{"id":132220,"date":"2025-05-26T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/132220\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:19:11","slug":"we-have-lived-and-breathed-metal-for-over-five-decades-and-finally-we-are-summoning-our-congregation-to-officially-witness-our-lives-uncensored-in-a-never-before-seen-way-a-judas-priest-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/132220\/","title":{"rendered":"“We have lived and breathed metal for over five decades, and finally we are summoning our congregation to officially witness our lives uncensored, in a never-before-seen way\u201d: A Judas Priest documentary is in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a Judas Priest documentary in production that will provide the whole nine yards on the metal icons\u2019 fascinating five decades-plus career. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s another of those projects that you can\u2019t believe hasn\u2019t already happened. After all, there\u2019s more than enough interesting material. Priest formed long before their NWOBHM peers, way back in 1969 and have ridden out crises that would have broken lesser bands. The most notable of these was the \u2018subliminal messages\u2019 trial of the mid 1980s. Ludicrously, parents of US kids that had committed suicide sued Judas Priest claiming that the band had inserted messages in their music telling listeners \u2018try suicide\u2019 and \u2018let\u2019s be dead\u2019.<\/p>\n

And of course there\u2019s frontman Rob Halford, who broke new ground in heavy metal by coming out as gay in the late 1990s. Thankfully, his greatest fears \u2013 that fans wouldn\u2019t accept him \u2013 were not realised, and his, and the band\u2019s, stature was enhanced as a result.<\/p>\n

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The doc, entitled The Ballad Of Judas Priest, is being co-directed by film maker Sam Dunn, and Rage Against The Machine\/ Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello. It\u2019ll be the first time Morello has worked in this field. There\u2019s no confirmed release date as yet.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the band said: “We have lived and breathed metal for over five decades, and finally in this documentary we are summoning our congregation to officially witness our lives uncensored, in a never-before-seen way. The cassock comes off, revealing Priest in all its metal glory!”<\/p>\n

“While some may know Judas Priest for their huge hits that have shaped the heavy metal genre, there is so much more to their story,” Morello and Dunn added. “Tracing their incredible 50-year journey, this film will capture how Judas Priest both defined the sound and look of metal, but also made it a more inclusive place along the way. We are grateful to the band for allowing us such intimate, unfiltered access to their lives and look forward to bringing this film to the metal masses around the world.”<\/p>\n

And Priest themselves show no signs of slowing down. The band still feature three members of the \u2018classic\u2019 late 70s\/early 80s line up: Halford, bassist Ian Hill and guitarist Glenn Tipton. They released their nineteenth album Invincible Shield last year and play a North American co-headlining tour with Alice Cooper this autumn.<\/p>\n

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