Into the Labyrinth (Saxon album)
Into the Labyrinth, the eighteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon, was released on 9 January 2009. It was made between tours in 2008 and written by the band in England and at Biff Byford's house in France. The first single, "Live to Rock", was released on 17 October 2008. The album sold about 1,000 copies in the US in the week after its release.
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), they had eight UK Top 40 albums during the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous hit singles on the UK Singles Chart and experienced success all over Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States.
Singer Peter "Biff" Byford at the Rockharz Open Air 2016
Bassist Tim "Nibbs" Carter and guitarist Doug Scarratt at the Rockharz 2016 (Biff Byford in the background)
Doug Scarratt joined the band in 1995.
Saxon performing at Sweden Rock Festival, 2008