In a new interview with ‘Planet Rock,’ Rob Halford spoke about the lyrical inspiration for the song ‘Trial By Fire,’ from their latest album ‘Invincible Shield.’ He described his lyrical inspiration for the song ‘Trial By Fire’ in various ways.
“Thinking of the words, it’s a reference to the way that judgment and misconstrued perceptions and ideas can be put on you. And going deep, that’s the society that we live with today. People can rush to judgment, people can bring in their own ideas and agendas that tip the balance of truth. We live in a world today now where lies can be pushed so strongly and so forcefully by powerful figures that a lie becomes the truth. And that’s a terribly dangerous place to be. So, we’re utilizing that type of open forum and discussion and bringing it into this title, ‘Trial By Fire’.”
During the interview “Mark Jeeves” noted that Judas Priest has always been been a band with a social conscience.
“Yes. All the way back to ‘Savage’, which is about global warming, and that was in 1970-something. A lot of the times we don’t make the message truly in the black-and-white sense.
We leave it open to interpretation. The songs become their own entities. We let our fans have fun with the messages that we put out. Some of them are very straightforward and obvious. ‘Breaking The Law’, ‘Living After Midnight’. But then in an opportunity like ‘Panic Attack’ or ‘Trial By Fire’, we go deeper. We let you find your own way and bring your own conclusions to the idea.”
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