Lionheart

The sixteenth album was released by SPV/Steamhammer on 20 September 2004. It was recorded at Gems 24 in Boston, Lincolnshire, and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind. It reached twenty-two on the UK Rock & Metal chart, forty-four in Germany, forty-four in Greece, fifty-seven in Sweden, sixty-two in Switzerland and 103 in France. It is the only Saxon studio album with Jorg Michael on drums; the line-up is Byford, Quinn, Scarratt, Carter on bass and keyboards, and Michael. "Witchfinder General" is about the persecutions of the Interregnum and the methods of Matthew Hopkins. "Beyond the Grave" was the single and was given a video. The album was reissued in February 2006 as a digipak with a bonus DVD-Audio carrying unreleased material and a 5.1 mix. The running order given here is the original pressing's.