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"Fire & Forgive"
Single by Powerwolf
from the album The Sacrament of Sin
Language	English Latin
Released	22 June 2018
Recorded	2018
Studio	Fascination Street Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genre	Power metal heavy metal
Length	4:30
Label	Napalm Records
Songwriter(s)	Attila Dorn Charles Greywolf Matthew Greywolf Falk Maria Schlegel Roel van Helden
Producer(s)	Jens Bogren
Powerwolf singles chronology
"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" (2018) "Fire & Forgive" (2018) "Kiss of the Cobra King" (2019)
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"Fire & Forgive" on YouTube

"Fire & Forgive" is a song by 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 966–1966, 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 Ścinawka Średnia, 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

"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

References

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2. "Nowy teledysk zespołu Powerwolf | Kvlt" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
3. ^ "Priest apologizes for heavy metal video filmed in church". polandin.com. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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5. "Straszny teledysk nagrany w kościele. Ksiądz się zgodził. Czy wiedział na co?". www.fakt.pl. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
6. "Płomienie, wilki i powermetal. Proboszcz przeprasza za teledysk nakręcony w jego parafii – Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
7. "Antykościelny teledysk nagrany w polskiej świątyni". Pch24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
8. "Powerwolf – The Sacrament of Sin Review". Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
9. Marie, Gaby (4 July 2018). "Review: Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin". Pinnacle Music Group. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
10. ^ bravewords.com. "Bang Your Head!!! 2018 – Hungry Like A Powerwolf!". bravewords.com. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
11. O, Yve. "POWERWOLF live in Düsseldorf (25-01-2019) – Metal & High Heels". Retrieved 21 September 2019.

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