Power and the Glory (song)
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"Power and the Glory" is a single by heavy metal
band Saxon
from their 1983 album of the same name. It reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is an early power metal
song with a fast tempo and lyrics relating to war and battles. A music video
was made for the song with band members running through a castle with dead dolls.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Saxon
Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
from their 1983 album of the same name. It reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is an early power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
song with a fast tempo and lyrics relating to war and battles. A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was made for the song with band members running through a castle with dead dolls.