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CARPE DIEM IS AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION

Hot on the heels of their 40th Anniversary Castles and Eagles shows at sold-out venues (iconic Manchester O2 Apollo and London Hammersmith Eventim Apollo), British Heavy Metal legends Saxon release the third single, “The Pilgrimage”, taken from their new album, Carpe Diem (OUT February 4th via Silver Lining Music).

“Pilgrimage is a fantastic word,” says Byford, “People go on pilgrimages all the time, not just in a historical or religious sense, but it’s about going and visiting either a place that you feel is special in your life or somebody that’s meant something in your life. You can go on a pilgrimage to go see your great grandfather who died in the First World War for instance. They’re journeys of great weight and importance.”

Saxon “The Pilgrimage” Official Video

Listen To/Watch the recently released “Remember the Fallen.”

Not resting on their laurels, SAXON have recently announced a string of UK dates to their SEIZE THE DAY WORLD TOUR:

FRI 11 NOV – Ipswich Regent Theatre
SAT 12 NOV – Southampton O2 Guildhall
SUN 13 NOV – Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
MON 14 NOV – Cardiff St. David’s Hall
TUE 15 NOV – Bath Forum
WED 16 NOV – Cambridge Corn Exchange
FRI 18 NOV – Newcastle O2 City Hall
SAT 19 NOV – Backburn King George’s Hall
SUN 20 NOV – Aberdeen Music Hall
MON 21 NOV – Glasgow Barrowland
TUE 22 NOV – Hull City Hall
WED 23 NOV – York Barbican
FRI 25 NOV – Leicester De Montfort Hall
SAT 26 NOV – London Roundhouse

General Ticket sales start 4th February at 10 AM UK Time @ this location.

*European dates soon to be announced

Produced by Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Exodus, Accept and Priest guitarist) at Backstage Recording Studios in Derbyshire with Byford and Sneap mixing and mastering, Carpe Diem strikes the ear as one of the most essential British metal statements of the last few years and not lacking in pace or bite, an album which will ignite the joy in stalwart supporters and attract a whole new legion to the Saxon fold.

“Utterly brilliant, utterly essential, go get yourself a copy” – POWER PLAY

“Saxon present with Carpe Diem another immediately igniting classic heavy metal album. For sure with long-term effect!” – CLASSIC ROCK

“Carpe Diem is the most self-contained, compositionally compact, solid, and strongest album for some time and a declaration of love to the classic British Heavy Metal. Go and get this record!” – METAL HAMMER

“With hard riffs, embedded in ‘liquid’ guitar melodies Saxon is presenting
their new songs within the sound of the 2020s. A lot of speed, energy and a bit aggression as well!” – GOOD TIMES

“Carpe Diem provides the listener a perfect equation into the chemistry that has made Saxon so successful for so many years. The riffs on the album demonstrate how bands like Metallica found Saxon to be so influential. – BRUTAL PLANET

“Carpe Diem is Saxon’s most energetic record since as long as we can remember” – AARDSCHOK

“Carpe Diem, the mighty Saxon hit the bullseye again!” – HARD ROCK

“Carpe Diem by Saxon makes every minute count on this masterpiece of blazing metal music. This legendary British heavy metal band continues to create music that stays true to form, yet is vibrant and extremely satisfying” – METAL WANI

“Carpe Diem is a relentless breakout of traditional Heavy Metal. Even after 23 studio albums the brits can deliver metal of maximum quality” – METAL HAMMER

“Quick question – how does a heavy metal band survive for over 6 decades?
Answer – release albums like Carpe Diem, that’s how!!! – KICKASS FOREVER

“Seemingly unable to write a bad album even if their lives depended on it, Saxon deliver the goods once again” – GHOST CULT MAGAZINE

“Thanks to their view to the future, along with a fine sound production, made by Andy Sneap, the vision of Carpe Diem looks to me like a sheer success, a definite addition to the band’s grand legacy” – METAL TEMPLE

Carpe Diem will be available in a variety of formats and orders can be placed at this location

Carpe Diem Tracklisting:
Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)
Age of Steam
The Pilgrimage
Dambusters
Remember the Fallen
Super Nova
Lady In Gray
All for One
Black is the Night
Living On the Limit

SAXON
BIFF BYFORD – Vocals
PAUL QUINN – Guitar
NIGEL GLOCKLER – Drums
DOUG SCARRATT – Guitar
NIBBS CARTER – Bass

Produced by Andy Sneap and Biff Byford
Album mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap

Guitars recorded by Andy Sneap at Backstage Recording Studios, Derbyshire (UK); Vocals recorded by Seb Byford at Big Silver Barn, York (UK); Drums recorded by Jacky Lehmann (Audiosound) at Velbyproductions, Grünenplan (Germany).

All lyrics by Biff Byford. Backing vocals by Seb Byford

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British Heavy Metal legends Saxon will deliver a full-roar-fun-down set of covers with their latest album Inspirations, which drops a brand new 11 track release featuring some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band.

Set for release on March 19, 2021, via Silver Lining Music, Inspirations gets things rolling with the release of Saxon’s crunching take on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It Black.’ Biff Byford comments: “Loved this band since I first saw them and heard them. I liked the Beatles, but the Stones appealed to my rebel side; their iconic look… so many great songs, such a great attitude in the music!”

The release of ‘Paint It Black’ is also accompanied by a behind-the-scenes video, which was filmed during the band’s recording session earlier in the year.

Inspirations was recorded at Brockfield Hall near York in the UK, which was built in 1804 and holds the largest collection of paintings by Yorkshire’s impressionist artists – the Staithes Group. For Byford, recording Inspirations all together within such a rich historical environment was a major ingredient of the project. “The warmth and feel of Inspirations had so much to do with being together in this magnificent place and doing it ‘old-school’ style,” Byford explains. “This is how many bands back in the day -including some of the ones covered here- made such great albums, so it just felt really good to be able to do this somewhere like Brockfield Hall.” The results speak for themselves.

From the super-charged melodic romp of The Beatles’ ‘Paperback Writer’ to their freeway mad take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Stone Free,’ Saxon show their love and appreciation with a series of faithful, raw, and ready tributes. Maintaining a firm eye on the old school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by Biff Byford with Jacky Lehmann recording and mixing, Saxon approach the likes of Motörhead’s ‘Bomber’ (with added whistle!), AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child,’ Black Sabbath’s ‘Evil Woman’ and a raucous Deep Purple’s ‘Speed King’ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, “vintage” sounding renditions.

“We wanted to do an album based on our influences, the songs, and bands that inspired us to write what we did and still do,” continues Byford, “and it was also interesting to see what my voice could do as I haven’t sung many of these songs before.”

Byford does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Rocker.’ The net result is whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ or throwing down AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child,’ Saxon does a supreme job of entertaining both themselves and their audience throughout Inspirations.

“We didn’t want to change any of the songs too much, just play them more like Saxon,” concludes Byford, “and we also think it’s very important to have -and share with the fans- some fun in these dark times.”

Do you want even more proof of the validity behind that statement? Wrap your ears around their sparkling take on Toto’s ‘Hold The Line’ and consider Saxon’s Inspirations a mission accomplished.

Saxon’s Inspirations is available on Vinyl, CD, digital formats, and limited edition D2C products.

Tracklisting:
Paint It Black
Immigrant Song
Paperback Writer
Evil Woman
Stone Free
Bomber
Speed King
The Rocker
Hold The Line
Problem Child
See My Friends