A new documentary titled The Ballad of Judas Priest is currently in development, aiming to spotlight the legendary British metal band’s more than 50-year career. Per a press release, the film “will celebrate the legendary band’s lasting impact on music and culture with their influence reaching far beyond metal.”
The project is being helmed by acclaimed documentarian Sam Dunn alongside Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who will co-direct for the first time. Dunn and Morello shared in a press release: “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. 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.”
In their own statement, Judas Priest added, “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!”
No date or window was given for the release of the documentary. Until then, Judas Priest fans can also look forward to the band’s upcoming North American co-headlining tour with Alice Cooper, kicking-off September 16th in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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