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SAXON - Fire And Steel (Official Video) 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. 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 SAXON ARE: BIFF BYFORD, DOUG SCARRATT, NIGEL GLOCKLER, NIBBS CARTER, BRIAN TATLER
