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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Fire & Forgive
| cover = Powerwolf - Fire & Forgive.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Powerwolf
| album = The Sacrament of Sin
| released = 22 June 2018
| recorded = 2018
| studio = Fascination Street Studios
| genre =
| length = 4:30
| language =
| label = Napalm Records
| writer =
| producer = Jens Bogren
| prev_title = Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Kiss of the Cobra King
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Fire & Forgive'" is a song by the German power metal band Powerwolf. It was a second single released from their 2018 album 'The Sacrament of Sin'.
Music video
The video tells a story of a girl in a church, who becomes possessed as the result of receiving the Blessed Sacrament from the priest. Powerwolf's vocalist Attila Dorn along with keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel and a few nuns perform an exorcism on the girl. The video also references the 'Index Librorum Prohibitorum' by showing monks burning confiscated books.
Video's story takes place "somewhere in southern Europe" in 1931, although throughout the video, the viewer can see signs of it taking place in Poland (ex. a religious songbook written in Polish, or the date 9661966, which is a memorial to the Millennium of Poland), where the video was recorded.
Controversy
The video was recorded in the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in cinawka rednia, Poland. After releasing it on YouTube on 22 June 2018, Powerwolf was accused by the local curia that the video "overstepped limits with regard both to the sacredness of the church as well as to the trust shown by the parish priest in charge of that holy place".Many Polish newspapers wrote about this controversy. Most of them said that the band is satanic and anti-church.
Live performances
wearing dual arm mounted flamethrowers while performing "Fire & Forgive"
"Fire & Forgive" is played in a fast, typical Powerwolf style. While performing the song, the band uses a big amount of pyrotechnics. The vocalist Attila Dorn usually wears dual arm mounted flame throwers after the song's guitar solo.
Personnel
'Powerwolf'
*Attila Dorn vocals
*Matthew Greywolf lead and rhythm guitar
*Charles Greywolf bass and rhythm guitar
*Roel van Helden drums, percussion
*Falk Maria Schlegel organ, keyboards
'Additional musicians'
*Dianne van Giersbergen vocals (additional)
*Marcela Bovio vocals (additional)
*John Cuijpers vocals (additional)
*Jacobus van Bakel vocals (additional)
*Dirk Bersweiler vocals (choir, additional)
*James Boyle vocals (choir, additional)
*Manfred Flick vocals (choir, additional)
*Titan Fox vocals (choir, additional)
*Tom Kurt Germann vocals (choir, additional)
*Bjrn Hacket vocals (choir, additional)
*Daniel Herzmann vocals (choir, additional)
*Toni Hilbert vocals (choir, additional)
*Fritz Krber vocals (choir, additional)
*Dirk Reichel vocals (choir, additional)
*PA'dam Chamber Choir vocals (choir)
'Technical personnel'
*Jens Bogren producer, mixer, recording, engineer
*David Buballa recording, editing
*Joost van den Broek arrangements (orchestral, choir), recording (choir), programming, score (choir)
*Maria van Nieukerken PA'dam Chamber Choir conductor
*Tony Lindgren mastering
*Jos Driessen engineer (choir)
*Linus Corneliusson mixer, editing
'Other personnel'
*Zsofia Dankova cover art, illustrations
*Matthew Greywolf layout
*Tim Tronckoe photography
*Matteo Vdiva photography
References
Category:Powerwolf songs
Category:2018 singles
Category:2018 songs
Category:Napalm Records singles
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