Saxon: Making Of "Call To Arms" Episode 1

The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Saxon's new video, "Call To Arms", can be viewed below. In the four-minute clip, vocalist Biff Byford will guide you through the recording session of the choir voices used for "Back In 79" and introduce you to the lucky fans that were able to join the band in the studio and sing along.

"This is probably the best album we've written and recorded in the last 20 years," states Biff Byford unapologetically. "I know a lot of bands say that, but 'Call To Arms' really does feel like that to me. It's the perfect embrace of our past with a great modern edge."

Between the furious riffage of "Hammer Of The Gods" all the way through to "Ballad Of The Working Man", Saxon also found time to invite fans to sing on the nostalgic stomp of "Back In '79" thanks to a Byford brainwave the night before recording.

"We put something up on our website 24 hours before recording the track in Brighton, and funnily enough we had exactly 79 people show up on time to sing on the song. It was a fantastic result which is a direct tribute to 'Denim & Leather' where we did the same exact thing."