. In the following months Florian was able to proof his\nlive suitability at concerts a. o. in Dresden (with Eminenz and Aeveron) and Tharandt (with Belphegor). \nThe year 2005 was exclusively reserved for playing live. The highlights of the year were:\nthe "Bands Battle" in Stavenhagen with Thyrfing, Raise Hell and Centinex, the "Devil Days" in St. Leonhard (Austria) with Benediction,\nMystic Circle, God Dethroned…, the "Chronical Moshers Open Air" in Reichenbach\u002FVogtland with Vader, Desaster and others,\nas well as the benefit concert in favour of children suffering from cancer.\nAt the end of the "SIM-EVIL" band contest SAXORIOR finished on 7th position out of more than 100 bands,\nand thus the track "Neverending War" was released on the compilation of Rock Hard magazine.\nWith Twilight the label has finally organised an appropriate distributional partner. \nThe recording process for the new record “Völkerschlacht” (meaning battle of nations)\nbegan in summer 2006 therefore the band had to delay all live activities due to the writing of songs and\nthe production of those at “Polygam” sound studios.\nAfter having finished his drum tracks Michael left the band by mutual agreement for private reasons.\nHe was replaced by session drummer György in early 2007 (WARSPITE and ARCHE:HAVOC)\nwho supported the band at live shows. Throughout 2007 numerous live concerts followed; e.g.\nat Sound Storm Festival and at a charity festival in favour of children suffering from cancer.\nSurprisingly, bassist Florian Tilke decided to leave the band for private reasons in October 2007.\nThat’s why the recordings for “Völkerschlacht” lasted until late autumn 2007.\nIn December 2007, “Völkerschlacht” was finally released and received so many positive reviews that the digipak version was sold out in no time. \nHere a quote from Interregnum magazine: \n“To excel oneself if you offer rather half-baked amateur material as a basic, t\nhere is nothing to it! But to battle in front anyway and to top it nonetheless is worthy to take a bow.\n“Völkerschlacht” is an album full of hymns, acoustic battle paintings, furious Pagan-Metal eruptions,\nexhilarating guitar sophistication. The songs seem to flow over you and to sweep you away in a giant maelstrom.\nBut you are still able to pick up all the entrancing subtleties that make this record so unique...” \nSince 2008 we were supported live by Andy from NOISEMASTER on the drums and Tom from SCRAPY on the bass.\nThe first show with this particular line-up was played at Interregnum Festival in Gnoien on 05.08.2008 and went pretty good.\nSo, since that day, the line-up is complete again and duly to the band’s fifteen year anniversary strengthened\nwith new “metallic” energy!\nAs time went on the band focused more on live performances, METALFEST 2010 (featuring BEHEMOTH, SEPULTURA,\n MARDUK, DEICIDE, ARKONA and many more) being a highlight. In this time the first considerations and research for\nthe new album „SAKSEN“ began. The album title and concept were fixed pretty early on. The „journey through time“\nto the Saxon migration period proved to be more difficult as everything had to be as authentic as possible yet at the same\ntime entertaining. Already in 2013 the first demos recordings started at the band´s own home studio.\nOn September 27th 2014 SAXORIOR celebrated their 20th anniversary with an open air show in Dresden \u002F Germany getting\n euphoric reactions from everybody involved.\nEINHEIT PRODUKTIONEN became the new strong contractual partner in late 2014, which further strengthened the\nmotivation for an album production and a new musical future!\nThe band suffered a minor setback with the injury of drummer Andi, who smashed a part of his left thumb,\nforcing the cancelation of two shows scheduled for January. The album recordings could then commence early February 2015.\n„ ...so the battle will go on. “\n \nReleases: \n1994 The First Fight (demo tape)\n1995 Return From The Dark Side (CD)\n1996 Beyond Conceptions (MCD)\n1999 Portent Of Eternity (CD)\n2000 Saxot (CD)\n2002 Von Rache und Schmerz (Of Revenge And Pain) (LP)\n2003 Neverending Battles (CD)\n2007 Völkerschlacht (CD)\n2009 Völkerschlacht (LP) \n2015 Saksen (CD)\n \nWebsites: www.saxorior.de\n www.facebook.de\u002Fsaxorior\nBand contact: saxorior-contact@arcor.de
