“They invented stainless steel there”: Saxon pay tribute to Sheffield with new video for Fire And Steel

The release of the Fire And Steel video comes ahead of Saxon’s upcoming tour of mainland Europe

British metal legends Saxon have launched a new video for Fire And Steam, one of the highlights of this year’s Hell, Fire And Damnation album.

The fiery video was directed by Paul M Green, who’s previously worked with Paul Rodgers, Devin Townsend, Anthrax, The Pineapple Thief and many more, while the song finds Saxon founder and frontman Biff Byford reflecting on the city of Sheffield’s industrial origins.

“The original title was Fire And Steam and the song itself is more thrash than classic metal,” says frontman Biff 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.