Lila Hondrou of SolidRock.gr recently spoke with with SAXON frontman Biff Byford about the band's new album Into The Labyrinth, as well as their 30 year anniversary. An excerpt follows:

Solid Rock: Into The Labyrinth was released one month ago. Has the result of the album met your expectations and how do you see the response from the audience/fans so far?

Biff Byford: "It’s awesome. I expected that it was good, but not that good. Everybody loves the record and also the chart entries were amazing."

Solid Rock: The album is also doing well on the European charts as well as US Billboard charts. This is not everything but it definitely is something.

Biff Byford: "It means that the fans are buying the CD immediately and really waited for the release. It means a lot to us."

Solid Rock: In a few, simple words I’d describe the Into The Labyrinth album as powerful, heavy, classic, yet modern and solid. How would you describe it in a few words?

Biff Byford: "I couldn’t have said it better. That`s exactly how I describe the album. Well done, Lila!"

Solid Rock: In late 2008 you toured UK with MOTÖRHEAD and DANKO JONES, you are currently touring Europe with ICED EARTH, then you will tour UK and Ireland with DORO PESCH surely some summer festivals and more dates will come up. How do you manage with such a heavy schedule? And tell us a few words about the tour.

Biff Byford: "Saxon is still a touring band. That’s our life and we get used to it. We have a routine to work things around our private life. The tour with Motörhead was a blast from the beginning to the end. We played in front of huge crowds. The tour with Iced Earth was also very good. It was different package and a lot of young fans came to the shows."

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