SAXON - Fire And Steel (Official Video)

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🎥 Directed, produced and edited by Paul M Green

“The original title was ‘Fire and Steam’ and the song itself is more thrash than classic metal, comments Byford. I was going to do it about something else, and then I had a bit of an epiphany and I thought ‘Fire And Steel’ was better let’s do it about Sheffield. If people were eating with a knife and fork back, say, a hundred years ago, that was something that sometimes was made in Sheffield. They invented stainless steel there, and there’s still a lot of steel in Sheffield but nothing like it used to be. Sheffield was one of my big stomping grounds when I was a teenager. We used to go to Sheffield and see all the bands at Sheffield City Hall, and the clubs and pubs there that had bands on.”

The band have just recently announced the “Hell, Fire And Steel” European tour which will not only see the band performing songs from their well received, recently released, top 20 album Hell, Fire And Damnation (out now on Silver Lining Music) but will also see the band play the whole of their classic sophomore album Wheels of Steel (released 45 years ago next year) as well as also playing other fan favourites and hits from across the band’s career.

HELL, FIRE AND STEEL EUROPEAN TOUR
FEB 04 - Aladin Music Hall, Bremen (DE)
FEB 06 - Amager Bio, Copenhagen (DK)
FEB 07 - Conventum, Orebro (SE)
FEB 08 - Värmekyrkan, Norrköping (SE)
FEB 09 - Slagthuset, Malmö (SE)
FEB 11 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NO)
FEB 13 - Trädgär'n, Gothenburg (SE)
FEB 14 - Folkets Park, Huskvarna (SE)
FEB 15 - Cirkus, Stockholm (SE)
FEB 17 - Docks, Hamburg (DE)
FEB 19 - Lucerna Music Bar, Prague (CZ)
FEB 20 - Studio, Kraków (PL)
FEB 21 - Gasometer, Vienna (AT)
FEB 23 - Progresja, Warsaw (PL)
FEB 25 - Muffathalle, Munich (DE)
FEB 26 - Live Club, Milan (IT)
FEB 28 - Volkshaus, Zurich (CH)
MAR 01 - Central, Erfurt (DE)
MAR 02 - 013, Tilburg (NL)
MAR 04 - Huxleys, Berlin (DE)
MAR 05 - Haus Auensee, Leipzig (DE)

Lyrics
Feeding the furnace melting the iron
Crushing and grinding and smelting the steel
Steaming and sweating the fruits of their labour
The best in world it’s called Sheffield steel

Flames flying into the night
Searing white heat blinding light

Fire and steel
Made this mighty city
Fire and steel
Forged by working hands
Fire and steel
Red hot and heavy
Fire and steel
The finest in the land

White hot and molten flowing like lava
Bending and shaping and pounding the iron
Lifting and shifting the weight of the city
Shipping and moving their steel cross the world
Man and machine never stop
Forging the steel round the clock

Fire and steel
Made this mighty city
Fire and steel
Forged with working hands
Fire and steel
Red hot and heavy
Fire and steel
The finest in the land

The sound of the city, the crashing of metal
Blending the iron to make into steel
Using the science first with the knowledge
A great Northern city leading the world
Flames flying into the night
Searing white heat blinding light

Fire and steel
Made this mighty city
Fire and steel
Forged with Yorkshire hands
Fire and steel
Red hot and heavy
Fire and Steel
The greatest in the land

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THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL OF THE MIGHTY SAXON: THE LEGENDARY NWOBHM PIONEERS WHO GAVE YOU "DENIM AND LEATHER", "WHEELS OF STEEL", "747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)", "HEAVY METAL THUNDER", "MOTORCYCLE MAN", "PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT", "20,000 FT", "THUNDERBOLT" AND MANY, MANY MORE SUPERCHARGED HEAVY METAL ANTHEMS.

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SAXON ARE: BIFF BYFORD, DOUG SCARRATT, NIGEL GLOCKLER, NIBBS CARTER, BRIAN TATLER

[grogu]

One of the best metal bands of all time! ❤

[jarlbregadan]

When some dudes over sixty have more tetosterone, power, speed, and musicianship than 85% of the last two generations of "artists".

[TOGade-djjh]

I’ve been a fan since I bought Wheels of Steel when I was nine. Today I’m 50 and they still kick ass 🤘🏻🇸🇪

[RoccolovesRock]

I may be young, not even 15 yet, but, you have to agree with me that Saxon is the best band ever right? amazing music video!

[AlanWillard-lhws]

Saxon just plain rocks, no matter how long they've been around

[TheJohnVader]

This album is INCREDIBLE. There are no wrong answers with it. Every track is pure fire from start to finish! 🤘💯

[eduardomarrero]

Still going Strong after all these years! Long love Biff and Saxon!

[Tonnsfabrication]

These guys hit harder and heavier the older I get, damn.

[Skorpychan]

I think Saxon are one of the few NWOBHM bands to not only still be going, not only be releasing great new music, but to also be writing and playing BETTER than their classic stuff.

[leatherbound]

FUCK YEA! \m/ All these years later and putting out what maybe their hardest material yet! This 60yr old Metal Elder is going to have a soar neck tonight and I couldn't be happier.

[dangillespy-vk]

A perfect blue collar worker song that totally rocks.
Biff Byford's voice sounds in perfect shape for a 73 year old man.
Saxon rocks.🤘🤘

[carlosaugustomaresdias]

The bad part about this song is that it ends. It could easily be six minutes long 🔥🤘🏽

[turnaroundtrail_RJ]

This magnificent album has been on my playlist for months.

[Hologhoul]

Wow, amazed by how good Biff still sounds

[titimaiden]

J'ai vu ce groupe 4 fois deja et je me lasserai jamais de les voirs avec la forme qu'il ont sur scène

[paulbarker]

I was already into metal, but saw Saxon Live in Madrid 1985 on late night TV in UK when I was ill. I was 12 years old and it changed my view on what metal was. Now I am 50, I'm really grateful that Byford et al are still banging out belters like this today. Best thing is, my youngest son is beginning to love Saxon.

[hartmutwolf]

The true spirit of Saxon i still alive!!!
With them since the bands played on.

[Gguyrules]

These guys will be rocking even after their demise at this rate. They just can't be stopped.

[MetalPilgrim]

Amazin song which fits so well with the title of the new tour!

[frankwren]

This is the type of thing we want from Saxon, working class jams