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The Mighty Saxon unleash the video for “𝕳𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝕯𝖆𝖒𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓“, the title track from the new album. 🔥👿 pre-orders for the new album will be available here: ◾ Special physical D2C exclusive formats and Digital on sale now ◾ Worldwide physical retailers will go on sale from November 22nd at midnight localized time #Saxon #HellFireAndDamnation Biff Byford, lead singer and founder-member reminisces when asked about the title: “I’ve had that saying in my head since I was a small boy because my dad used to say it when he was upset,” Biff smiles. “He used to say, ‘Hell, fire, and damnation, what’s tha’ been doing now?!’ when I was ‘messing up his cabbage patch’ or carving things into the kitchen table. It was a very ‘Yorkshire’ saying back in the day.” The title track unleashed today is a superlative British Heavy Metal classic exploring the juxtaposition between good and evil. “There’s so much music out there about hell and the devil and the occult that I just thought it’s about time somebody wrote one about the battle just between good and evil!” explains Biff. “You can’t sing about the devil without singing about the good guy either, and the song basically says ‘make your choice’. We all have to make the choice, are we evil or are we good? The song’s about that fight.” Video Directed , Produced & Edited by Paul M Green. Camerawork: Anthony Graham (Jib-Crane), Ben Ripley, Gwyn Hemmings, Paul M Green Hell, Fire And Damnation is an album which sees Saxon investigate all areas of history and mystery amidst ten of their most confident and thunderously powerful songs yet. Biff delivers his richest vocals in years, Nigel Glockler and Nibbs Carter on drums and bass respectively lay down the rhythmic law with bombastic power, and the guitars of Doug Scarratt and Brian Tatler are fresh and fiery, a perfect complement to each other, carrying an overall energy and fury which will have fans salivating. Musically, Saxon bring it all to the table. There's a furious tribute to actual heavy metal in the denim & leather coated super-sprint “Fire And Steel”, a wonderful nod to the NWOBHM's birth in the electric mid-pace “Pirates Of The Airwaves”, but maybe the true treasure amidst the jewels is “There's Something In Roswell”, with the sort of expansive groove and embrace which deserves arenas. Produced by Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Exodus, Accept and Priest guitarist) and Biff Byford AND mixed and mastered by Sneap. 2024 promises to be a great year for Saxon, with the European tour alongside Judas Priest and Uriah Heep kicking-off in the UK in March, plus the arrival of the heavy metal masterpiece Hell, Fire And Damnation. HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION WORLD TOUR (Part 1) 11 March – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (UK) 13 March – First Direct Arena, Leeds (UK) 15 March – 3Arena, Dublin (IE) 17 March – BIC, Bournemouth (UK) 19 March – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham (UK) 21 March – OVO Arena Wembley, London (UK) 24 March – Festhalle, Frankfurt (DE) 25 March – Olympiahalle, München (DE) 26 March – Volksbank Messe, Balingen (DE) 27 March – Westfalenhalle, Dortmund (DE) 29 March – O2 Arena, Prague (CZ) 30 March – Tauron Arena, Kraków (PL) 1 April – Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna (AT) 2 April – Roxy, Ulm (DE) 3 April – St. Jakobshalle, Basel (CH) 5 April – Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon (FR) 6 April – Mediolanum Forum, Milan (IT) 8 April – Zénith, Paris (FR) 13 June – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona (ES) 15 June – Navarra Arena, Pamplona (ES) 17 June – Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid (ES) 1 July – Barclays Arena, Hamburg (DE) 2 July – Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin (DE) 4 July – Arena Nürnberger, Nürnberg (DE) 8 July – Sap Arena, Mannheim (DE) 10 July – Messehalle, Dresden (DE) More dates TBA . Tickets: Child of Satan or lamb of God The choice is yours to make Rule the heavens high or reign in hell Satanic rites and holy prayers Bring supremacy Fighting for our souls until the end The battle rages on through eternity In the fight for good and evil Which one will succeed? Hell, fire and damnation Written in the prophecy Holy fire and salvation Will our souls ever be free? Ever be free The Antichrist and Nazerine Fight the endless war Angels, demons raging back and forth Demonic verses holy script The never ending fight Will the darkness conquer ‘gainst the light? Armies of the evil Warriors of the good battle on forever To find the chosen one Hell, fire and damnation Written in the prophecy Holy fire and salvation Will our souls ever be free? Satan’s fire, heaven’s light The conflict never ends Back and forth they battle for our souls The prophecy written out There for all to read Some believe but others cannot see The battle rages on into eternity The fight for good and evil Which one will it be? Hell, fire and damnation Written in the prophecy Holy fire and salvation Will our souls ever be free? Ever be free Ever be
