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For more than 25 years, SACRED STEEL have always remained true to themselves, constantly reinventing their traditional style and releasing some highly acclaimed classics, such as their legendary 1997 debut Reborn In Steel and the follow-up Wargods Of Metal. The iconic heavy metal force is celebrating the release of their brand new, 10th studio album, entitled Ritual Supremacy, at a much-awaited live appearance at Keep It True Festival. A new music video for the latest album single, "Leather, Spikes And Chains", is now available. "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", says the band about "Leather, Spikes and Chains". "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 cliched, 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!"
