That's right: Saxon. The heavy metal band Saxon. Marvellous.It's called Riff King, and it ties into the band's current UGC fan contest of the same name, which is getting people to upload footage of their best metal solo to the band's YouTube channel. The app lets fans watch the best videos, while also listening to samples of the band's new album Into The Labyrinth.Cynical hipsters might argue that this is the point when musical iPhone apps jumped the shark, but we'd rather say hats off to SPV, which produced the app for the band. You can get it from iTunes by clicking here.Now, we want an iPhone game starring Iron Maiden's Eddie mascot, and some kind of location-based social networking app based around Manowar, please…

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