Saxon Comes To Dayton; My Interview

Saxon is coming to Dayton, Ohio this Saturday night. I interviewed singer Biff Byford in advance of the show. Here's some of that interview and you can read the rest on the Dayton City Paper website.  

We are a live band… no click tracks running with Saxon so I suppose [the stage] is where we like to be!” says Biff Byford, Saxon frontman, of his band’s current North American tour. The British rockers will perform at Oddbody’s on Saturday, Sept. 19. Fellow metal legends Armored Saint are also on the tour and will provide direct support.

Saxon is on the road behind its upcoming effort Battering Ram. A battering ram is a giant contraption from ancient times that is designed to bust through fortified walls. Basically, it’s a tool to break big things.

The band matched its metal sounding album title with the tracks on their new release. For Battering Ram, Saxon is back to basics, with “less rock and more heavy” as Byford is quoted saying of the upcoming record.

“The new album is still quite melodic, but I think the guitar parts are more focused not so much moving around from rock to metal,” Byford tells Dayton City Paper.

KEEP READING on the Dayton City Paper website.