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!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''Metalhead''

{{Infobox album

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| name = Metalhead

|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Saxonmet2.jpg]]

| type = studio

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| artist = [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]]

!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"| by [[Saxon]]

| cover = Saxonmet2.jpg

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| alt =

!align="left" valign="top"|

| caption = Cover art by [[Paul R. Gregory]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|

| released = {{start date|1999|11|9|df=y}}

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| recorded = 1999

!align="left" valign="top"|Released

| venue =

|colspan="2" valign="top"|September,1999

| studio = Karo Studios ([[Brackel]], Germany)

|-

| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]

!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded

| length = 50:29

|colspan="2" valign="top"|1999

| label = [[SPV GmbH|SPV/Steamhammer]]

|-

| producer = [[Biff Byford]], [[Charlie Bauerfeind]], Rainer Hänsel

| prev_title = [[BBC Sessions (Saxon album)|BBC Sessions]]

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = [[Burrn! Presents: The Best of Saxon]]

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/r444832/review | title = Saxon Metalhead | accessdate = 2011-06-25 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''

| rev2Score = 8/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 August 2007 | ___location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | page=385 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>

| noprose = yes

}}

'''''Metalhead''''' is the fourteenth studio album by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] released in 1999. It is the first album with Fritz Randow, who replaced Nigel Glockler in 1999.

The reason for the absence of the group's drummer, Nigel Glockler, was due to a serious injury to a nerve in the musician's neck. In any case, Nigel would still participate in the composition process of this record, more specifically in the introduction of this work.

!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Heavy Metal]]

==Track listing==

{{Track listing

| headline = CD<ref name="allmusic"/><!-- liner notes pictures: https://www.discogs.com/Saxon-Metalhead/master/396529#images/54554629 -->

| all_writing = Pete "Biff" Byford, Paul Quinn, Doug Scarratt, Tim "Nibbs" Carter, except "Intro" by Nigel Glockler

| title1 = Intro

| length1 = 1:24

| title2 = Metalhead

| length2 = 4:52

| title3 = Are We Travellers in Time

| length3 = 5:17

| title4 = Conquistador

| length4 = 4:42

| title5 = What Goes Around

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Song of Evil

| length6 = 4:12

| title7 = All Guns Blazing

| length7 = 3:53

| title8 = Prisoner

| length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Piss Off

| length9 = 4:04

| title10 = Watching You

| length10 = 5:18

| title11 = Sea of Life

| length11 = 8:11

}}

==Personnel==

; Saxon <!-- https://www.discogs.com/Saxon-Metalhead/master/396529#images/54554629 -->

* [[Biff Byford]] – lead vocals, producer

* Paul Quinn – guitars

* Doug Scarratt – guitars

* Nibbs Carter – bass

* Fritz Randow – drums

; Additional musicians

* Nigel Glockler – written and performed "Intro"

* Chris Bay – additional keyboards

; Production

* [[Charlie Bauerfeind]] – producer, engineer, mixing

* Rainer Hänsel – executive producer

* Karo Studios, [[Hamburg]], Germany – recording and mixing ___location

==Charts==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

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! Chart (1999)

!align="left" valign="top"|Length

! Peak<br/>position

|colspan="2" valign="top"|50:36

|-

{{Album chart|Germany4|40|id=27565|artist=Saxon|album=Metalhead|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 April 2018}}

!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Steamhammer/SPV]]

|-

!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Biff Byford]] & [[Charly Bauerfeind]]

|-

!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews

|-

!align="left" valign="top"|'''Allmusic.com'''

|valign="top"|2.5 out of 5 stars

|valign="top"|[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oojueat44xh7 link]

|-

!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|'''Saxon Chronology

|-align="center"

|valign="top"|<small>''[[Unleash The Beast]]''<br>(1997)

|valign="top"|<small>''Metalhead''<br>(1999)

|valign="top"|<small>''[[Killing Ground]]''<br>(2001)

|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Saxon}}

'''''Metalhead''''' is the fourteenth studio [[album (music)|album]] by [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] released in [[1999]] (see [[1999 in music]]). It features drummer [[Fritz Randow]].

{{Authority control}}

"Conquistador" and "All Guns Blazing" are both speed metal cuts, and together with the epic metal of "Sea of Life", Metalhead is a fine traditional heavy metal album with an updated NWOBHM sound for the new millennium .

[[Category:1999 albums]]

[[Category:Saxon (band) albums]]

[[Category:SPV/Steamhammer albums]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Charlie Bauerfeind]]

==Track listing==

#"Metalhead" - 4:52

#"Are We Travellers In Time" - 5:17

#"Conquistador" - 4:42

#"What Goes Around" - 4:24

#"Song Of Evil" - 4:12

#"All Guns Blazing" - 3:53

#"Prisoner" - 4:12

#"Piss Off" - 4:04

#"Watching You" - 5:18

#"Sea Of Life" - 8:11

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==Personnel==

*[[Biff Byford]] - [[Vocals]]

*[[Paul Quinn]] - [[Guitar]]

*[[Doug Scarret]] - [[Guitar]]

*[[Nibbs Carter]] - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]

*[[Fritz Randow]] - [[Drums]]

==Production==

*Producer : [[Biff Byford]] & [[Charly Bauerfeind]]

*Recorded by : [[Charly Bauerfeind]]

*Mixed by : [[Charly Bauerfeind]]

*Recorded at : KARO Studios, Hamburg, Germany

*Mixed at : KARO Studios, Hamburg, Germany

[[Category:Saxon (band) albums]]

[[Category:1999 albums]]