| Battering Ram | ||||
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| Released | 16 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 2015 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 46:30 | |||
| Label | UDR Music | |||
| Producer | Andy Sneap | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [1] |
| Blabbermouth.net |   [2] |
| Metal-hammer.de | [3] |
| Stormbringer.at | [4] |
Battering Ram is the twenty-first studio album by British heavy metal band Saxon, released on 16 October 2015. [5] [6]
Saxon frontman Biff Byford stated that the band worked on a new album in January, February and March 2015. [7] On 1 August, the band announced 16 October as the release date of Battering Ram and also premiered the official video of the title track worldwide. [8]
All music composed by Saxon, all lyrics written by Biff Byford.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Battering Ram" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "The Devil's Footprint" | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Queen of Hearts" | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Destroyer" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Hard and Fast" | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Eye of the Storm" | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Stand Your Ground" | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Top of the World" | 4:00 |
| 9. | "To the End" | 5:50 |
| 10. | "Kingdom of the Cross" | 6:08 |
| Total length: | 46:30 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Three Sheets to the Wind (The Drinking Song)" | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 50:24 | |
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] | 34 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] | 59 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] | 78 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [12] | 66 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 12 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [14] | 67 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] | 29 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] | 13 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 21 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 50 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] | 8 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [20] | 3 |
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Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon.
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