SAXORIOR was founded in January 1994 by Matthias Eschrich (vocals, guitars), Kai-Uwe Schneider (vocals, guitars),\nDirk David (drums) and Uwe Vogt (bass). The name stands for Saxon Warrior.\nIn June 1994, Matthias and Kai-Uwe, former members of the renowned East German band "Titan",\nproduced the first demo tape, entitled The First Fight.\nIn the same year, Timo Pfeifer from Corpsess replaced Dirk David on the drum chair.\nBesides several regional live gigs SAXORIOR were special guests on the metal broadcast "Six Pack",\nhosted by Matthias Hopke, on "Radio Energy" in November 1994. \nIn springtime 1995, the band started the studio-recordings for their first full-length album Return From The Dark Side.\nDue to technical and financial reasons the release date of the record was delayed until November 1995,\nwhen it was finally unleashed upon the metal community.\nSAXORIOR created their own particular style, in the vein of Death Metal – yet somehow different.\nThe lyrical concept is based around antonymous topics like life and death, the universe, creation and decline.\nIn December 1995, the CD was introduced on "Radio Energy".\nAfter the new keyboard player Frank Nitzsche had joined the line-up, several concerts e.g. with Eminenz,\nBenediction and Iced Earth followed.\nIn August and September 1996, the songs for the MCD Beyond Conceptions were recorded,\nsolely produced and financed by the band. In October 1996, the record release party took place in Altenberg,\nsituated in the Ore Mountains. Together with performances of Purgatory and Venena it received excellent\nacclaim. \nThe years 1997 and 1998 were reserved for concerts, for example with Eisregen, Dunkelgrafen and Enslaved.\nFurthermore, new song material was collected.\nIn November 1998, one of the new songs called "Burning Stone" appeared on the compilation of the G.U.C. fanzine. \nThe year 1999 should by then be the most productive one,\nwhich besides many live gigs climaxed in the performance at the "Bischofswerda Open Air".\nIn springtime 1999, Kai-Uwe opened up his "Polygam" sound studio in Pirna. In May\u002FJune 1999,\nthe album Portent Of Eternity was recorded there and released on the underground label G.U.C.\nin August of the same year.\nOn this record you can hear the typical SAXORIOR-style, still topical today.\nA quote from the review of the "Legacy" issue of March 1999: \n"An absolutely successful mixture of Black and Pagan Metal is offered here.\nAggressive high speed parts are interrupted by solemn instrumental passages with slightly medieval charming sounds\nand a keyboard underlining the songs in a decent manner.\nSAXORIOR achieved to create an album that causes such an epic, thrilling atmosphere that you can even see the warriors\ngalloping onto the battle field in front of your mind’s eye, fighting the glorious battle for honour and freedom."\nThe song "Hagen von Tronje" was presented on a compilation of the "Ablaze" magazine,\nbringing in a tremendous appreciation for the band. \nIn May 2000, Timo Pfeiffer was replaced on drums by Michael Mann due to different musical perspectives.\nIn July, he gave his live debut in the Metal club "Heavy Duty" in Dresden. Until the end of the year,\nthe live routine of the new line-up was strengthened through several live gigs. \nThe first half of 2001, SAXORIOR dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the song writing process\nwhich led to the recordings for their third full-length album Saxot in "Polygam" studio in June 2001.\nThis album contains a cover version for the first time, "Tubular Bells" from Mike Oldfield.\nLyrically almost everything is concentrated around the epoch of Saxon christianisation where Wittekind and\nhis opponent Karl the Great play an important role. (Both men were prominent figures in German history.)\nMoreover, a part of the Nibelungen saga was worked up in the song "Siegfried",\nfor which the overture of the same titled opera by Richard Wagner was newly arranged.\nIn spite of a longer stage abstinence, the release party in September in the "Flat Black" club (Dresden),\nwith Eminenz and Minas Morgul, proved to be a successful event. \nThe following year was filled with concerts throughout the whole of Germany, e.g. Berlin, Potsdam, Rostock,\nAnnaberg, Frankfurt\u002FOder, Sulzbach\u002FOberpfalz.\nThe highlight of 2002 was without a doubt the "Under The Black Sun Festival" in Berlin together with acts like Root,\nLugubre, Taake and many more.\nIn January 2003, the vinyl album Von Rache und Schmerz (Of Revenge and Pain) was recorded\nat "Polygam" studio and released on the label Fog Of The Apocalypse as a limited edition of 500 copies in May.\nPeculiarities of this record are the AC\u002FDC cover version of "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)", \nwith Gorgoroth of Baltak (Australia) on vocals, and live edits on the B-side.\nBesides gigs in Chemnitz, Würzburg and Neukirch\u002FSa., the second half of the year was used for the recordings\nof the new longplayer Neverending Battles again at "Polygam" studio.\n2004 started with a concert in the "Dresdner Scheune" with Dew Scented and others.\nA live clip for the song "Fire Of Retaliation" was produced for the band's website using the recorded material\nof that gig.\nIn March 2004, the new record Neverending Battles was released on Battlegod Productions (Australia),\nthe band's new label.\nThis time the events in Saxony during the "30 Years War" form the basis of the lyrics.\nThe album is complemented by the song "Dem Meister" ("To The Master"), dedicated to Richard Wagner,\nwhich features certain musical themes of his works.\nIn the following months also tracks from the new album were presented live.