In a new interview with France's Last Ride podcast, vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON spoke about the status of the band's recently completed 25th studio album.

He said: ""I can't tell you anything about that.

What we can tell you, though, is — [and this is an] exclusive — we can tell you that the album is coming out on Friday the 22 of January of 2027.

Nobody knows that.

You're the first person we've told."" The album will be released in early January next year via Silver Lining Music, following a lengthy touring schedule throughout Europe and beyond with several major supporting acts.

This past January, Biff revealed that longtime SAXON producer and JUDAS PRIEST touring guitarist Andy Sneap had finished mixing the new SAXON album.

The band's upcoming LP will be the follow-up to "Hell, Fire And Damnation", which came out in January 2024 via Silver Lining Music.

Biff also spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for SAXON's upcoming effort, saying: ""Well, we've started writing the next album.

I'm doing lyrics now.

And I've got a lot of ideas from [guitarist Doug Scarratt], [drummer] Nigel Glockler as well, and from Nibbs [bassist Tim Carter].

So, yeah, I've got quite a lot of ideas, which I'm compiling at home in my studio."" In April 2025, Biff told Uruguay's The Dark Melody that he and his bandmates had ""been writing"" new music ""for about six or seven weeks now, off and on.

So yeah, we're coming in with some ideas and I've got some ideas for songs, for titles.

And, yeah, it's coming along."" SAXON has been touring with guitarist Brian Tatler since mid-2023, replacing original member Paul Quinn who stepped back from the band due to health reasons.

Byford and Quinn are the sole remaining original members in SAXON's current lineup.