SAXON - New Album

SAXON - New Album Release Confirmed For January, New Single Available As Download October 17th

BW&BK has received the following SAXON press release:

All Saxon fans have a lot of things to look forward to in the coming months: to start off with, the British metal legend will release their new download single ‘Live To Rock’, followed by the arrival at the stores of their current studio album Into The Labyrinth, as well as major tours to support both releases. So a hot autumn is about to start in a few days’ time!

Saxon’s new single ‘Live To Rock’ (pictured) will be available as an internet download from October 17th, 2008, and Saxon will present their new track live for the first time during the tour which will take Biff Byford & Co., alongside MOTÖRHEAD and DANKO JONES through England and Germany in November/December 2008. Their new studio album, Into The Labyrinth, will be out on January 12th, 2009 (Germany: January 9th, US: January 13th). February 2009 will see the band embark on another major world tour, only one month after the album release.

Into The Labyrinth was recorded at the Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany, under the direction of Charlie Bauerfeind. Saxon recorded 13 new songs at Blind Guardian’s studio, starting with their monumental opener, ‘Battalions Of Steel’, through ‘Demon Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Valley Of The Kings’, which both cover historic events, to the final slide guitar blues track, ‘Coming Home’ (fans are already familiar with the electric version of this track from Saxon’s Killing Ground album). Saxon are currently still working on an additional 14th track, which will be available exclusively as a download on iTunes from the release date. “The new material was written in England and at my house in France,” Byford explains. “Stylistically, I would describe the album as an even balance between Lionheart and The Inner Sanctum, a mix of powerful, in-your-face rock songs and pure heavy metal tracks. We’re very happy with the production and proud of Into The Labyrinth.”

Tracks:
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice',
'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

SAXON - New Podcast Available

The new SAXON Podcast and the first impressions regarding their new album Into The Labyrinth is available below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB986w4yvXY&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/99267

Into The Labyrinth will be out on January 9th in Germany, the 12th throughout Europe and the 13th in North America via Steamhammer/SPV. The artwork has been unveiled - click photo to view.

The tracklistings are as follows:

Limited Edition Digipack (only available in Europe):
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice',
'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

Bonus DVD (running time approx. 70 min):
Parzival movie with Biff acting as King Arthur
Tour Documentary
'Live To Rock' video clip
Audio Interview with Biff Byford

Jewel Case Version:
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice',
'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).


2LP Gatefold:

Side 1
'Battalions Of Steel'
'Live To Rock'
'Demon Sweeney Todd'

Side 2
'The Letter'
'Valley Of The Kings'
'Slow Lane Blues'
'Crime Of Passion'

Side 3
'Premonition in D Minor'
'Voice'
'Protect Yourselves'

Side 4
'Hellcat'
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)'
'Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)'

et quelques samples de plus :

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/hnum/9784793?rk=poprock&rsk=hitlist

rappel, sortie le 12 janvier :

"Into The Labyrinth" will be released in Europe on January 12, 2009 (Germany: January 9; USA: January 13) via SPV Records. The CD was recorded at the Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany, under the direction of Charlie Bauerfeind. SAXON laid down 13 new songs at BLIND GUARDIAN's studio, starting with monumental opener "Battalions Of Steel" through "Demon Sweeney Todd" and "Valley Of The Kings", which both cover historic events, to the final slide guitar blues track "Coming Home" (fans are already familiar with the electric version of this track from SAXON's "Killing Ground" album).

"The new material was written in England and at my house in France," singer Biff Byford explained. "Stylistically, I would describe the album as an even balance between 'Lionheart' and 'The Inner Sanctum', a mix of powerful, in-your-face rock songs and pure heavy metal tracks. We're very happy with the production and proud of 'Into The Labyrinth'."

"Into The Labyrinth" track listing:

Limited-Edition Digipack (only available in Europe):

01. Battalions Of Steel
02. Live To Rock
03. Demon Sweeney Todd
04. The Letter
05. Valley Of The Kings
06. Slow Lane Blues
07. Crime Of Passion
08. Premonition in D Minor
09. Voice
10. Protect Yourselves
11. Hellcat
12. Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)
13. Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)

Bonus DVD:

* "Perceval" movie with Biff Byford acting as King Arthur (directed by Pablo Aragues Millan)
* "Let There Be Light" tour documentary directed by Christian Rapp
* Audio Interview with Biff Byford

Running time: approximately 70 minutes

Jewel Case Version:

01. Battalions Of Steel
02. Live To Rock
03. Demon Sweeney Todd
04. The Letter
05. Valley Of The Kings
06. Slow Lane Blues
07. Crime Of Passion
08. Premonition in D Minor
09. Voice
10. Protect Yourselves
11. Hellcat
12. Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)
13. Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)

2-LP Gatefold:

Side 1:

01. Battalions Of Steel
02. Live To Rock
03. Demon Sweeney Todd

Side 2:

01. The Letter
02. Valley Of The Kings
03. Slow Lane Blues
04. Crime Of Passion

Side 3:

01. Premonition in D Minor
02. Voice
03. Protect Yourselves

Side 4:

01. Hellcat
02. Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)
03. Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)

"Live To Rock", the new video from SAXON, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by Aestheticom's Bill Schacht, who has previously directed music videos for DIO, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH, FATAL SMILE, LIBERTY X/REV RUN, ZAKK WYLDE and SISTER SIN, among others.