\nIn the June \u002FJuly issue of "Legacy" magazine SAXORIOR received 14 out of 15 possible review credits.\nFurthermore, the issue contains an interview with the band and a song on the enclosed compilation CD.\nThis song, "Neverending War", was also self-produced as a promotional video clip and can be found\non their homepage, too.\nIn July, a line-up change took place. The founding member Uwe Vogt left the band after ten years for private reasons.\nDuring a concert in Berlin on the 24th of July, he officially handed over the bass to his successor Florian Tilke,\nwho gave his live debut there.\nWith the 18 year-old "Tille", bringing in experienced musical skills due to a long education,\na new breeze blows through the band. In the following months Florian was able to proof his\nlive suitability at concerts a. o. in Dresden (with Eminenz and Aeveron) and Tharandt (with Belphegor). \nThe year 2005 was exclusively reserved for playing live. The highlights of the year were:\nthe "Bands Battle" in Stavenhagen with Thyrfing, Raise Hell and Centinex, the "Devil Days" in St. Leonhard (Austria) with Benediction,\nMystic Circle, God Dethroned…, the "Chronical Moshers Open Air" in Reichenbach\u002FVogtland with Vader, Desaster and others,\nas well as the benefit concert in favour of children suffering from cancer.\nAt the end of the "SIM-EVIL" band contest SAXORIOR finished on 7th position out of more than 100 bands,\nand thus the track "Neverending War" was released on the compilation of Rock Hard magazine.\nWith Twilight the label has finally organised an appropriate distributional partner. \nThe recording process for the new record “Völkerschlacht” (meaning battle of nations)\nbegan in summer 2006 therefore the band had to delay all live activities due to the writing of songs and\nthe production of those at “Polygam” sound studios.\nAfter having finished his drum tracks Michael left the band by mutual agreement for private reasons.\nHe was replaced by session drummer György in early 2007 (WARSPITE and ARCHE:HAVOC)\nwho supported the band at live shows. Throughout 2007 numerous live concerts followed; e.g.\nat Sound Storm Festival and at a charity festival in favour of children suffering from cancer.\nSurprisingly, bassist Florian Tilke decided to leave the band for private reasons in October 2007.\nThat’s why the recordings for “Völkerschlacht” lasted until late autumn 2007.\nIn December 2007, “Völkerschlacht” was finally released and received so many positive reviews that the digipak version was sold out in no time. \nHere a quote from Interregnum magazine: \n“To excel oneself if you offer rather half-baked amateur material as a basic, t\nhere is nothing to it! But to battle in front anyway and to top it nonetheless is worthy to take a bow.\n“Völkerschlacht” is an album full of hymns, acoustic battle paintings, furious Pagan-Metal eruptions,\nexhilarating guitar sophistication. The songs seem to flow over you and to sweep you away in a giant maelstrom.\nBut you are still able to pick up all the entrancing subtleties that make this record so unique...” \nSince 2008 we were supported live by Andy from NOISEMASTER on the drums and Tom from SCRAPY on the bass.\nThe first show with this particular line-up was played at Interregnum Festival in Gnoien on 05.08.2008 and went pretty good.\nSo, since that day, the line-up is complete again and duly to the band’s fifteen year anniversary strengthened\nwith new “metallic” energy!\nAs time went on the band focused more on live performances, METALFEST 2010 (featuring BEHEMOTH, SEPULTURA,\n MARDUK, DEICIDE, ARKONA and many more) being a highlight. In this time the first considerations and research for\nthe new album „SAKSEN“ began. The album title and concept were fixed pretty early on. The „journey through time“\nto the Saxon migration period proved to be more difficult as everything had to be as authentic as possible yet at the same\ntime entertaining. Already in 2013 the first demos recordings started at the band´s own home studio.\nOn September 27th 2014 SAXORIOR celebrated their 20th anniversary with an open air show in Dresden \u002F Germany getting\n euphoric reactions from everybody involved.\nEINHEIT PRODUKTIONEN became the new strong contractual partner in late 2014, which further strengthened the\nmotivation for an album production and a new musical future!\nThe band suffered a minor setback with the injury of drummer Andi, who smashed a part of his left thumb,\nforcing the cancelation of two shows scheduled for January. The album recordings could then commence early February 2015.\n„ ...so the battle will go on. “\n \nReleases: \n1994 The First Fight (demo tape)\n1995 Return From The Dark Side (CD)\n1996 Beyond Conceptions (MCD)\n1999 Portent Of Eternity (CD)\n2000 Saxot (CD)\n2002 Von Rache und Schmerz (Of Revenge And Pain) (LP)\n2003 Neverending Battles (CD)\n2007 Völkerschlacht (CD)\n2009 Völkerschlacht (LP) \n2015 Saksen (CD)\n \nWebsites: www.saxorior.de\n www.facebook.de\u002Fsaxorior\nBand contact: saxorior-contact@arcor.de
