It’s real. Babymetal and Rob Halford are going to perform together.

"METAL GOD" #robhalfordlegacy @judaspriest and "FOX GOD"@BABYMETAL_JAPAN will join at #APMAS @AltPress in July! https://t.co/POecPliTf4

— BABYMETAL (@BABYMETAL_JAPAN) May 29, 2016

Remember when I was saying that thing about how idols who do metal and also have an eye outside of Japan have “go full metal” as their only option to succeed? I didn’t mean quite this far. This is kind of massive. Almost regardless of how you feel about Judas Priest, you have to respect Rob Halford. Like, DragonForce at Download and the Golden Gods was neat, but … you’d basically have to resurrect Prince and have them all collaborate on a funky version of “Ganbare!!” to top this. Or, how I really feel: Continue reading →