Fire & Forgive

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://polandin.com/38375266/priest-apologizes-for-heavy-metal-video-filmed-in-church|title=Priest apologizes for heavy metal video filmed in church|last=|first=|date=4 August 2018|website=polandin.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 March 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.antyradio.pl/Muzyka/Recenzje/Powerwolf-The-Sacrament-Of-Sin-RECENZJA-24305|title=Powerwolf – "The Sacrament Of Sin" [RECENZJA]|last=|first=|date=|website=antyradio.pl|language=pl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 March 2019}}

The video was recorded in the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Ścinawka Średnia, Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/wroclaw/teledysk-metalowy-nagrany-w-kosciele-w-scinawce-sredniej-wierni-sa-oburzeni/selrq30|title=Straszny teledysk nagrany w kościele. Ksiądz się zgodził. Czy wiedział na co?|date=4 August 2018|website=www.fakt.pl|access-date=24 March 2019}} 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".{{Cite web|url=http://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2018-08-03/plomienie-wilki-i-powermetal-proboszcz-przeprasza-za-teledysk-nakrecony-w-jego-parafii/|title=Płomienie, wilki i powermetal. Proboszcz przeprasza za teledysk nakręcony w jego parafii – Polsat News|last=|first=|date=|website=polsatnews.pl|language=pl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 March 2019}}

Many Polish newspapers wrote about this controversy. Most of them said that the band is satanic and anti-church.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pch24.pl/antykoscielny-teledysk-nagrany-w-polskiej-swiatyni,61991,i.html|title=Antykościelny teledysk nagrany w polskiej świątyni|website=Pch24.pl|language=pl|access-date=24 March 2019}}

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"Fire & Forgive" is played in a fast, typical Powerwolf style.{{Cite web|url=https://myglobalmind.com/2018/06/26/powerwolf-the-sacrament-of-sin-review/|title=Powerwolf – The Sacrament of Sin Review|date=26 June 2018|website=Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal|language=en-US|access-date=21 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://pinnaclemusic.org/2018/07/04/review-powerwolf-sacrament-sin/|title=Review: Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin|last=Marie|first=Gaby|date=4 July 2018|website=Pinnacle Music Group|language=en-AU|access-date=21 September 2019|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828094401/https://pinnaclemusic.org/2018/07/04/review-powerwolf-sacrament-sin/|url-status=dead}} While performing the song, the band uses a big amount of pyrotechnics.{{Cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/galleries/bang-your-head-2018-hungry-like-a-powerwolf|title=Bang Your Head!!! 2018 – Hungry Like A Powerwolf!|last=bravewords.com|website=bravewords.com|language=en|access-date=21 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://metal-and-highheels.com/music/powerwolf-live-in-dusseldorf-25-01-2019/|title=POWERWOLF live in Düsseldorf (25-01-2019) – Metal & High Heels|last=O|first=Yve|language=en-US|access-date=21 September 2019}} The vocalist Attila Dorn usually wears dual arm mounted flame throwers after the song's guitar solo.

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Powerwolf

• Attila Dorn – vocals
• Matthew Greywolf – lead and rhythm guitar
• Charles Greywolf – bass and rhythm guitar
• Roel van Helden – drums, percussion
• Falk Maria Schlegel – organ, keyboards

Additional musicians

• Dianne van Giersbergen – vocals (additional)
• Marcela Bovio – vocals (additional)
• John Cuijpers – vocals (additional)
• Jacobus van Bakel – vocals (additional)
• Dirk Bersweiler – vocals (choir, additional)
• James Boyle – vocals (choir, additional)
• Manfred Flick – vocals (choir, additional)
• Titan Fox – vocals (choir, additional)
• Tom Kurt Germann – vocals (choir, additional)
• Björn Hacket – vocals (choir, additional)
• Daniel Herzmann – vocals (choir, additional)
• Toni Hilbert – vocals (choir, additional)
• Fritz Körber – vocals (choir, additional)
• Dirk Reichel – vocals (choir, additional)
• PA'dam Chamber Choir – vocals (choir)

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Technical personnel

• Jens Bogren – producer, mixer, recording, engineer
• David Buballa – recording, editing
• Joost van den Broek – arrangements (orchestral, choir), recording (choir), programming, score (choir)
• Maria van Nieukerken – PA'dam Chamber Choir conductor
• Tony Lindgren – mastering
• Jos Driessen – engineer (choir)
• Linus Corneliusson – mixer, editing

Other personnel

• Zsofia Dankova – cover art, illustrations
• Matthew Greywolf – layout
• Tim Tronckoe – photography
• Matteo Vdiva – photography

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