"Sword And Stone" is a single released by the German band Bonfire

Bonfire (band)

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...

. It was recorded during the session recordings for their 3rd album, Point Blank

Point Blank (Bonfire album)

Point Blank is the third album by the hard rock band Bonfire. It was released in 1989 on the label BMG International. During the recording sessions of this album, Hans Ziller was fired from the band, but the album features 10 songs written by him as well as 3 that feature him playing...

. This song appeared in the Wes Craven movie, Shocker. Included on the single are songs by Saraya and Voodoo X. Sword And Stone is written by Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick of KISS together with monster producer Desmond Child and was originally a demo for the KISS album Crazy Nights.

Track listing

Band members

• Claus Lessmann
  Claus Lessmann
  Claus Leßmann is the lead singer and guitarist of the German heavy metal band Bonfire. He is the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Leßmann is also one of the only remaining original members of the band, the other being lead guitarist Hans Ziller...
  
   - lead vocals
• Angel Schleifer - guitar
• Joerg Deisinger
  Joerg Deisinger
  Joerg Deisinger is the former bassist and a founding member of the German ‘80s melodic rock band, Bonfire.- Early Life and Bonfire :Deisinger was born in Nuremberg, Germany on April 23, 1966. His pre-teen obsession with learning how to play guitar eventually became a full fledged pursuit of...
  
  - bass
• Edgar Patrik - drums

Covers

Although Bonfire's version of Sword And Stone is the most recognized one, Paul Dean (guitarist for Loverboy) released a different version of the song in 1988, which appears on his solo album, Hard Core.