The metal legends SAXON embark on a tour in February, days before the release of their new album, “The Inner Sanctum”, on March 5.

The tour will end in mid-May and will takeВ Biff Byford (vocals), Paul Quinn (guitar), Doug Scarratt (guitar), Nibbs Carter (bass) and Nigel Glockler (drums) throughВ  England, Ireland, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Poland, Russia, Austria, Sweden and Finland, among others.

The first single will be “If I Was You”, and it sounds like a classic Saxon song. Vocalist Biff Byford describes his group’s new offering, which features two near 10-minute-long songs, rating the release in Saxon’s history as follows: “I’d say the album is in the style of "Lionheart" and "Metalhead", a number of tracks have a "Solid Ball of Rock" touch, but at the same time the production is very modern.”

"The Inner Sanctum" will be available as a digipak with a bonus DVD or in a jewel case, including abonus track.