Vinyl Record

Saxon - Crusader

Buy Saxon’s Crusader on limited remastered splatter vinyl from Kilmorna in Listowel—a striking LP reissue for British heavy-metal fans.

LP · Metal · 1984

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1984 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Saxon’s Crusader opens with a brief ceremonial prelude before the title track arrives in full armour: measured, dramatic and designed for a crowd to sing back. That commanding anthem anchors an album that broadens the British band’s traditional heavy-metal charge with cleaner, more expansive hard-rock writing. Biff Byford’s authoritative voice remains the constant, carrying both heroic imagery and road-tested rock ’n’ roll conviction. The surrounding songs reveal the record’s range. “A Little Bit Of What You Fancy,” “Just Let Me Rock” and “Bad Boys (Like To Rock N’ Roll)” favour blunt riffs and communal choruses, while “Sailing To America” adds a more melodic, outward-looking sweep. Saxon never lose their essential weight: the guitars stay firm, the drums march and drive, and even the most accessible passages retain a distinctly steel-plated character. This remastered splatter-vinyl edition is a vivid way to revisit a pivotal, anthem-rich chapter in the band’s catalogue.

Crusader demonstrates Saxon’s ability to move beyond the raw charge of the early New Wave of British Heavy Metal without abandoning its backbone. The monumental title song became a defining anthem, while the wider album shows the band testing a broader, more melodic arena-metal scale.

This 2018 European BMG edition is a limited, remastered single-LP reissue pressed on splatter vinyl. It retains the complete ten-track running order, beginning with “The Crusader Prelude” and closing with “Run For Your Lives,” while the coloured pressing gives collectors a distinctive alternative to standard black vinyl.

Commanding vocals, twin-guitar weight and marching rhythms meet broad choruses and polished hard-rock melody, with the title track delivering the album’s grandest metal drama.

Is this edition of Crusader on coloured vinyl? Yes. This limited-edition 2018 European reissue is pressed on splatter vinyl. Has this version of the album been remastered? Yes. The supplied release specification identifies this BMG LP as a remastered reissue. Does the record include the title track “Crusader”? Yes. “The Crusader Prelude” opens side A and leads directly into the full title song.