The Limited and Deluxe Edition of SAXON's Sacrifice D2C fan package can be pre-ordered now at UDR-Music.com. On this, their 20th album, Saxon have produced 10 of their strongest, heaviest and most inspired songs for many-a-year, recorded and produced by Biff Byford with Andy Sneap mixing and mastering.

Limited Edition D2C details:

For collectors and fans there will be a strictly limited Direct-To-Consumer Fan Edition of Saxon's new studio album available in two versions:

Standard Version (picture above):

Packaged inside a black cardboard box embossed with the Saxon Logo are the following specialities:

- the CD Album Sacrifice Digibook Edition (including the Bonus Disc with 5 classic tracks in new versions)
- exclusive Saxon Live - CD Live In Haarlem with 14 Live Tracks, recorded live at the Patronaat in Haarlem, December 8th, 2012
- exclusive limited Saxon - Hooded Sweatshirt, selectable in 4 different sizes (M, L, XL, XXL)

And … 15 meet and greet packages are randomly added to the Boxed Packages which will allow the lucky winner to experience:

- free entrance to a Saxon Concert in 2013 (excluding festival appearances)
- experience soundcheck before the actual concert begins
- a meet and greet opportunity with Saxon
- a photograph together with the band
- a signed autograph card

This fan-package is limited to 500 units worldwide and it is only available at the UDR Shop and Digital Stores.

Deluxe Version (picture above):

For those of you who want to have it a little more exclusive the UDR Shop has a very special offer to make. 50 units of the D2C - Fan - Package will be available in an extra limited edition, which includes besides the components of the normal D2C, a very special item.

Gold Smith Ulli Ehlers (Skull Jewels) has designed a hand made belt buckle in shape of the Saxon S Logo as seen on the Sacrifice album cover artwork. There are only these 50 units available. And it is exclusive to the special D2C Box.

Making of footage, documenting the recording of their new album, Sacrifice, which will be released on March 1st in Europe, March 4th in the UK, and March 26th in North America can be viewed below:

Sacrifice tracklisting:

'Procession'

'Sacrifice'

'Made In Belfast'

'Warriors Of The Road'

'Guardians Of The Tomb'

'Stand Up And Fight'

'Walking The Steel'

'Night Of The Wolf'

'Wheels Of Terror'

'Standing In A Queue'

Bonus track:

'Luck Of The Draw' (iTunes only)

Bonus Disc:

'Crusader' (Orchestrated version)

'Just Let Me Rock' (Re-recorded version)

'Requiem' (Acoustic version)

'Frozen Rainbow' (Acoustic version)

'Forever Free' (Re-recorded version)

An EPK for the album can be seen below:

Check out a track-by-track overview by BraveWords scribe Mark Gromen at this location.

Saxon have extended their Sacrifice World Tour, adding a continental European leg, to kick off on June 7th at Sweden Rock Festival.

Says the band: "Rest assured that this will not be all - we will be announcing further dates to complete our world run and be back with some great surprises!"

Saxon tour dates:

March

24 - Plaza Condesa - Mexico City, Mexico
26 - A Seringueira - Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 - El Teatro Flores - Buenos Aires, Argentina
30 - Gillmanfest - Caracas, Venezuela

April

18- Assembly - Leamington Spa, UK

19 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
20 - Academy - Newcastle, UK
21 - ABC - Glasgow, UK
23 - Ritz - Manchester, UK
24 - Leeds, UK - Academy
26 - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
27 - Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, UK
28 - Academy - Bristol, UK

June

7 - Sölvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
8 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
10 - Brno, Czech Republic - Fleda
11 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
12 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna
14 - Florence, Italy - Viper
15 - Rome, Italy - Orion
16 - Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
18 - Barcelona, Spain - Bikini
19 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Arena
21 - Clisson, France - Hellfest Festival
22 - Sankt Goarshausen, Germany - Metalfest
23 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Konzerthaus Schüür
24 - Solothum, Switzerland - Kofmhel
26 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal
27 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
28 - Osnabrück, Germany - Halle Gartlage
29 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting