History NightmareFuel / JudasPriest

* "Metal Gods" from ''British Steel'' is about a nightmarish future where machines have gained sentience and are in the process of enslaving all of humanity. The lyrics are creepy enough, but the last minute or so of the song really tops it off: it has no vocals, just the instruments and a deep, metallic thumping sound - the sound of the machines marching in unison.

** “Sad Wings Of Destiny” is not entirely a nightmarish album, but the artwork most certainly is. A simple image of an angel, burning in Hell, a look of pure agony on his face as he writhes in pain. The lone skull in the background makes it much worse, and the fact that it is not obvious he is burning, as much as it is implied with the flames in the background.

** "Brain Dead", also from ''Jugulator'', is even worse. It starts with screeching tires, followed by the sounds of a car crash and ambulance sirens, which is fitting, considering it's about [[AndIMustScream the horrors of total head-to-foot paralysis]]. It's comparable to {{Music/Metallica}}'s "One", only with the added message of LifeWillKillYou, since the protagonist wasn't even in a war.

* Pretty much everything from ''Stained Class'' is ripe with this trope. A hauntingly bleak album forever tainted by an incident where two boys attempted to commit suicide because of claimed back-masking on "Better by You, Better Than Me". One of them succeeded while the other survived, with horrible injuries to boot.[[note]]He died a few years later.[[/note]] Definitely a dark chapter in the history of Judas Priest.

** “Sad Wings Of Destiny” is not entirely a nightmarish album, but the ‘ ‘artwork’ ‘ most certainly is. A simple image of an angel, burning in Hell, a look of pure agony on his face as he writhes in pain. The lone skull in the background makes it much worse, and the fact that it is not obvious he is burning alive, as much as it is implied with the flames in the background.

** Becomes a bit NightmareRetardant once you know [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugulator_(mammal) there's a prehistoric mammal named after it]]. One that was a carnivore and [[https://medium.com/@Mullerornis/jugulator-amplissimus-9fd8b0a40879 could probably fly]], but still.

* "Winter Retreat" from ''Rocka Rolla'' is very, very disturbing.

* "The Ripper" from ''Sad Wings of Destiny'', a song from the first-person view of Jack the Ripper, filled to the brim with ParanoiaFuel and a bridge that, at one point, has a guitar mimicking the screams of one of his victims.

** "Brain Dead", also from ''Jugulator'', is even worse. It starts with screeching tires, followed by the sounds of a car crash and ambulance sirens, which is fitting, considering it's about [[AndIMustScream the horrors of total head-to-foot paralysis]]. I find it comparable to {{Music/Metallica}}'s "One", only with the added message of LifeWillKillYou, since the protagonist wasn't even in a war.

** "Brain Dead", also from ''Jugulator'', is even worse. It starts with screeching tires, followed by the sounds of a car crash and ambulance sirens, which is fitting, considering it's about [[AndIMustScream the horrors of total head-to-foot paralysis]]. I find it comparable to Music/Metallica's "One", only with the added message of LifeWillKillYou, since the protagonist wasn't even in a war.

** "Brain Dead", also from ''Jugulator'', is even worse. It starts with screeching tires, followed by the sounds of a car crash and ambulance sirens, which is fitting, considering it's about [[AndIMustScream the horrors of sleep paralysis]]. I find it comparable to music/Metallica's "one", only with the added message of LifeWillKillYou, since the protagonist wasn't even in a war.

* "The Ripper" from ''Sad Wings Of Destiny'', a song from the first-person view of Jack The Ripper, filled to the brim with ParanoiaFuel and a bridge that, at one point, has a guitar mimicking the screams of one of his victims.

* "Electric Eye" from ''Screaming For Vengeance'' is basically distilled ParanoiaFuel. They're watching you. Always.
* Pretty much everything from ''Stained Class'' is ripe with this trope. A hauntingly bleak album forever tainted by an incident where two boys attempted to commit suicide because of a claimed back-masking on "Better By You Better Than Me". One of them succeeded while the other survived, with horrible injuries to boot. Definitely a dark chapter in the history of Judas Priest.

* Pretty much everything from ''Stained Class'' is ripe with this trope. A hauntingly bleak album forever tainted by an incident where two boys attempted to commit suicide because of a claimed back-masking on "Better By You Better Than Me". One of them succeeded while the other unfortunately survived, with horrible injuries to boot. Definitely a dark chapter in the history of Judas Priest.

* "Electric Eye" from ''Screaming For Vengeance'' is basically distilled ParanoiaFuel. They're watching you. Always.

* The opening title track from ''Jugulator''. Firstly, the song itself is about a murderous mechanical monster. Secondly, the start of the song (and by proxy, the first thing you hear on the whole album) is a series of whirring and clinking mechanical sounds interspersed with very low guitars.