Into the Labyrinth (Saxon album)

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Into The Labyrinth
Into the Labyrinth (Saxon album).jpg
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Studio album by
Saxon
Released9 January 2009
Recorded2008
StudioTwilight Hall, Krefeld, Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Length54:47
Label SPV/Steamhammer
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind
Saxon chronology
The Inner Sanctum
(2007)		Into The Labyrinth
(2009)		 Call to Arms
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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IGN 7.7/10 [2]
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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. [5]

Contents

A proper physical fourteenth track is featured on the Japanese CD pressing, released on 3 February 2009. Previously, it sold as a compressed, low-bitrate download. [6]

The song "Coming Home" is originally from Saxon's Killing Ground album, in an electric version.

In November 2008, Saxon announced a "Riff King" competition, for fans who could play a solo for "Live to Rock". The winner was Claudio Kiari of Brazil.

"When I wrote 'Valley of the Kings'," recalled Byford, "I had to get it right with the pharaohs and stuff, or else some wiseass would go, 'Hey, you got the wrong Rameses!'" [7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Biff Byford; all music is composed by Biff Byford, Doug Scarratt, Paul Quinn, Nigel Glockler, Timothy Carter

No.TitleLength
1."Battalions of Steel"6:34
2."Live to Rock"5:30
3."Demon Sweeney Todd"3:51
4."The Letter"0:42
5."Valley of the Kings"5:03
6."Slow Lane Blues"4:08
7."Crime of Passion"4:04
8."Premonition in D Minor"0:40
9."Voice"4:35
10."Protect Yourselves"3:56
11."Hellcat"3:54
12."Come Rock of Ages (The Circle Is Complete)"3:52
13."Coming Home" (Bottleneck Version)3:12
14."Live to Rock" (Single Version, Japan-only bonus track)4:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 83
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 87
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 23
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 232
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 61
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [14] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 72

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