Saxon are already at work on the follow-up to their 2015 release, Battering Ram. The band’s 22nd studio album is expected sometime next year. eonmusic’s Eamon O’Neill spoke with Biff Byford about progress for Saxon's new album.

“Yeah, we got about nine drum tracks laid down,” says Biff. “We’re running two studios at the same time, so we’re writing in one, and recording in the other, and we’re tripping backwards and forwards when we’re working. We’ve got a lot of ideas already; me and Nibbs [Carter, bassist] have got shitloads, and we’re just working through ideas with the band, really.”

Asked how long they’ll be spending in the studio working on this new album, Biff replies, “We’ll be in until the end of this week, and then we’re off to Sweden to a festival. Then we come back in about a week before the tour, and we spend a week recording, and then we go straight on tour on the 28th October. So yeah, we’ll have a three week break in the middle, but I’ll probably be writing lyrics and doing melodies then – I usually do that on my own.”

Read the full interview at eonmusic.

Saxon unleashed Let Me Feel Your Power, their 10th live album, on September 23rd via UDR Music. The album will be available in North America on October 7th. The 16 track album was recorded in Munich during November 2015 and Brighton in January 2016, with bonus material from Chicago in September 2015.

Let Me Feel Your Power will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-Ray/2CDs, digital download and a deluxe vinyl version which will also include the Blu-ray, DCD and CD (limited to 1500 copies). Order via the Amazon widgets below.

Tracklisting:

“Battering Ram”*
“Motorcycle Man”*
“Sacrifice”*
“Destroyer”*
“Power And The Glory”*
“20000FT”*
“The Devil’s Footprints”*
“Heavy Metal Thunder”*
“Queen Of Hearts”*
“Princess Of The Night”*
“Wheels Of Steel”*
“Denim And Leather”*
“Crusader”*
“Eye Of The Storm”#
“Battalions Of Steel”#
“Requiem”#

*live in Munich
#live in Brighton

Bonus Material (Live In Chicago):

“Motorcycle Man”
“Battering Ram”*
“This Town Rocks”
“Sacrifice”
“Power And The Glory”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”
“Dallas 1 PM”
“Heavy Metal Thunder”
“Rock The Nations”
“The Eagle Has Landed”
“Wheels Of Steel”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Just Let Me Rock”
“Strong Arm Of The Law”
“747 (Strangers In The Night)”
“Princess Of The Night”
“Crusader”*
“Denim And Leather”

*only available as video content; not available on CD or digital

Trailer:

“Wheels Of Steel” video:
 

Demon Music Group recently announced their second Saxon release, The Vinyl Hoard, out on October 28th. This vinyl box set is made up of four 2LP sets in gatefold sleeves. The outer slipcase box features a specially-commissioned, beautiful brand new cover painting by Saxon’s artist-in-residence, the legendary Paul Gregory.

This is the first release on vinyl for all of these live recordings, previously only released on CD or DVD, now presented on 180g gold vinyl, all in specially designed gatefold sleeves.

The Amazon exclusive edition, available for pre-order here, will contain a framable print of the front cover painting, signed by Biff Byford himself and is limited to just 500 copies.

Check out a new video trailer below:

The box contains:

- The Dogs Of War Tour, 1995 (Recorded on tour in Germany) [Previously issued on CD as The Eagle Has Landed Part II]
- The Lionheart Tour, 2004 (Recorded on tour in France, England and Germany) [Previously issued on "The Eagle Has Landed Part III]
- A Night Out With The Boys, 2005: The 25TH Anniversary Of The NWOBHM (Recorded on tour in Germany and Sweden) [Previously issued on The Eagle Has Landed Part III]
- Rock Sound Festival, 2006 (Recorded in Switzerland) [Previously issued on To Hell And Back Again]

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
“Intro/Warlord”
“Dogs Of War”
“Forever Free”
“Requiem”
“Crusader”
“Lights In The Sky”
“Iron Wheels”
“Ain’t Gonna Take It”/Nibb’s Bavarian Bass
“Crash Dive”
“Refugee”

Disc 2:
“Solid Ball Of Rock”
“The Great White Buffalo”
“The Eagle Has Landed”/Paul Quinn guitar feature
“Princess Of The Night”
“Can’t Stop Rockin”
“Denim And Leather”/Doug Scarratt guitar feature

Disc 3:
“The Return”
“Lionheart”
“Man And Machine”
“Beyond The Grave”
“Searching For Atlantis”
“To Live By The Sword Part 1”
“Unleash The Beast”
“To Live By The Sword Part 2”
“Flying On The Edge”

Disc 4:
“Jack Tars”
“English Man O’ War”
“Court Of The Crimson King”
“Broken Heroes”
“Dragon’s Lair”
“Rock Is Our Life”
“Are We Travellers In Time”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”

Disc 5:
“This Town Rocks”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Redline”
“Stand Up And Be Counted”
“Never Surrender”
“Frozen Rainbow”
“Suzie Hold On”
“Play It Loud”

Disc 6:
“This Town Rocks”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Redline”
“Stand Up And Be Counted”
“Never Surrender”
“Frozen Rainbow”
“Suzie Hold On”
“Play It Loud”

Disc 7:
“Heavy Metal Thunder”
“Dogs Of War”
“Strong Arm Of The Law”
“Witchfinder General”
“Backs To The Wall”
“Solid Ball Of Rock”

Disc 8:
“Motorcycle Man”
“Dragon’s Lair”
“To Hell And Back Again”
“Princess Of The Night”
“Wheels Of Steel”
“Crusader”