Nov. 21 — Veteran hard rock act Saxon will kick off 2024 with a new album.

The band announced Tuesday, it is scheduled to release its new album, Hell, Fire and Damnation, January 19. In anticipation of its release the band premiered the album’s lead single, its title track, and the song’s video Tuesday. The album’s release will come a little less than a year after the release of the band’s then latest album, Carpe Diem, which was released Feb. 4, 2022.

The musical arrangement featured in Saxon’s new single is everything audiences have come to expect from the band. It is a driving, guitar-centered composition that is easily likened to works from the likes of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and so many other power metal acts of its ilk.

Front man Biff Byford talked about the song’s lyrical theme in a prepared statement.

“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!,” Byford said. “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!”

The video for Saxon’s new single puts the band on a sound stage meant to look like a live stage to give audiences that sense of the band being in front of an audience as the song plays over the visualization. Images, such as a church, the Holy Bible, angels, and a pentagram are also incorporated into the video to help illustrate the theme of which Byford spoke.

The album’s track listing is noted below:

Hell, Fire And Damnation

Track Listing:

1. The Prophecy

2. Hell, Fire And Damnation

3. Madame Guillotine

4. Fire And Steel

5. There’s Something In Roswell

6. Kubla Khan And The Merchant Of Venice

7. Pirates Of The Airwaves

8. 1066

9. Witches Of Salem

10. Super Charger

In related news, Saxon is scheduled to launch a world tour in support of its new album in March. The European leg of the tour, the run’s first leg, is scheduled to run through July 10 in Dresden, Germany.

The tour’s schedule is noted below along with the album’s track listing. Tickets are available here.

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 to be announced

More information on Saxon’s new album is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:

Website: http://www.saxon747.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/saxon

Twitter: http://twitter.com/SaxonOfficial