Killing Ground

Killing Ground is the fifteenth full-length studio album by heavy metal band Saxon. Killing Ground was also released as a special Digi-pack edition with a bonus disc featuring 8 classic re-recorded tracks which would later appear in Heavy Metal Thunder.

Killing Ground
Cover art by Paul R. Gregory
Studio album by Saxon
Released	September 2001
Recorded	2001
Studio	Karo Studios, Brackel, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	49:26
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Biff Byford, Saxon
Saxon chronology
Diamonds and Nuggets (2000) Killing Ground (2001) Heavy Metal Thunder (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Saxon, except "The Court of the Crimson King" by Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:36
2.	"Killing Ground"	5:44
3.	"The Court of the Crimson King" (King Crimson cover)	6:00
4.	"Coming Home"	3:38
5.	"Hell Freezes Over"	4:42
6.	"Dragons 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
12.	"Backs to the Wall" (Japanese bonus track)	3:07

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

Personnel

• Biff Byford - vocals
• Paul Quinn - guitar
• Doug Scarratt - guitar
• Nibbs Carter - bass guitar
• Fritz Randow - drums

Production

• Biff Byford – producer
• Saxon – producer
• Rainer Hänsel – executive producer
• KARO Studios, Brackel, Hamburg, Germany – recording location
• Nikolo Kotzev – audio engineer
• Charlie Bauerfeind – audio engineer
• Herman Frank – mixing
• Rainer Hänsel – mixing
• Paul R. Gregory Studio 54 – artwork

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Killing Ground". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2011.