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Where would rock stars be without their little secrets? The legendary history of a band, the magic of their music, and the depth of their lyrics - all this is part of the fascination that a successful act such as Saxon exudes. Naturally, the band members keep the very private moments of their lives to themselves, but their current album, The Inner Sanctum, allows an honest insight into the rather unusual working process that went into the new songs. “The past 12 months were undeniably the most successful year in our career to date, so we knew that it would be a good idea to start collecting ideas and write the songs early,” comments vocalist Biff Byford. “All through the last summer, we used the weekdays between the festival weekends to concentrate on working on our albums. We hired rehearsal rooms in Germany, Spain and England, where we ensconced ourselves for three days during the week, before travelling to the next festival. We’d never gone about things this way before, but as you can see it worked.”

Release: Germany: 09.01.2009
Europe: 12.01.2009
USA / Canada: 13.01.2009

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.”

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Battalions of Steel World Tour II

09.07.2009     US  		Oklahoma, OH - Rocklahoma Festival
30.07.2009     NL 		Steenwijkerwold - Dicky Woodstock Festival
31.07.2009     SE 		Sävsjö - Sävsjö Festival
01.08.2009     DE 		Wacken - Wacken Open Air
08.08.2009     BE 		Brielpoort - Alcatraz Metal Festival
14.08.2009     GB 		Derby - Bloodstock Open Air
20.08.2009     US 		Algona, Iowa - Rock Gone Wild Festival
02.10.2009     ES 		tba - tba
03.10.2009     ES 		Madrid - Heineken
04.10.2009     ES 		Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2

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