SAXON Manager Checks In






Manager Thomas Jensen of British metal legends SAXON has issued their first blog of 2009. It reads as follows:

"Hi everybody out there. A short blog to let you know what´s going on. I hope you all had a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year's Eve party and did get too drunk.

The band did their first show in 2009 for Rock Radio Glasgow, I witnessed a storming set. The new album (Into the Labyrinth) is out now, hope you like it, we're getting fantastic reviews. So we're getting ready to rock and all the tour preproduction starts now.

Thanks to everybody how did send videos for the riffking competition, we really enjoy watching them and there is some serious stuff on there, don´t miss it. There will be Prizes for best solo, funniest video, most different and the most talented. Believe me there are some great things in the pipeline. Hope to see you on tour.

Welcome to the labyrinth."

Into The Labyrinth was released on January 9th in Germany and is due out on the 12th throughout Europe and the 13th in North America via Steamhammer/SPV.

Into The Labyrinth tracklistings are as follows:

Limited Edition Digipack (only available in Europe):
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter', 'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice', 'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

Bonus DVD (running time approx. 70 min):
Parzival movie with Biff acting as King Arthur
Tour Documentary
'Live To Rock' video clip
Audio Interview with Biff Byford

Jewel Case Version:
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice',
'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

2LP Gatefold:

Side 1
'Battalions Of Steel'
'Live To Rock'
'Demon Sweeney Todd'

Side 2
'The Letter'
'Valley Of The Kings'
'Slow Lane Blues'
'Crime Of Passion'

Side 3
'Premonition in D Minor'
'Voice'
'Protect Yourselves'

Side 4
'Hellcat'
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)'
'Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)'

Watch the video for Live To Rock' below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ilONi6aiw&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/104414

SAXON's Into The Labyrinth Lands On Billboard's Independent Albums Chart

SAXON's new album, Into The Labyrinth, was released on January 9th in Germany, January 12th throughout Europe and January 13th in North America via Steamhammer/SPV.

In North American, the title has landed at #72 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

The album has thus far achieved the following chart positions:

Media Control Charts, Germany: #23
Media Markt Charts, Germany: #8
Sweden: #44
UK: #119
National Metal Charts UK: #6
Austria: #53
Switzerland: #61
North America: #72 (Billboard Independent Albums)

Into The Labyrinth tracklistings are as follows:

Limited Edition Digipack (only available in Europe):
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice', 'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

Bonus DVD (running time approx. 70 min):
Parzival movie with Biff acting as King Arthur
Tour Documentary
'Live To Rock' video clip
Audio Interview with Biff Byford

Jewel Case Version:
'Battalions Of Steel',
'Live To Rock',
'Demon Sweeney Todd',
'The Letter',
'Valley Of The Kings',
'Slow Lane Blues',
'Crime Of Passion',
'Premonition in D Minor',
'Voice',
'Protect Yourselves',
'Hellcat',
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)',
'Coming Home' (Bottleneck Version).

2LP Gatefold:

Side 1
'Battalions Of Steel'
'Live To Rock'
'Demon Sweeney Todd'

Side 2
'The Letter'
'Valley Of The Kings'
'Slow Lane Blues'
'Crime Of Passion'

Side 3
'Premonition in D Minor'
'Voice'
'Protect Yourselves'

Side 4
'Hellcat'
'Come Rock Of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)'
'Coming Home (Bottleneck Version)'

Watch the video for Live To Rock' below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ilONi6aiw&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/105248

le groupe est en train de filmer une video pour le 1er titre, et voici les charts :

British heavy metal legends SAXON have just shot a video for the song "Battalions Of Steel". The track comes off the band's latest album, "Into The Labyrinth", which sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 29 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Into The Labyrinth" has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe:

Austria: #53
Germany: #23 (Media Control)
Germany: #8 (Media Markt)
Sweden: #44
Switzerland: #61
UK: #119
UK: #6 (Rock)

The CD was recorded at the Twilight Hall in Krefeld, Germany, under the direction of Charlie Bauerfeind. SAXON laid down 13 new songs at BLIND GUARDIAN's studio, starting with monumental opener "Battalions Of Steel" through "Demon Sweeney Todd" and "Valley Of The Kings", which both cover historic events, to the final slide guitar blues track "Coming Home" (fans are already familiar with the electric version of this track from SAXON's "Killing Ground" album).