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“Ogre Battle” is a song by British rock band Queen. Composed by lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, it is the sixth track on their second studio album Queen II, recorded in August 1973 at Trident Studios, London. Mercury first composed the song in 1972, but Queen put off recording the song for their debut album because they wanted more studio freedom to perfect the song which, because of their debut album’s hectic recording schedule, they didn’t have. The song is considered to be one of Queen’s heaviest works with its loud heavy metal guitar riff composed by Mercury on guitar but played by guitarist Brian May on the recording, the song also contains thrash metal-like drumming performed by drummer Roger Taylor. The song opens with the song’s ending gong, except the gong is played... Read on...