Killing Ground

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Killing Ground
Studio album by Saxon
Released	September 25, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	49:26
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer(s)	Biff Byford, Saxon
Professional reviews
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Saxon chronology
Metalhead (1999)	Killing Ground (2001)	Heavy Metal Thunder (2002)

Killing Ground is the fifteenth full-length studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).

This album varies between modern sounding speed metal to Saxon's more traditional blues-rock. "Court Of The Crimson King" is a King Crimson cover, but there is no indication of this in the album inlay, which lists "all song written by Saxon."

Killing Ground was also released as a special Digi-pack edition with a bonus disc featuring 8 classics re-recorded tracks which would later appear in Heavy Metal Thunder.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Bonus Disc: Classics Re-Recorded 3 Personnel 4 Production

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:36
2. "Killing Ground" – 5:44
3. "Court Of The Crimson King" – 6:00 (King Crimson cover)
4. "Coming Home" – 3:38
5. "Hell Freezes Over" – 4:42
6. "Dragon's Lair" – 3:38
7. "You Don't Know What You've Got" – 5:00
8. "Deeds Of Glory" – 4:34
9. "Running For The Border" – 4:24
10. "Shadows On The Wall" – 6:15
11. "Rock Is Our Life" – 3:55

• All songs by Saxon

[edit] Bonus Disc: Classics Re-Recorded

1. "Princess Of The Night" – 4:10
2. "Crusader" – 6:38
3. "Wheels Of Steel" – 5:52
4. "Motorcycle Man" – 3:45
5. "Strong Arm Of The Law" – 4:24
6. "Denim And Leather" – 5:19
7. "Dallas 1 PM" – 6:15
8. "And The Bands Played On" – 2:52

[edit] Personnel

• Biff Byford - Vocals
• Paul Quinn - Guitar
• Doug Scarrat - Guitar
• Nibbs Carter - Bass
• Fritz Randow - Drums

[edit] Production

• Producer: Biff Byford & Saxon
• Executive Producer : Rainer Hänsel
• Recorded at : KARO Studios, Brackel, Hamburg, Germany
• Engineered By : Nikolo Kotzev & Charlie Bauerfeind
• Mixed by : Herman Frank & Rainer Hänsel
• Artwork : Paul Gregory Studio 54