Sacred Steel - 'Leather, Spikes and Chains' (music video)

Forever charging on barbed wired
Deadly grinding wheels
Bastard sons of steel and fire
Devils on our heels
Maniacs of metal's glory - iron gang let loose
One foot in hell - one in fire
Necks stuck in the noose

And the sun goes down again
As in the twilight ride
Armies of the proud and damned
In battle side by side

Burning leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Don't you see it's time again
We are riding high again
With leather - spikes and chains

Brothers - we were born together and tonight we'll fight
The enemy is strong but wounded by their unjust pride
Strike with iron fist and hammer
Drink their blood like wine
Quench our thirst in righteous fury
Slaughtering the swine

And the sun goes down again
As in the twilight ride
Armies of the proud and damned
In battle side by side

Burning leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Don´t you see it´s time again
We are riding high again
With leather - spikes and chains

If you fall we'll meet again
Beyond the clouded sky
No beginning and no end
United live or die

Leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Leather - spikes and chains
Don´t you see it´s time again
We are riding high again
With leather - spikes and chains

Οι Sacred Steel υπάρχουν στο heavy metal σύμπαν από το μακρινό 1997 και έχουν κυκλοφορήσει εννέα "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους, με πλέον πρόσφατο το μουσικό album "Heavy Metal Sacrifice" που "βγήκε" πριν από εννέα έτη (το 2016).

Εν έτει 2025 επέστρεψαν δισκογραφικά (επιτέλους). "Ritual Supremacy" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφόρησε σήμερα. Το έδαφος προετοιμάζει το μουσικό βίντεο του τραγουδιού "Leather, Spikes and Chains", για το οποίο η Γερμανική μπάντα μας λέει:

«This is our tribute to songs like “In Union We Stand” (Overkill) or Metal Church ́s s/t anthem from their debut album, with a fast guitar over a stubborn but easy-going beat. The lyrics deal with a metal biker gang in the style of Mad Max (the movie) or Carnivore ́s post-world-war III (and IV) -scenario.

If we would not be a metal band but a biker gang, this would be our club hymn. As so often and as usual, some critics have already slapped us in the face because of the song title - “too clichéd, created with the Manowar text generator” and so on.

Anyone who has read and understood the lyrics knows that this is nonsense. And anyone who knows us is well aware that we don't give a shit anyway. We only do this for ourselves and for the people who are into this stuff.

And that's why we've packed a lot of fan footage from all over the world into the video. This is basically our photo collage in video format and our thank you to all supporters to celebrate the release of the album. Have fun!»

Band: Sacred Steel
Country of origin: Germany
Location: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg
Formed in: 1997
Genre: Epic Power Metal
Lyrical themes: War, Metal, Hell, Satan

Video: "Leather, Spikes and Chains"
Live Footage by: Marius Dimter (IridumStream)
Fan-Footage by: Sacred Maniacs from anywhere
Video produced and edited by: Benjamin Hölle

Album: "Ritual Supremacy"
Type: Full length
Release date: April 25th, 2025
Label: RPM ROAR
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Ritual Supremacy
02. Leather, Spikes & Chains
03. The Watcher Infernal
04. A Shadow In The Bell Tower
05. Entombed Within The Iron Walls Of Dis
06. Bedlam Eternal
07. Demon Witch Possession
08. Covenant Of Grace
09. Omen Rider
10. Let The Blackness Come To Me

Band members:
Gerrit P. Mutz - Vocals
Jonas Khalil - Guitars
Jörn Langenfeld - Guitars
Toni Ieva - Bass
Mathias Straub - Drums