Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil

What this video is

Released in 1990-1991 during the aftermath of Judas Priest's landmark subliminal-messages civil trial (1990), this video's opening imagery of a man shoveling coal into a furnace beside a 'censorship' sign is a pointed cultural statement. The Painkiller era represented the band's artistic and commercial resurgence at a moment when heavy metal's cultural legitimacy was under sustained legal and legislative attack via…

Why it matters

Represents a transitional moment in heavy metal music video production: the shift from kinetic performance-driven clips of the mid-1980s toward more atmospheric, concept-driven visuals in the early 1990s. The ultra-slow editing pace (avg shot length 91.88s vs. typical 3-8s MTV standard) and…

The director

Wayne Isham (born December 2, 1958, Vinita, Oklahoma) is an American film and music video director with over 200 credits. Inspired by David Bowie's 'Ashes to Ashes,' he became a defining force in arena rock and pop video production from the 1980s onward,…